SetagainstthebackdropofaworkingfarminruralNorthernIreland,'AnIrishGoodbye'isablackcomedyfollowingthereunionofestrangedbrothersTurlough(SeamusO’Hara)andLorcan(JamesMartin)followingtheuntimelydeathoftheirmother(MichelleFairley).Underthewatchfuleyeofodd-ballparishpriestFatherO’Shea(PaddyJenkins),thebrothers’painedreunionisworsenedbythefactTurloughmustnowmakenewcarearrangementsforLorcan,whohasDownSyndrome.Butwhenthebrothersdiscoveranunfulfilledbucketlistbelongingtotheirlatemother,Lorcansensesanopportunity:he’llonlyagreetoleavethefarmonceheandTurloughhavethemselvescompletedeverysinglewishontheirmother’slist…allone-hundredofthemddd

　　故事围绕一个圣诞节蛋糕展开，讲述了战争年代天主教女子学院里人性的纯真、贪婪和幻想。“pupil”一词来源于拉丁语“pupilla”，即小女孩。