'NOTT'An Adaptation'Nott' is an historical drama set in the year 1814. Nott is based on a true story and is adapted from the book of the same name, written by author Snoo Sinclair.
John Nott was a native of Killarney, Co. Kerry who joined the British Navy in 1801 at the age of fourteen. In 1805 Nott was serving onboard the Dispatches Picket
HMS Pickle and was present at the
Battle of Trafalgar. In 1808 Nott was stationed in the West Indies and was promoted to Lieutenant after the reduction of Martinique. In 1814, having been put ashore on half-pay, John Nott seeks out the love of his life and marries her. He returns to Kerry with his new wife Betsy in an attempt to leave the troubles and hardship of his naval career behind him.
This is where the script 'NOTT' picks up John Nott's story;
Nott rents land off Landlord,
Francis Bland (whose descendant was the former chairman of the BBC, Christopher Bland) and settles down near the town of Sneem. Francis Bland is very friendly with local Landlord,
Maurice 'Hunting Cap' O'Connell and his famous lawyer nephew,
Daniel O'Connell. These men are notorious smugglers and they become increasingly interested in Nott’s naval reputation and sailing abilities. It isn't long before Nott is caught up in the dangers and excitement of smuggling contraband on the rocky coast of South Kerry.
Nott is an historical drama with a heartfelt love-story and gripping action and excitement. It features such historical figures as Britain’s greatest Naval Commander,
Lord Admiral Horatio Nelson and Ireland’s greatest ever politician,
‘The Liberator’, Daniel O’Connell.
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