Dubliners · Character
Maria
A gentle, unmarried laundress whose Halloween visit to her former foster children reveals a life of small kindnesses and quiet loneliness.
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Also known as Polly Mooney, Polly, Mary, Mooney
First appearance: Clay
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Maria works at the Dublin by Lamplight laundry and is beloved for her peacemaking and her plumcake. She travels across town to Joe Donnelly's house, where she is welcomed but also gently mocked, and where a forgotten…
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- Social
- Friendship
- Other
Character groups
- Central protagonists and catalysts
- Political operators and lost loves
- Party guests and spiritual guides
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- Escalation
- Breaking point
- Aftermath
- Closing
Farrington’s psychological peak occurs here as his simmering resentment and humiliation explode into a direct,…
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- Kathleen Kearney
social · positive
- Aunt Julia Morkan
friendship · positive
- Aunt Julia Morkan
friendship · positive
- Aunt Julia Morkan
friendship · positive
- Kathleen Kearney
social · positive
- Kathleen Kearney
social · positive
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