It is the late 1880s and the great famine has ravaged Ireland. The potatoes are black and rotten, and the people have nothing to eat. Eily, michael and peggy are alone in their cottage. Their parents went out in search o...It is the late 1880s and the great famine has ravaged Ireland. The potatoes are black and rotten, and the people have nothing to eat. Eily, michael and peggy are alone in their cottage. Their parents went out in search of work and food, but never returned.