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Joey Hooligan

A large, boisterous villager.

minor

Also known as Big Joey Hooligan

First appearance: darby o gill and the leprechaun

Joey Hooligan shows up with force in III: The Ghosts at Chartre’s Mill. The page is where that presence becomes real.

The smith who wakes to see two burning eyes at his window and is terrified for a month afterward.
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Joey Hooligan first appears in 0004 darby o gill and the leprechaun.

In III: The Ghosts at Chartre’s Mill: The smith who wakes to see two burning eyes at his window and is terrified for a month afterward.

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DODarby O'GillEAElizabeth Ann …SRShaun RhueAMAnn MulliganBOBridget O'GillJHJoey Hooligan

Relationship types

  • Other

Character groups

  • Extended Village Ensemble
  • Protagonist
  • Village Dramatis Personae
  • Core Mulligan Family

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Story tension across the book — this chapter sits in Exposition.

SetupEscalationClimax
  • Setup
  • Escalation
  • Breaking point
  • Closing

Darby’s internal turmoil reaches its emotional and psychological peak here as he is consumed by dread over the…

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