In 1847, the O'Shea family is caught up in circumstances beyond their control during the worst period in Ireland's history. As a result the family is forced to flee their beloved home. Four members of the family escape by sea to Canada; 1 member is beaten by soldiers and unjustly jailed; and another witnesses the unspeakable horrors of the deadly famine and vicious cholera rampant in the land.
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