The action of this play takes place in late August 1833 at a hedge-school in the townland of baile beag - an Irish speaking community in county donegal. The 'scholars' are a cross-section of the local community, from a s...The action of this play takes place in late August 1833 at a hedge-school in the townland of baile beag - an Irish speaking community in county donegal. The 'scholars' are a cross-section of the local community, from a semi-literate young farmer to and elderly polygot autodidact who reads and quotes homer in the orginal.