Without Name

Be good for your mom, yeah?

Hope you're day's getting off to a good start.

It's been nippy but sunny, here in Dublin anyway.

I didn't recognize myself,

and that's when I started to become ill.

There are definitely other

in between spaces.

You know, there's this idea--

No matter what time of day,

we're always here for you, 24 hours--

In the planning, air regulator would ensure

that we had a planning system that works

for the communities and works for the people,

and doesn't just work for the developers.

It should not be theirs.

Knowledge of Trees. William Devoy

I know, I know.

You're letting me down.

No, I said it depends.

Well, you're taking liberties.

I have to get this thesis in by tomorrow.

I had to get an extension already because of you.

Now hold on, you're getting valuable experience.

Wednesday at the very latest, I promise.

It's the second time you've done this, Olivia.

It's almost impossible for me to measure an area

this size on my own.

I'll be there.

Well, I better get back to it,

unless you want me to be even later.

Right.

Bye.

Bye.

So how do you like your lodgings?

Yeah, fine, peaceful.

Settled in okay?

Yeah, thanks.

Listen, about the wood.

Why have you requested state department ordinance

of the area?

We want to keep things quiet for now.

Commercial sensitivity and all that.

I need to ask you something else,

and I'd appreciate a direct answer.

Fire away.

You do own the land, right?

Of course.

Some hopeless development was planned

at the tail end of the boom.

We got it for a song.

It's perfect, or at least it seems to be.

It's your job to tell us that for certain.

I'm not sure you're gonna get clearance from the EPA.

They won't be a problem.

How can you be so sure?

The system doesn't just protect the environment.

It also protects those who wish to exploit the environment.

Is everything okay at your end, Mr. Mayberry?

Yeah, fine.

You're happy to be working with us on this one?

Yeah, of course, but--

But what?

I'm curious why you approached me for the job.

I mean, frankly, we both know there are larger survey

firms out there better equipped for a project this size.

Like I said, it's a commercially sensitive venture.

We don't want the competition getting wind of us.

If lots of surveyors go trampling around out there,

the cat's out of the bag.

Besides, Mr. Mayberry.

Besides?

You have a reputation for discretion.

We'll leave it there.

Keep me posted.

Yeah.

For fuck's sake.

You're certain?

Absolutely, no one knows a thing.

This is a curious line of questioning, I must say.

I just considered environmental activists

or industrial espionage maybe.

It's fine.

I'm sure it's nothing to worry about.

Just someone mucking around.

I look forward to getting this concluded.

And your man's sittin' over the top of it.

What are you having?

An IPA.

We don't have it.

The chemist might, outside.

Right.

Well, I'll just have a beer, whatever you have.

I see you have rooms here.

Yeah.

Well, are they taken?

No.

Quiet time of year.

Interested yourself?

No, I just, well I wondered who'd be staying.

Tried to put talk on me?

Yeah, I suppose.

Where are you staying yourself?

I rented a cottage between here and the gully above.

And what has you here?

Off-season rambler, I'd say.

No, I'm working.

Workin'?

Yeah, well I'm doing a study.

A study?

It's an academic one, like a thesis really.

What about?

About the area.

What about the area specifically?

The gully.

Well, the woods in the gully.

The woods in the gully specifically.

Does that sound specific to you?

Not specifically.

Sounds more like Devoy's kinda thing.

Devoy?

That's his cottage you're stayin' in.

Went soft in the head wandering through

those woods up there doing unspecific things.

Yeah, well it's an unspecific kinda place.

How do you mean?

No one ever named it, never even put it on a map.

It's got a name of sorts.

And what's that?

Gan Ainm.

Gan Ainm?

No name, it means.

Without name, to be precise.

How'd you come across his cottage?

That was my employer at the university.

They took care of that.

So how long are you gonna stay in the cottage?

I'm not really sure.

Hi, mate.

Hello, can I get another one of these please?

Can I get you something?

I stick with the tea.

Intoxicate myself in other ways.

Yeah, you look like a toker.

Do I?

Psilocybin, actually.

I'll give you a pint of that then.

So what is it you do?

Oh, whatever I can.

You live around here?

Yep, a stop just above Gan Ainm actually.

You're in the caravan, right?

Yeah, I recognize this fella.

Chaplin, he's handy.

You shouldn't be there, you know.

It's all bought up, private property.

Private property?

Actually, I may have that wrong.

I just heard something.

How did you hear it?

Jesus, I can't remember, to tell you the truth.

It doesn't matter anyway.

I don't believe in the concept of private property.

Yeah, that's 'cause you don't own any.

No one does, they just think they do.

You always remember to bring the torch with you?

I wouldn't wanna get lost, man.

There's fairy fields around here, you know?

Yeah.

They say people don't get out of them.

They wander forever around in circles unless--

Unless what?

They turn their coats inside out,

and that tends to do the trick for some reason.

Yeah, probably saved his own life.

So what was the story with that fellow

who used to live in my place?

Devoy?

They found him in the wood, half-dead from hypothermia.

Catotonic, completely gone.

He's been in care since.

That's unnerving.

This is you.

Yeah.

Drop in when you're up around Gan Ainm, yeah?

Might go with you, maybe.

Might be able to help.

Sure.

'Cause for a man doin' a study,

you don't seem to know much about the place.

Oh, and Eric, 'round here best to sleep with your pajamas

on inside out, yeah?

Come on, boy.

You annoyed with me?

Why do you say that?

It's obvious, as you're not talkin'.

No, I'm fine.

I just got a lot on my mind is all.

Is it your family?

No, they're fine.

I'm glad you're here.