Set against a backdrop of a turbulent, war-torn Ireland in the early 1920s, this is a story of three people and the unfolding events from a crucial time in their extraordinary and tragic lives.
A Nightingale Falling is a 2014 Irish film set during the Irish War of Independence based on the 2012 novel by PJ Curtis. Directed by Garret Daly and Martina McGlynn, and written by Daly, the film stars Tara Breathnach, Muireann Bird and Gerard McCarthy. The story concerns two sisters who care for a wounded soldier. The film was released in Irish cinemas in September 2014, and received its Irish television premiere on UTV Ireland on Easter Sunday, 5 April 2015.