The Butcher's Apron

- Ireland 1920-21...The Story of an IRA Flying Column Fighting for National Independence - FIRED WITH ANGUISH over the failed 1916 Easter uprising In Dublin, Michael O'Leary, a farmer from County Cork bands together a group of young citizen patriots... 28 men and 2 women forging them into a fighting unit called a flying column. As members of the Irish Republican Army, their Cause is to join in the movement to drive the ruling English out of Ireland and to establish a free independent...
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- Ireland 1920-21...The Story of an IRA Flying Column Fighting for National Independence - FIRED WITH ANGUISH over the failed 1916 Easter uprising In Dublin, Michael O'Leary, a farmer from County Cork bands together a group of young citizen patriots... 28 men and 2 women forging them into a fighting unit called a flying column. As members of the Irish Republican Army, their Cause is to join in the movement to drive the ruling English out of Ireland and to establish a free independent nation. Branded as outlaws, the column carefully plan and execute a series of daring ambushes and raids on the forces of the Crown. In their harsh but committed life on the run over rugged territory, the column builds up a trusting comradeship unaware that one of them is a spy. As a diversion from the conflicts, the column still find the time to laugh, sing, dance, and for two, discover romance amid the chaos. O'Leary's innovative tactics of guerilla warfare attract the close attention of two aggressive British Army adversaries who with gained intelligence, commit overwhelming forces to relentlessly and remorselessly pursue O'Leary and his column .... culminating in a dramatic showdown.