Seth Gilfield

The closing months of WW2 set the backdrop to a story of young love in South Galway. The first generation after independence have reached adulthood and the sharp divides of religion and class have eroded like the limestone terraces to the South. Jarrlath Twomey has come of age, the son of a slain rebel leader, he lives with his widowed mother on a small tenant holding.In retrospect, given the chutzpah of the sporting tyro and the beauty of the titled young lady from the big house, it seemed inevitable their paths would cross.