Persons in the Play

• Christopher Mahon

• Old Mahon, his father, a squatter

• Michael James Flaherty (called Michael James), a publican

• Margaret Flaherty (called Pegeen Mike), his daughter

• Shawn Keough, her cousin, a young farmer

• Widow Quin, a woman of about thirty

• Philly Cullen and Jimmy Farrell, small farmers

• Sara Tansey, Susan Brady, and Honor Blake, village girls

• A Bellman

• Some Peasants

The action takes place near a village, on a wild coast of Mayo. The first Act passes on an evening of autumn, the other two Acts on the following day.