Set on the border between Leitrim and Fermanagh, this tragic love story weaves together past and present through the tradition of mumming and storytelling accompanied by toe-tapping dance and live music from fiddle, accordian and bodhran. This play tells a story that would break your heart while touching your comic nerve.

“a powerful tragedy of hatred” _{Irish Press 15 Feb 1994}

“ Maelíosa Stafford’s direction is seamless, Brendan O’Regans music and Ray McBride’s choreography are excellent” _{The Irish Independent, 15 Feb 1994}

“a superbly eloquent and heartbreaking statement about tribal war in the Border counties” _{The Irish Times 23 Feb 1994}

“…sublime, superb, magical…the best night of theatre I’ve had in more than 50 years of theatre going” ~The Sunday Tribune
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bq(small). “although invariably and unmistakably Irish, it has crossed the ocean to articulate themes of the broadest significance” _{The Toronto Star, 10 April, 1994}