Danny Flynn, 19 tahun, dipenjara karena keterlibatannya dengan I.R.A. di Belfast. Dia meninggalkan keluarganya dan pacarnya yang berusia enam belas tahun, Maggie Hamill. Empat belas tahun kemudian, Danny dibebaskan dari penjara dan kembali ke lingkungan kelas pekerja lamanya untuk melanjutkan hidupnya sebagai petinju.
Nineteen-year-old Danny Flynn is imprisoned for his involvement with the I.R.A. in Belfast. He leaves behind his family and his sixteen-year-old girlfriend, Maggie Hamill. Fourteen years later, Danny is released from prison and returns to his old working class neighborhood to resume his life as a boxer.