Macdara Ó Fátharta

In 1969, a visiting geologist from Newfoundland arouses scandal in a small Irish village when he romances a local girl who’s destined for the convent.

Caitríona is dead and eagerly awaiting the death of her sister, Nell, so that the war between them in life can continue.

Seán, a 12-year-old boy raised in an Irish-speaking family on Dublin’s Northside, encounters ridicule for his “unorthodox” ...