War between two Irish youth gangs consists of removing and retrieving buttons from each other's clothing.
Ireland, Easter, 1916. In Dublin, Irish rebel Patrick Pearse leads a revolt to free Ireland from the grips of the British Empire. Owen, a young Irish patriot, wants to join them in their fight for freedom.
A young woman comes home to Dublin for Christmas after ten months away. When her family resumes their old hostility, Sandra's only alternative is to return to desperate circumstances in London.