Persons in the Play
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Christopher Mahon
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Old Mahon, his father, a squatter
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Michael James Flaherty (called Michael James), a publican
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Margaret Flaherty (called Pegeen Mike), his daughter
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Shawn Keough, her cousin, a young farmer
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Widow Quin, a woman of about thirty
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Philly Cullen and Jimmy Farrell, small farmers
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Sara Tansey, Susan Brady, and Honor Blake, village girls
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A Bellman
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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.