Every year, the O'Shea family and their relations look forward to leaving Dublin for their two week break on the beautiful Irish coast of Dranmore. Oonagh, Gabriel, their six children and a host of brothers, sisters and cousins - not forgetting the indomitable Granny O'Shea - gather to escape the worries and cares of working life. But this summer will prove a landmark in the lives of many of them, and there will be no escape - only a momentous turning-point.