Ireland -- Literary collections

Collected works of Padraic H. Pearse

Pearse, Padraic, 1879-1916; Browne, Patrick, Monsignor, 1889-1960 [Author of introduction, etc.]; Campbell, Joseph, 1879-1944 [Translator]· 2 chapters· 37,436 words

_A sea-strand beside a village in Iar-Connacht. A house on the right-hand side. The sound of a bell comes east, very clearly. The door of the house is opened. An aged man, old Matthias, comes out on the door-flag and stands for a spell looking down the road. He sits then on a...

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1. SCENE I

_A sea-strand beside a village in Iar-Connacht. A house on the right-hand side. The sound of a bell comes east, very clearly. The door of the house is opened. An aged man, old M...

2. SCENE II

MATTHIAS. Come in. (_The Priest enters. He sits down beside the bed and hears the old man’s confession. When they have finished, Matthias speaks._) Who told you I was wanting yo...