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Buaidh an Ultaigh

OVERVIEW

  • Playwright

    Séamus Ó Néill 

  • Setting

    Áit: Eamhain Macha; Fionntráigh.

  • Synopsis

    The King of Ulster is getting old and tired and his young Queen has started an affair with the hero Fionn Mac Cumhaill. When foreign invaders land, however, it is not Fionn who manages to drive them back but Goll, the King's teenaged son. Goll succeeds in overcoming the enemy and saving the honour of the men of Ulster, but is himself killed in the struggle.

  • Play Type

    Plays General

    Number Of Acts

    Full-Length

Original Production

Original Cast  
Production Team  
Director Cyril Cusack

Published Scripts

  • Title

    Buaidh an Ultaigh

  • Year

    1936

  • Published By

    An Gúm

  • Address

    Foras na Gaeilge, 7 Cearnóg Mhuirfean
    Baile Átha Cliath 2
    Baile Átha Cliath
    Republic of Ireland

  • Phone

    1850 325 325 / 0845 309 8142 (TÉ)

  • Email

    eolas@forasnagaeilge.ie

Unpublished Scripts

  • Contact

    An Comhlachas Náisiúnta Drámaíochta

  • Address

    Tulach na hÉigse
    Camus Conamara
    Galway
    Republic of Ireland

  • Phone

    00353 91 574 146

  • Website

    www.drama-gaeilge.com

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Source Of Information

Fuarthas an t-eolas seo ón leabhar 'Stair Drámaíocht na Gaeilge 1900-1970' le Pádraig Ó Siadhail