Seamus Moynihan

A young medical student visits the Blasket Islands, off the coast of Ireland, during the holidays and becomes charmed with the place and its people. He falls in love with a local girl, who is betrothed to a local man. The two men meet and become fast friends, and the student realizes the hopelessness in his love of the girl of his friend. He leaves but, after his graduation from Trinity College, he returns to cast his lot with these simple fishermen

Irlande, 1920. Des paysans s'unissent pour former une armée de volontaires contre les redoutables Black and Tans, troupes anglaises envoyées par bateaux entiers pour mater les velléités d'indépendance du peuple irlandais.Par sens du devoir et amour de son pays, Damien abandonne sa jeune carrière de médecin et rejoint son frère Teddy dans le dangereux combat pour la liberté...