"I used my pen as a weapon."  Writer, agitator and socialist Peadar O'Donnell was a bulwark for the poor against the emerging bourgeoisie of the new Irish state. This documentary chronicles O'Donnell's relentless fight for socialist principles and civil rights in an Ireland that had not yet heard of the terms.  Mixing frank extracts from his autobiographies with dramatic reconstructions of his searingly stark novels, Peadairín na Stoirme is a vivid portrayal of the man the Derry Sentinel once called The Stormy Petrel (Peadairín na Stoirme) as he would throw himself into every political storm with gusto and relish.