The stormy love affair between Rory Manion (Pierce Brosnon), a rebellious Irish groom and Rachel Clement, the headstrong daughter of an English landowner, is interrupted when Rory is forced to flee to America.
His sister is also parted from her lover when he is posted to India but the four are destined to meet again in this exlposive saga of ill-fated passions set in the 19th-century Ireland and America.

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THE SUN - 19/6/1982:

It is the handsome Brosnan who plays the hero of the story, which is set in the middle of the 19th century. Brosnan is an Irish patriot who becomes involved in the movement to free Ireland from British rule.
Former telly supercop David Soul plays Caleb Staunton, an American lawyer and staunch suporter of the Irish freedom fighters.

The series - filmed in Dublin - features secret Irish gun running raids on the British, and rioting.
Because of the present sensitive political situation in Northern Ireland, the series has become a hot potato for the BBC. Last night a BBC spokesman admitted that the series was about to be "greatly edited."
He said: "It is a six-hour series but we are cutting it down into one feature-length film. That means about 90 minutes or perhaps two hours."