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