The Dead Republic

After thirty years in America, Henry Smart returns to his native Ireland in this powerful and moving finale to his story.

The Dead Republic opens in 1951 with Henry returning to Ireland for the first time since his escape in 1922. Henry, his leg severed in an accident with a railway boxcar, crawls into the Utah desert to die—only to be discovered by director John Ford, who recognizes a fellow Irish rebel—a boy volunteer at the GPO in 1916, a hitman for Michael Collins, a republican legend. He appoints Henry "IRA consultant" on his new film, The Quiet Man. With him are the stars of Ford's film, John Wayne and Maureen O'Hara, and the famous director himself, "Pappy," who, in a series… Keep Reading