Persons in the Play + 

Martin Doul, weather-beaten, blind beggar + 

Mary Doul, his wife, weather-beaten, ugly woman, blind also, nearly fifty + 

Timmy, a middle-aged, almost elderly, but vigorous smith + 

Molly Byrne, fine-looking girl with fair hair + 

Bride, another handsome girl + 

Mat Simon + 

The Saint, a wandering friar + 

Other Girls and Men + 

Scene: Some lonely mountainous district in the east of Ireland one or more centuries ago. + 