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gunman on the run. Donal does not refute this notoriety, especially when it wins him the affection of Minnie Powell, an attractive young woman in the tenement. Meanwhile, Seumus' business partner, Mr Maguire drops a bag off at Seumus' apartment before participating in an ambush in which he is
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killed. Seumus thinks the bag contains household items for re-sale. The city is put under curfew as a result of the ambush. The
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Dublin. May 1920. Each act takes place in Seumus Shield's room in a tenement in Hilljoy Square.
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song "Send My Heart" (1984), the lead character is seen trying out for a version of the play.
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raid the tenement and, at that point, Donal and Seumus discover the bag is full of
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Donal Davoren is a poet who has come to room with Seumus Shields in a poor,
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It is the first in O'Casey's "Dublin Trilogy" - the other two being
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hanging on the wall doesn't exempt him from being harassed by the
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series directed by Nye Heron and broadcast on 7 October 1995.
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Index

Seán O'Casey
Auxiliary
Abbey Theatre
Dublin
Irish Free State
Dublin
tragicomedy
Seán O'Casey
Irish War of Independence
IRA
Juno and the Paycock
The Plough and the Stars
Dublin tenement slum
IRA
Black and Tans
Mills bombs
IRA
nationalist
conflict
Orangeman
Protestantism
King William
Battle of the Boyne
Black and Tans
IRA
Kathleen Ni Houlihan
IRA
IRA
Auxiliary Division
Progress Theatre

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