A group of young men and women in Dublin in 1916 are embroiled in a fight for independence during the Easter Rising. The story begins with the outbreak of World War I. As expectations of a short and glorious campaign are dashed, social stability is eroded and Irish nationalism comes to the fore. The tumultuous events that follow are seen through the eyes of a group of friends from Dublin, Belfast and London as they play vital and conflicting roles in the narrative of Ireland's independence.
A high school girl finally gets her own apartment, but she has to share it with the most popular boy in school. No one can know they're living together.
When the world's largest cattle station is left without a clear heir, rival factions descend as a fierce generational struggle upends the land's future.