Frank Laverty

An Irish Catholic family returns to 1930s Limerick after a child's death in America. The unemployed I.R.A. veteran father struggles with poverty, prejudice and alcoholism as the family endures harsh slum conditions.

Falling into despair after his nine-year-old son leaves for Australia with his ex, a man walks away from his present life and boards a boat for Ireland to confront painful memories from his childhood.