Desmond Doyle is devastated when his wife abandons their family on the day after Christmas. His unemployment and the fact that there is no woman in the house to care for the children, , Dermot and Maurice, make it clear to the authorities that his is an untenable situation. The Catholic Church and the Irish courts decide to put the Doyle children into Church-run orphanages. Although a sympathetic judge assures Desmond that when his financial situation reverses, he will be able to get his children back; money is hard to come by. During that time, and her brothers suffer the abuses of living in orphanages while Desmond struggles to secure finances. Now he must battle the courts to get his children back.

Starring:

Aidan Quinn, Alan Barry, Alan Bates, Alvaro Lucchesi, Andrea Irvine, Bosco Hogan, Brian McGrath, Conor Evans, Des Braiden, Don Foley, Eamon Rohan, Frank Kelly, Gail Fitzpatrick, Garrett Keogh, John Lynch, Julianna Margulies, Luke Hayden, Marian Quinn, Mark Lambert, Mick Nolan, Pat McGrath, Pierce Brosnan, Sally, Stephen Rea

Genre:

Drama