Post civil war Ireland, 1924 - Rose Hamiltons granddaughter, Rosie, is growing into a lovely young woman but her life is blighted by her mothers violence. A trip to Kerry, in the company of her grandparents, seems the perfect escape. For Rosie, this is an eye-opening adventure and the first step into adult life in an Ireland that has been torn apart, first by the British and then by a fierce civil war.