Cathleen ni Houlihan (Masterplots II: Drama, Revised Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: William Butler Yeats
- First Published: 1902
- Type of Plot: Allegory
- Time of Work: 1798
- Setting: A cottage near Killala, Ireland
- Principal Characters: Peter Gillane, Michael Gillane, Patrick Gillane, Bridget Gillane, Delia Cahel, The poor old woman
- Genres: Drama, Allegory, Symbolist literature
- Subjects: Family or family life, Revolutions, Rural or country life, Ghosts or apparitions, Poverty or poor people, Eighteenth century, Idealism, Ireland or Irish people, Peasantry or peasants
- Locales: Killala, Ireland
The Play
Cathleen ni Houlihan takes place in the Gillane cottage near Killala in 1798. Peter Gillane, the master of the house, hears a strange noise. Then both his son, Patrick, and his wife, Bridget, hear the noise: It is cheering. They wonder about the cause but are soon brought back to their principal concern, the upcoming marriage of the family’s eldest son, Michael. Bridget unties a bundle and shows Peter and young Patrick the fine clothes Michael will wear to his wedding, finer clothes than they have ever seen. Patrick, curious about the cheering, returns to the...
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