J. M. Synge

Titles in Fiction category:

• Aran Islands, The

  The geography of the Aran Islands is very simple, yet it may need a word to itself. There are three islands: Aranmor, the north island, about nine miles long; Inishmaan, the middle island, about three miles and a half across, and nearly round in form; and the south island, Inishere--in Ir ...

• Two Penniless Princesses

  ''Twas on a night, an evening bright
     When the dew began to fa', 
   Lady Margaret was walking up and down, 
     Looking over her castle wa'.'

Titles in Drama category:

• Riders to the Sea    

  It must have been on Synge's second visit to the Aran Islands that he had the experience out of which was wrought what many believe to be his greatest play. The scene of "Riders to the Sea" is laid in a cottage on Inishmaan, the middle and most interesting island of the Aran group. While Syng ...

• Well of the Saints, The

  SCENE: Some lonely mountainous district in the east of Ireland one or more centuries ago.