Set in a small fishing village in the west of Ireland during the 1970s, the play follows the uproar that ensues when Tom Healy’s dying wish to be cremated and have his ashes scattered at sea sends his family and neighbours into chaos.

Between his daughter Mary’s exasperation, his son Martin’s return from America, and the well-intentioned but disastrous involvement of locals like Barney, Rose Davitt, and the village priest, the wake becomes a riot of laughter, misunderstandings, lots of drinking and a set of false teeth.