This film tells the story of Luke Kelly from his birth in inner-city Dublin to his tragic early death forty-four years later.
Together with contributions from Ronnie Drew, Bono, Christy Moore, The Dubliners, Phil Coulter, John Hume, Billy Whelan, Shane McGowan, Gerry Adams, Eamon Dunphy and Luke's own family; the film contains an extraordinary version of Raglan Road together with rare footage of the songs' composer Patrick Kavanagh. Other songs include "The Town I Loved So Well", "Joe Hill", "The Auld Triangle", "The Night Visiting Song", "The Sun is Burning" and an extraordinary rendition of the Ray Davis classic "Days".