Eilis is addicted to mustard. When she falls madly in love, she's sure her demons are finally banished, but when the relationship breaks down her shameful addiction to the yellow stuff returns with a vengeance.

Bereaved father Eoin struggles to survive in a mountainside cave after an injury leaves him lame and starving. Desperation drives him to abandon his solitude and descend into a perilous, famine-stricken landscape.

When nervy Al has an absurd encounter with a stranger, he begins to question his whole identity.

When 12-year-old Mickey Miller moves from New York to Ireland, she soon discovers a link between herself and the 300-year-old legend of the mysterious Black Knight, who regularly haunts the sleepy Irish village. With courage and a sharp mind, she sets out to save a precious herd of white horses and to thwart the evil plans of a greedy, ambitious woman.

The day after a wild opening night, an actress races to the theatre, late for an important performance. As she prepares to go onstage, she tries to piece together “the happening” from the previous night.

In 1960's Dublin, a young working class singer falls pregnant at an inopportune time, changing the course of her life.