IRELAND 1845 - The three O'Driscoll children, Eily, Michael and Peggy set out on a great adventure to walk across Ireland and try to find their grand-aunts, Nano and Lena, whom they've only heard about in their Mother's stories. But their great adventure turns into a terrible battle for survival against hunger, disease and possibly death.
For this is the Ireland of the 1840's, laid waste by the ravages of the Great Famine. With their village devastated, their parents missing and their baby sister, Bridget, dead and buried under the hawthorn tree, they are forced to set out on a perilous journey to find what's left of their family - but first they have to survive.