CHARACTERS
| PETER GILLANE. | |
| MICHAEL GILLANE | his son, going to be married. |
| PATRICK GILLANE | a lad of twelve, Michael's brother. |
| BRIDGET GILLANE | Peter's wife. |
| DELIA CAHEL | engaged to MICHAEL. |
| THE POOR OLD WOMAN. | |
| NEIGHBOURS. |
Scene: Interior of a cottage close to Killala, in 1798. Bridget is standing at a table undoing a parcel. Peter is sitting at one side of the fire, Patrick at the other.
Peter. What is that sound I hear?
Patrick. I don't hear anything. [He listens.] I hear it now. It's like cheering. [He goes to the window and looks out.] I wonder what they are cheering about. I don't see anybody.
Peter. It might be a hurling match.
Patrick. There's no hurling to-day. It must be down in the town the cheering is.
Bridget. I suppose the boys must be having some sport of their own. Come over here, Peter, and look at Michael's wedding-clothes.
Peter [shifts his chair to table]. Those are grand clothes, indeed.
Bridget. You hadn't clothes like that when you married me, and no coat to put on of a Sunday any more than any other day.