# Darby O’Gill and the Good People — Character guide

> Key figures in Darby O’Gill and the Good People by Herminie Templeton Kavanagh.

- [Darby O'Gill](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/darby_o_gill_and_the_good_people_se/characters/darby_o_gill.md): Darby is a Balinrobe tenant farmer whose pigs and beloved cow Rosie keep vanishing into Sleive-na-mon, pushing him from bluster into outright war with the Good People. His courage is real but so is his temper, and his si
- [Bridget O'Gill](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/darby_o_gill_and_the_good_people_se/characters/bridget_o_gill.md): Bridget Hanlon O'Gill runs the cottage, the children, and the rent while Darby chases fairy gold and stolen cows. She scolds him for his reckless talk but never doubts his courage, and the fairy king himself promises a g
- [The Knowledgeable Man](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/darby_o_gill_and_the_good_people_se/characters/the_knowledgeable_man.md): Known throughout the parish as a knowledgeable man because he once spent six months inside Sleive-na-mon, he is the one Cormac McCarthy begs to drive off the banshee. He carries the reputation uneasily, aware that his le
- [Barney Casey](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/darby_o_gill_and_the_good_people_se/characters/barney_casey.md): Barney Casey, the Man without Childher, snatches what he takes to be an abandoned infant and carries it off for christening — only to find he has the King of the Good People squirming in Maureen's shawl. Unimpressed by c
- [Father Cassidy](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/darby_o_gill_and_the_good_people_se/characters/father_cassidy.md): Father Cassidy is the trusted keeper of Cormac McCarthy's fifty-three pounds and the quiet center of village life, the man people turn to when grief and the supernatural collide. He never appears in the thick of a fairy 
- [Eileen McCarthy](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/darby_o_gill_and_the_good_people_se/characters/eileen_mccarthy.md): Eileen is the child Cormac McCarthy means to keep alive on the earnings of his stone-cutting tools after the banshee has driven him to offer Darby everything he owns. She is spoken of with tender worry — 'poor Eileen,' t
- [Margit Doyle](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/darby_o_gill_and_the_good_people_se/characters/margit_doyle.md): A village woman who appears in several domestic and social scenes.
- [Maureen McGibney](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/darby_o_gill_and_the_good_people_se/characters/maureen_mcgibney.md): A local woman with a warm presence in the community.
- [Caycelia Crow](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/darby_o_gill_and_the_good_people_se/characters/caycelia_crow.md): A mysterious woman with possible fairy connections.
- [Cormac McCarthy](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/darby_o_gill_and_the_good_people_se/characters/cormac_mccarthy.md): Cormac is a working man of the village — stonecutter, small farmer, father to little Eileen — whose grief has stripped him of ordinary caution. When the banshee's cry marks his household for death, he tries to bribe Darb
- [Sheelah Maguire](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/darby_o_gill_and_the_good_people_se/characters/sheelah_maguire.md): A sharp-tongued village woman who interacts with Darby.
- [King Brian Connors](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/darby_o_gill_and_the_good_people_se/characters/king_brian_connors.md): Ruler of the fairy host that has raided pigs, children, and churnings from the parish for generations, King Brian finally soured on Darby O'Gill and took his three pigs and his beloved cow Rosie. Vain, cunning, and easil
- [Solomon Kilcannon](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/darby_o_gill_and_the_good_people_se/characters/solomon_kilcannon.md): A wise old man known for his proverbs and knowledge.
- [Tom Mulligan](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/darby_o_gill_and_the_good_people_se/characters/tom_mulligan.md): Mulligan belongs to the same parish network of farmers, priests, and storytellers through which news of the Good People travels, and his family's fortunes become a local case study in what fairy favor actually costs. His
- [Bothered Bill Donahue](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/darby_o_gill_and_the_good_people_se/characters/bothered_bill_donahue.md): A perpetually worried villager who seeks advice.
- [Little Mickey Mulligan](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/darby_o_gill_and_the_good_people_se/characters/little_mickey_mulligan.md): A mischievous boy from the Mulligan family.
- [Peggy Collins](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/darby_o_gill_and_the_good_people_se/characters/peggy_collins.md): An older village woman with a sharp wit.
- [Ann Mulligan](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/darby_o_gill_and_the_good_people_se/characters/ann_mulligan.md): Mother of the Mulligan children, a caring matriarch.
- [Shaun Rhue](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/darby_o_gill_and_the_good_people_se/characters/shaun_rhue.md): The village blacksmith, strong and reliable.
- [Judy Casey](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/darby_o_gill_and_the_good_people_se/characters/judy_casey.md): A village woman connected to the Casey family.
- [Phadrig Oge](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/darby_o_gill_and_the_good_people_se/characters/phadrig_oge.md): A young man with a role in local fairy dealings.
- [Wullum Fagin](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/darby_o_gill_and_the_good_people_se/characters/wullum_fagin.md): A comical character with a distinctive dialect.
- [Elizabeth Ann Egan](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/darby_o_gill_and_the_good_people_se/characters/elizabeth_ann_egan.md): A young woman mentioned in village gossip.
- [Mary McGinnis](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/darby_o_gill_and_the_good_people_se/characters/mary_mcginnis.md): A local woman who appears in community scenes.
- [Roger O'Brien](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/darby_o_gill_and_the_good_people_se/characters/roger_obrien.md): A young man involved in village affairs.
- [Norah Costello](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/darby_o_gill_and_the_good_people_se/characters/norah_costello.md): A village woman with a brief appearance.
- [Peggy O'Callaghan](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/darby_o_gill_and_the_good_people_se/characters/peggy_ocallaghan.md): An older village woman.
- [Joey Hooligan](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/darby_o_gill_and_the_good_people_se/characters/joey_hooligan.md): A large, boisterous villager.
- [Mrs. Norah Clancy](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/darby_o_gill_and_the_good_people_se/characters/mrs_norah_clancy.md): A village woman who appears in domestic scenes.
- [Peggy O'Rourke](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/darby_o_gill_and_the_good_people_se/characters/peggy_orourke.md): A minor female character.
- [Bob Broderick](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/darby_o_gill_and_the_good_people_se/characters/bob_broderick.md): A minor character in the village.
- [Father Scanlan](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/darby_o_gill_and_the_good_people_se/characters/father_scanlan.md): Another priest in the area.
- [Maurteen Cavanaugh](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/darby_o_gill_and_the_good_people_se/characters/maurteen_cavanaugh.md): A minor character in the community.
- [Barney McBride](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/darby_o_gill_and_the_good_people_se/characters/barney_mcbride.md): A minor character with a friendly epithet.
- [Tim Healy](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/darby_o_gill_and_the_good_people_se/characters/tim_healy.md): A minor male character.

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