Joe Lydon

In 1847, when Ireland is in the grip of the Great Famine that has ravaged the country for two long years, Feeney, a hardened Irish Ranger who has been fighting for the British Army abroad, returns home to reunite with his estranged family, only to discover the cruelest reality, a black land where death reigns.

A homeless Irish girl encounters a series of men who appear strikingly similar to each other

Female, 23 years old, seeks male for relationship without speaking. That's how the advert is worded by Dara, a girl in the west of Ireland. Before long, she meets a young man called Senan and together they embark on a kind of silent adventure. There's something about him she doesn't know, but he's not going to be chatty about it.