Land
LandMaggie O'Farrell
Characters in Land
6 characters, main characters first.Main characters
Tomás
Irish mapmaker working for the British Ordnance Survey in 1865 whose life is transformed by an encounter at an ancient copse.
Liam
Tomás's ten-year-old son during the survey, who later becomes a Jesuit missionary in India.
Supporting characters
Phina
Tomás's wife, a Great Famine survivor and workhouse escapee, and mother of their four children.
Enda
The eldest daughter, restless and musically gifted, who later emigrates to Quebec as a laborer.
Rose
One of Tomás and Phina's children, steady and gentle, who tries to hold the family together.
Eugene
The youngest of the four children, nonverbal, who hears the thoughts of birds and streams.