Show Plot Dancing at Lughnasa

Author: Brian Friel

Setting: fictional town of Ballybeg in County Donegal, Ireland

Time Period: August and September 1936, though the story is narrated in hindsight by an adult looking back from the 1950s.

Summary: Dancing at Lughnasa is an Irish memory play that follows five unmarried sisters and a young boy during the pagan harvest festival of Lughnasa. The play is a moving, nostalgic look at family, change, and the passage of time.