OVERVIEW

• Playwright

  Micheál Ó Conghaile(2) 

• Setting

  I gConamara an lae inniu (2008).

• Notes

  Bhuaigh an dráma seo Duais Liteartha an Oireachtais, 2008. Léiríodh i Smock Alley i mBaile Átha Cliath é i mí Dheireadh Fómhair 2008.

• Synopsis

  The play centres on the coming of age of Jimí and on his relationship with his father, Patrickín, a devoted Jehovah's Witness whose lifework is spreading the faith. Jimí, however, does not share his father's religious convictions and this causes great tension at home. He gets some respite from these difficult circumstances when he goes to work in a local Irish college for the summer and meets Keith, a young Dubliner who is captivated by the language and culture of Connemara and who feels he has found a spiritual home there. Meanwhile, Kate, Patrickín's mother, has returned home to make peace with her son but it appears that it may prove extremely difficult to heal the hurt of many years.

• Play Type

  Plays General
  

  Number Of Acts

  Full-Length

Cast size

• Male

  4

• Female

  1

• Total

  5

Original Production

• Date of First Production

  14 July 2008

• Producer

  Produced by An Taibhdhearc In association with Galway International Arts Festival

• Venue Notes

  Léiríodh an dráma ar dtús in Áras na Gaeilge in Ollscoil na hÉireann, Gaillimh. Ní raibh fáil ar an Taibhdhearc de bharr tine a bheith ann an bhliain roimhe sin.

• Irish Premiere Notes

  Fuarthas an t-eolas faoin gcéad léiriú ón gclár don 'Galway Arts Festival'.

Source Of Information

Fuarthas an t-eolas faoi scéal an dráma ó preaseisiúint don léiriú i mBaile Átha Cliath ina dhiaidh sin.