OVERVIEW

• Playwright

  Eoghan Mac Giolla Bhríde 

• Setting

  Gníomh I: Gaoth Dobhair sna 1870idí Gníomh II: Príosún Chill Mhaighneáin,1882 Gníomh III: Ar bord na loinge 'Melrose' agus í ag teacht i dtír san Afraic Theas, 1883

• Synopsis

  A historical drama based on the infamous Phoenix Park Murders in 1882, when Chief Secretary Cavendish and Under Secretary Burke were stabbed to death by a secret society calling themselves 'The Invincibles'. The play focuses on the fallout of the murders: on the Invincible leader,James Carey, who betrayed his comrades, and the Donegal man Patrick O'Donnell, who shot Carey and was hanged as a result.

• Play Type

  Plays General
  

  Number Of Acts

  Full-Length

Original Production

• Date of First Production

  1932

• Producer

  Produced by Aisteoirí Ghaoth Dobhair

• Venue Notes

  Léiríodh an dráma seo i Halla Paróiste na Doirí Beaga

Source Of Information

Fuarthas an t-eolas seo ón alt 'Aisteoirí Ghaoth Dobhair' le Gearóid Ó Lochlainn, foilsithe san irisleabhar FEASTA in 1966.