Ryan's Daughter
A story of love...set against the violence of rebellion
RomanceHistoryDramarebellionworld war igunvillagemuteirelandextramarital affairirish easter rebellion (1916)catholic priestwavesbritish officercoastal town
An intimate, visually lush period romance shadowed by political violence and moral transgression, where personal desire collides with community judgment and historical upheaval.
In the wake of the 1916 Easter Rising, a married schoolteacher in a small Irish village has an affair with a troubled British officer.
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