Unbaptized

In the late 1960’s, Brigid, a devout Catholic, lives on Dursey, an isolated Island in Southwest County Cork, Ireland with her husband Frank and her father-in-law John. As a small rural island, Dursey has only a few residents, most of them farmers and fishermen. The single Village has one main street with a few shops, a petrol station that’s near the cable car depot, a Post Office, a pub, and a Catholic Church and its consecrated cemetery. Other than by boat, the only way on and off the Island is by Ireland’s only cable car system. And that often closes due to terrifying gales and thunderstorms, as well as necessary maintenance.

In the late 1960’s, Brigid, a devout Catholic, lives on Dursey, an isolated Island in Southwest County Cork, Ireland with her husband Frank and her father-in-law John. As a small rural island, Dursey has only a few residents, most of them farmers and fishermen. The single Village has one main street with a few shops, a petrol station that’s near the cable car depot, a Post Office, a pub, and a Catholic Church and its consecrated cemetery. Other than by boat, the only way on and off the Island is by Ireland’s only cable car system. And that often closes due to terrifying gales and thunderstorms, as well as necessary maintenance.

Almost nine months pregnant, Brigid relies on Annie, the Island’s only nurse, and Father Paul, the parish priest, to assist with her troubled pregnancy. Annie worries that a serious infection that Brigid has picked up on their farm may hurt the unborn infant.

During a thunderstorm, Brigid goes into unexpected labour. Unable to get to the cable car so that Annie can drive her to a Cork City hospital, and with Frank and John accusing her of theft because she has allegedly stolen IR£2,500 in cash that was meant for the Catholic Church, Brigid is locked up in the Post Office. When Annie finds her, she insists that Brigid be released and takes her back to the farmhouse to give birth to the child.

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