In the summer of 1940, a hastily built internment camp on the Curragh of Kildare opened its gates to receive the first of over a thousand Irishmen. For the next six years, they were held here without trial, suppressed and completely isolated from Irish society.

'Tintown' is the story of the last bizarre battle of the civil war as the IRA was crushed by their former comrades and destroyed by internal conflict. It is a poignant account of Ireland's forgotten gulag, told by its former inmates and their guards. . It was the last battle of the Irish Civil War. Their story is illustrated with colour film from the period and confidential documents from the Irish Army archives.