Based on the play The Shaughraun, this is the story of Robert Ffolliat, a young Irish lad, who is done out of his land and sent off to a penal colony in Australia following false accusations by the greedy Kinchella. Conn the Shaughraun comes to his rescue, helps him to escape from the prison ship and return to Ireland where he is united with his sweetheart.

• Vitagraph Company of America
• Pat O'Malley
• Helen Howard
• Maude Emory
• Pauline Starke
• Edward Cecil
• Henry Herbert
• Jim Farley
• Bobbie Mack