THE GAOL GATE


Persons
Mary CahelAN OLD WOMAN
Mary CushinHER DAUGHTER-IN-LAW
The Gatekeeper

THE GAOL GATE

Scene: Outside the gate of Galway Gaol. Two countrywomen, one in a long dark cloak, the other with a shawl over her head, have just come in. It is just before dawn.

Mary Cahel: I am thinking we are come to our journey’s end, and that this should be the gate of the gaol.