Little Rose McGinley is just seven years old when her family are harshly evicted from their home in Donegal, victims of the clearances of 1861, which destroyed whole communities. The family is devastated, but Rose and her mother Hannah are amongst the lucky ones–they find a home and employment with the aristocratic Molyneux family at the Currane Lodge in County Kerry. This is just the first step in what will be a long and eventful journey for Rose, one that will take her back to the North with the man she loves. As they face, together, life’s hardships and tragedies, as well as its joys. Rose blossoms into a woman of extraordinary strength and character whose steadfast courage keeps her young family together, against all the odds.