A nobleman squanders his vast inheritance to earn the approval of his father. When he realises he prefers the simple life, a tragedy changes everything.
Set in Cork and London at the end of the eighteenth century, Hellgate, is based on the life of the dissolute Earl of Barry & his eccentric family. It is a picaresque story of a young man’s ennui and outrageous excesses in an aristocratic society devoid of meaning.
CHARACTERS
Principal characters: The Barry siblings – Richard, Caroline, Henry, and Augustus
Antagonists: Blubbercheeks, Midweek, Hoddy Doddy, Catchfart
Significant characters: Lord Barry, Philip Cross, Charlotte Goulding, Dido Belle, Countess of Harrington, The Prince of Wales, Tinman, The Duke of Limbs, Delphini, Riggs, John
Minor characters: George Coventry, George Hanger, Tarleton Banastre, James Fitzroy, Baron Lyttleton, Dorothy Worsley, Eliza, Reverand Tickle, Captain Tayler, Comte de Melfort, Humphrey Howarth, Sean Redmond, Joe
