Short Fiction · Character
Billy Malowney
The sporting boy of Carrickadrum, famed as a dancer and hare-killer, who falls hopelessly in love with Molly Donovan and loses all his fun to sighing.
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Also known as Bill, Bill Malowney, Billy, raly Billy, raly Bill Malowney, little Billy
First appearance: Billy Malowney's Taste of Love and Glory
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The protagonist, a lively and handsome young man who falls in love with Molly Donovan, marries her, but after a quarrel is recruited into the army and reportedly killed in battle.
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Billy is the darling of every colleen in his district, a scholar of sorts who composes songs in his sweetheart's praise and sings them across the countryside like a bull. But Molly's parents see only his beauty, his…
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- Breaking point
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- Closing
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