Desmond Doyle is devastated when his wife abandons their family on the day after Christmas. His unemployment, and the fact that there is no woman in the house to care for the children—Evelyn, Dermot and Maurice—make it clear to the authorities this is an untenable situation. The Catholic Church and the Irish courts decide to put the Doyle children into Church-run orphanages.
Pierce Brosnan
Aidan Quinn
Julianna Margulies
Stephen Rea
John Lynch
Sophie Vavasseur
Alan Bates
Niall Beagan
Hugh McDonagh
Mairead Devlin
Frank Kelly
Clare Mullen
Alvaro Lucchesi
Garrett Keogh
Daithi O'Suilleabhain
Andrea Irvine
Marian Quinn
Karen Ardiff
Bosco Hogan
Des Braiden
Sorcha Herlihy
Lauren Carpenter
Lauren O'Connell
Hugh Grogan
Peter Fowl
Gail Fitzpatrick
Pat McGrath
Mark Lambert
Conor Evans
Eamon Rohan
Alan Barry
Brian McGrath
Mick Nolan
Luke Hayden
Don Foley
Bill Golding
Sally
Stuart Clark