Danny McCafferty

Unequivocal about the need for violence to force Britain out of Ireland, Father Eoin O’Donnell seals the fate of the young and impressionable Antaine by convincing him to fight in the 1916 Rising. Fifty years later, the reappearance of the now-experienced gunman Antaine in a divided Derry throws Father O’Donnell into turmoil. Once allies, the pair are now placed on opposite sides of the same agenda.

Joe Walsh lives a quiet life in a sleepy Irish town until the death of his brother and the arrival of a Ukrainian refugee causes him to consider his reluctance to accept outsiders during the course of which he begins to reconsider his life and come to terms with his prejudices and the potential for a life outside his insular existence.