# Patrick Regan — Short Fiction character guide

> Patrick Regan in Short Fiction by Anthony Trollope.

**Role:** supporting

**Also known as:** Pat Regan, Pat, poor Pat, Regan

**First appearance:** 0001-the-o-conors-of-castle-conor-county-mayo

## Snapshot

An Irishman fallen on hard times who bears his distress with wry humour and quiet dignity, refusing to grovel even when seeking help.

## Who they are

Regan arrives with a letter and a story, and though he has a wife and family dependent on him, he offers to surrender a third of his income just to change the nature of his work. What strikes the men who interview him is his keen intellect and his refusal to play the abject supplicant — there is humour in his voice, not meanness. His presence raises the question of what a man owes his pride when his family's survival is at stake.

## In the story

### [Father Giles of Ballymoy](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_4_se/chapters/father-giles-of-ballymoy)

Referred to as 'Pat Kirwan,' the hotel keeper whose establishment the narrator chooses.

### [The Panjandrum](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_4_se/chapters/the-panjandrum)

A member of the group who makes jokes and is hard on Mrs. St. Quinten.

### [Part I: Hope](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_4_se/chapters/part-i-hope)

A poetically inclined contributor who offers to do anything into rhyme and makes jokes.

### [Part II: Despair](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_4_se/chapters/part-ii-despair)

Supports the narrator initially; reads his own work divided into three portions; later discusses the event with the narrator.

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