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. + 