OVERVIEW

• Playwright

  Séamus Ó Tuama 

• Adapted / Translated From

  Teresa Deevy

• Author Notes

  Aistrithe ó 'The Wild Goose'.

• Setting

  Faoin tuath i ndeisceart na hÉireann, in earrach na bliana 1692.

• Synopsis

  The fall of Limerick ushered the awful years of the Penal Code when the peasants were viciously oppressed. Máirtín Ó Sé decides to become a priest as a way of fighting back. To do this he must forego the chance of marriage with his sweetheart, Eileen.

• Play Type

  Adaptation/Translation
  

  Number Of Acts

  Full-Length

Cast size

• Male

  7

• Female

  3

• Total

  10

Original Production

• Date of First Production

  12 January 1959

• Producer

  Produced by An Damer

• Original Venue

  The Damer Hall/An Damer
  

Source Of Information

Fuarthas an t-eolas seo ón gclár don chéad léiriú agus ó Stair Dhrámaíocht na Gaeilge 1900-1970 le P Ó Siadhail.