Geoffrey Golden

At the beginning of the 20th century, a young servant provokes an independent Irish farm community by her relationship with two brothers. Pregnant, she refuses to reveal the name of the father.

Abbey Theatre comedy.

A small town plans to erect a monument in memory of an IRA rebel killed during the 1920s. The son of the English Colonel who killed the rebel objects to this.

Thomas Crimmins is a new warder, or guard, in an Irish prison. He is young, naive, and idealistic, determined to serve his country by his part in meting out justice to criminals. His superior, Regan, however, realizes that even prisoners are human beings, and Regan is sick of the eye-for-an-eye attitude that leads the state to execute condemned men, or "quare fellows." Crimmins begins to see that not all is black and white in his new world, and when he becomes involved with Kathleen, the wife of one of the condemned men, his attitude begins to change. When new evidence arises to suggest that Kathleen's husband may not deserve his fate, Crimmins is torn between his duty and his humanity.

Dans un petit village irlandais, des moines se sont éloignés des pratiques religieuses prônées par le Vatican pour adopter des pratiques obsolètes et intégristes Le prêtre Kinsella est missionné par le Vatican dans ce village afin de remettre sur le droit chemin ces moines qui rassemblent de nombreux partisans.

Dermot O'Neill est recruté dans l' Armée républicaine irlandaise (IRA) quand une unité est formée dans son Irlande du Nord ville pendant la Seconde Guerre mondiale . Réaction aux nouvelles est mixte. Sa mère est fortement contre elle, tandis que son père est fier. Son frère Ned et soeur Bella sont ambivalents. La petite amie de Dermot, Neeve Donnelly , rompt avec lui, en lui disant l'IRA va le transformer en un meurtrier. Dermot et son ami Sean Reilly sont choisis de leur unité de participer à un raid sur un manège militaire britannique à voler des armes et des munitions. Don McGinnis est frustré parce que, comme commandant de l'unité, il est trop important pour le risque. Le vol se déroule sans accroc