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 Widow Quin, a woman of about thirty Shawn Keough, her cousin, a young farmer 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.