It is 1936 and Harvest Time in County Donegal. in a House Just Outside the Village of Ballybeg Live the Five Mundy Sisters, Barely Making Ends Meet, Their Ages Ranging From Twenty-Six Up to Forty. the Two Male Members of the Household Are Brother Jack, a Missionary Priest, Repatriated From Africa by His Superiors After Twenty-Five Years, and the Seven-Year-Old Child of the Youngest Sister. in Depicting Two Days in the Life of This Menage, Brian Friel Evokes Not Simply the Interior Landscape of a Group of Human Beings Trapped in Their Domestic Situation, but the Wider Landscape, Interior and Exterior, Christian and Pagan, of Which They Are Nonetheless a Part.