At the height of the War of Independence, Michael Collins’ squad member Jimmy Mahon is given an intelligence role while Ursula Sweeney, a code-breaker with British intelligence at Dublin Castle, contemplates treason.
EP2 Episode 2Jan 13, 2019
General Winter targets Sinn Féin’s propaganda machine and their finances, while Jimmy puts pressure on Ursula to feed him information.
EP3 Episode 3Jan 20, 2019
Jimmy breaks Joey out of prison, and helps Ursula to be reunited with her son. Eithne's outrage at Diarmuid's death is ignored, and Maurice faces an impossible choice.
EP4 Episode 4Jan 27, 2019
General Winter suspects Lily of being a spy, and Ursula must try to help her without implicating herself. Robbie plans to kill Eithne, but is stopped by an unexpected opportunity.
EP5 Episode 5Feb 03, 2019
In the aftermath of the multiple attacks on General Winter’s spy ring, the British close ranks. There’s a price on Ursula’s head and Jimmy finally confronts the mole inside Collins’ Squad. General Winter commissions Major Mills to take men to Croke Park.
This follow up to the Rebellion miniseries unfolds at the height of what became known as Ireland's War of Independence, and follows the lives of those caught up in the vicissitudes of history.