Cottage Kitchen

A cottage kitchen is a term that applies to a small kitchen located on the ground floor of a cottage which is a term given to a small house that has a ground floor with bedrooms constructed in the roofspace.

Inishmaan

Inishmaan is the middle island of the Aran grouping and considered to be the most interesting of the islands west of Ireland.

Donegal

Donegal is the island on which a man’s body washed up while Synge was staying on Inishmaan, and because of his clothing was suspected to have come from Inishmaan.

The Pier

The pier is where Bartley must ride in order to catch a boat if he wants to go to the fair on Connemara. It is significant because Maurya is convinced that if she keeps Bartley from the pier and the boat that is there, he will be safe, but Bartley dies...