THE CONNORS
Paddy Connor a steelworker
Ruth Connor his wife
Rory Connor their elder son, a rent collector
Jimmy Connor their younger son, apprenticed to a boat builder
Nelly Burke their only daughter, married to Charlie Burke
Lizzie O’Dowd Paddy Connor’s half-cousin
THE WAGGETTS
Bill Waggett a widowed docker
Janie Waggett his daughter, a nursemaid and engaged to marry Rory Connor
Gran Waggett his mother
THE LEARYS
Collum Leary a coal miner
Kathleen Leary his wife
Nine surviving children of whom three have emigrated to America
John George Armstrong Rory’s friend and fellow rent collector
Septimus Kean a property owner
Charlotte Kean his only daughter