Bonaparte

Bonaparte is a soldier with the Irish resistance. He is friends with his two prisoners, Belcher and Jeremiah, until he is ordered to assist in their execution.

Belcher and Jeremiah

Two English soldiers captured by the Irish and kept as hostages. They are generally accepted by their captors as friends, but executed when England decides to execute their own captives.

Lomasney

Lomasney is a soldier with the Irish resistance who discovers Paddy, and old acquaintance of his that had been rumored to have gone to the United States. Lomasney finds Paddy hiding in the loft of his parent’s home.

Kieran

Paddy’s father, who has been hiding him in his loft for many years.

Paddy

Kieran’s son, who supposedly fled to the United States after a fight with another Irishman, but was in reality hiding in his father’s loft.

Jumbo

Jumbo is an English informer...