Character guide

Nora Burke

major

Also known as Nora, Nora Angrily, Nora Uah

A restless young wife in a lonely glen, yearning for more from life.

Sarah Casey

major

Also known as Sarah, Sarah Angrily

A tinker woman eager to marry, caught in a tense wedding scheme.

Mary Byrne

supporting

Also known as Mary, Mary Calling, old Mary

An old, drunken tinker woman who disrupts the wedding plans.

Micheal Dara

supporting

Also known as Micheal, Micheal Considering

A young farmer who visits Nora, caught between duty and desire.

Tramp

supporting

Also known as Tramp Trembling, Tramp Standing, Tramp Filling, The Tramp, Tramp Drinking, Tramp Speaking

A wandering stranger who offers Nora a way out of her lonely life.

Dan Burke

supporting

Also known as Dan, Dan It, Daniel Burke

Nora's elderly, jealous husband who feigns death to test her.

Cathleen

supporting

Also known as Cathleen Crying, Cathleen Wait

A daughter mourning her brothers lost to the sea.

Michael Byrne

minor

Also known as Michael, Michael Grimly, Michael Who

A tinker man involved in the wedding preparations.

Maurya

major

Also known as Maurya Continuing

An old woman who has lost her husband and sons to the sea.

Bartley

supporting

Maurya's last son, who rides to his death at sea.

Priest

minor

Also known as the Priest, The Priest, Priest The Lord, The young priest, the young priest

A local priest who appears briefly in the plays.

Mike Dara

minor

Also known as Michael

A young man mentioned in the tinker wedding play.

Young Jaunting Jim

minor

Also known as Jaunting Jim, Jim

A jaunting car driver mentioned in passing.

Peggy Cavanagh

minor

An old woman mentioned as having died alone.

Colum Shawn

minor

Also known as Shawn, Colum

A minor character mentioned in the glen play.

Sheamus

minor

A minor character referenced in the tinker play.

Biddy Flynn

minor

A woman who helped lay out a dead body.

Larry

minor

A minor character mentioned in the tinker play.