Tato série se ponoří do dramatických událostí Velikonočního povstání v Irsku v roce 1916. Sleduje osudy šestnácti klíčových postav, jejichž činy a oběti formovaly irský boj za svobodu. Každý díl odhaluje hloubku jejich odhodlání a tragédie, které ovlivnily celou generaci. Zkoumá motivace a dopady revolučního boje proti britské nadvládě.
A fascinating examination of the extraordinary life of Roger Casement, executed as part of the 1916 rising, fighting the empire that had previously knighted him. Ultimately, he was hanged in Pentonville prison on the 3 August- two years to the day after Britain's declaration of war in 1914.
A biography of Con Colbert, member of Na Fianna Eireann, the Irish Volunteers and the Irish Republican Brotherhood. Colbert commanded forces at Watkins' brewery and Jameson's distillery during the Easter Rising. He faced the firing squad at Kilmainham Gaol on 8 May 1916, aged twenty-seven.