The film explores the life of a Scottish miner (Neeson) who becomes unemployed during a union strike.

One theory of the name is that a Scottish miner exclaimed What cheer!

A Scottish miner (Liam Neeson) becomes unemployed during a union strike.

Murnin left elementary school aged nine, entered the mines, and worked his way up to become a leader of the Scottish miners.

Gunn was born in Bendigo, Victoria, the second of nine children to a Scottish miner and his wife.

The paper's main purpose was to advocate for a federation of Scottish miners.

The club was formed in 1912 formed by a group of Scottish miners in the area.

More than 1.5m refused to pay the tax and Scottish miners joined the 1984-85 strike.

Joe Corrie (1894 - 1968) was a Scottish miner, poet and playwright.

Before his career in politics, he was a miner and an official in the Scottish miners' union.