Script Extract (Opening Lines): 

The Butlers came to Ireland 350 years before I was born.
My family came as conquerors, but we ruled as knights:
Bound by blood to champion our monarch, and protect her subjects.
I found my knightly cause, as a mere boy...

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Client: The Office of Public Works
Produced in 2019
Directed & Animated by: Luke Leslie

Written by: Leah Leslie and Mark Leslie

Storyboard Artist: Matthew Shiell
Illustrations by: Alan Dunne, Brian Gallagher and Holly Ingram
Original Score by: Jonathan Casey featuring Anna Rice
With Traditional Music by: Kíla