Popular Irish personalities trace their roots, and this journey through generations of ordinary lives reveals extraordinary stories.

Veteran journalist Charlie Bird battles the debilitating effects of Motor Neurone Disease while trying to break one final story in the time he has left.

Brendan is an earnest, introverted schoolteacher who, aside from his participation in the local choir, has only one passion in his life -- the movies. That is until he meets Trudy, a woman who is gregarious and adventurous beyond his imagination. His entire persona changes as he becomes enveloped in her carefree and sometimes dangerous world.