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In 1954, world-renowned photographer Dorothea Lange travelled to County Clare in the West of Ireland on assignment for Life Magazine. Her unfailing curiosity, her talent and ability to establish a warm contact with people produced more than 2000 photographs, creating a lasting record of a rural way of life that was soon to disappear. Dierdre Lynch retraces Lange’s footsteps, travelling the country roads to visit many of the same people that Lange met nearly a half century ago. Her film uses Lange’s photographs to unlock the memories of a time past. Voices, tales and accents give rise to a myriad of emotions ranging from surprise to suffering and anger. A way of trying to tame the passage of time and the nostalgia of youthful times with a dose of Irish humour. What emerges is a sensitive and moving portrait of those countrymen and women who chose to stay on in their land of winds and rain, no matter what the price.