Rural Ireland today! Two elderly small farmers who have witnessed much change in their community meet between their adjoining farms. An age-old ritual of small talk, farming news, sporting yarns is now peppered with uncertainty and fear.
Eamon and Nashee are men of heart, of humour, of hardness but now they are faced with some heartbreaking truths that will test their long-held friendship to its limits and define their future.
The play is a celebration of humour, resilience, and endearing innocence of an exiled generation as it struggles to survive in the isolated rural Ireland of today.
“The Quiet Land is my heartfelt tribute to a rare breed of forgotten men who live a long way in off the road,” says playwright Malachy McKenna who won the PJ O’Connor Radio Drama Award in 2014 for the original drama which he subsequently adapted for the stage.
Renowned local actors Ger Cody and Brendan Corcoran play Nashee and Eamon respectively; directed by Philip Hardy .The Quiet Land will run at The Barn studio from January 30 to February 2nd at 7pm nightly as part of the St. Brigid’s Festival.
Booking is now open on Eventbrite.
