Dancing at Lughnasa Study Guide

Michael Evans narrates the story of his childhood spent growing up in Ballybeg, a small town in County Donegal in northern Ireland. The tale begins in the summer of 1936, when he is eight years old. Michael is the illegitimate son of Chris Mundy and Gerry Evans, a ne'er-do-well from Wales. Chris and her son live with her four sisters Kate, Agnes, Maggie, and Rose, and her brother, Jack, a Catholic priest. (read more)