No one has ever made a statue of a gambler. No one talks about the greatest gamblers in history when they share a pint.
The Book-Maker is Accused of Fixing a Road Bowling Score
Some mother. Had she been a real Irish woman, she’d have drowned you. Or at least taught you some values, decency, honor, respect. She taught you betrayals, manipulation, her colonizing ways.
Dallan Laments the Loss of the Road Bowling Score
That boy has no heart. I know it, you know it, Ireland knows it. Yet, we want to believe in him. His blood is noble. His father fought for Ireland with every last breath in his body.
Nessa and Iollan Discuss Their Love
ACT I, Scene 2
NESSA and IOLLAN are having dinner at the pub. The couple’s conversation has escalated again because of their eternally unresolved issue: the couple live in sin, but IOLLAN is desperate for NESSA’s husband, DALLAN, to agree to a divorce.
