In pre-famine Ireland, when poverty and magic were rife, introverted farm girl Maura discovers a magical world of the imagination through the mysterious wanderer Scarf Michael. When her isolated rural community accuses her of witchcraft, she turns to her own supernatural powers for protection.

Mary Ryan
as Maura O'Donnell

Mick Lally
as Scarf Michael

Don Foley
as Hugh O'Donnell

Cyril Cusack
as Myles Keenan

Tom Jordan
as Conor Farrell

Paul Bennett
as Father Connelly

Bairbre Ní Chaoimh
as Janey O'Donnell

Brendan Ellis
as Pat the Blacksmith

Gillian Hackett
as Tríona

Donal O'Kelly
as Owen