Denis O'Hara

Moira Barry, a schoolteacher and Denis' fiancée

Mrs. O'Hara, Denis' mother

Mr. O'Hara, Denis' father

Gilbert Beecher, a gang leader of the poteen-makers

Shanahan, a jarvey

[later Lady Grace] Kitty Shanahan's daugher

Captain Kelly, commandant,Clonmore Battalion, IRA

Priest

Intelligence Officer, IRA headquarters

Schoolboy

man with cigar at Vaughan's Hotel