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Iosagán (Author: Pádraic H. Pearse)

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CHARACTERS

1. ÍOSAGÁN
2. OLD MATTHIAS
3. THE PRIEST
4. BOYS:—DARAGH, PADRAIC, COILIN, CUIMIN, FEICHIN, EOGHAN

Daragh and Padraic are a little older than the other boys

PLACE—A sea-strand beside a village in Iar-Connacht

TIME—The present

IOSAGAN, loving diminutive of Íosa; ‘Jesukin’ (‘Ísuccán’) is the name of the Child Jesus in the exquisite hymn attributed to St. Ita, b. 470, d. 580, A.D.—Author's Note.