# Bothered Bill Donahue — Darby O’Gill and the Good People character guide

> Bothered Bill Donahue in Darby O’Gill and the Good People by Herminie Templeton Kavanagh.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Bill Donahue, Bothered Bill

**First appearance:** 0003-darby-o-gill-and-the-good-people

## Who they are

A perpetually worried villager who seeks advice.

## Relationships

### [Darby O'Gill](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/darby_o_gill_and_the_good_people_se/characters/darby_o_gill)

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Bothered Bill is a friend of Darby, known for his perpetually worried demeanor but loyal companionship.

### [Darby O'Gill](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/darby_o_gill_and_the_good_people_se/characters/darby_o_gill)

_friendship_

Bothered Bill is a friend of Darby, known for his perpetually worried demeanor but loyal companionship.

### [Darby O'Gill](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/darby_o_gill_and_the_good_people_se/characters/darby_o_gill)

_friendship_

Bothered Bill is a friend of Darby, known for his perpetually worried demeanor but loyal companionship.

## In the story

### [III: The Ghosts at Chartre’s Mill](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/darby_o_gill_and_the_good_people_se/chapters/iii-the-ghosts-at-chartre-s-mill)

A tinker who encounters twenty skeletons colloguing on the roof of Chartres' ruined mill.

### [IV: The Costa Bower](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/darby_o_gill_and_the_good_people_se/chapters/iv-the-costa-bower)

Mentioned as having gone sneaking off to McCloskey's; later finds the invisibility stone in a future incident.

## Links

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