The Liberties

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In the aftermath of the bloodshed of the 1798 Rebellion the Irish Parliament has been abolished and Dublin is a city divided. Tensions between the ruling elite and the working classes are at fever pitch. Rival sectarian gangs wage bloody battles for supremacy in the streets. 'The Liberties' is about the crisis of identity caused by living under this oppression. Fighting his way out of poverty, boxer Dan Donnelly forms an unlikely partnership with rebellious Irish gentry siblings, Mary and William Kelly. Together, Dan and the Kellys will challenge the rules of the establishment and the empire. 'The Liberties' is an epic drama about a group of people, a city and country who are finding out what they really need in order to win..