# Frankie McPhillip — The Informer character guide

> Frankie McPhillip in The Informer by Liam O’Flaherty.

**Role:** supporting

**Also known as:** Francis Joseph McPhillip, McPhillip, Frank McPhillip, Francis, Frank

**First appearance:** 0000-i

## Who they are

The young Intelligence officer whose job Mulholland covets and whose death, delivered by Gypo's whisper, sets every gun in the city looking for a traitor.

## In the story

### [I](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_informer_se/chapters/i)

Frankie, a fugitive revolutionary with consumption, visits Gypo to get news about his family and the organization, showing signs of illness and paranoia.

### [II](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_informer_se/chapters/ii)

Killed while trying to escape from his father's house.

### [Chapter III](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_informer_se/chapters/iii)

McPhillip is referenced as a clever planner and Gypo's former comrade, now dead due to Gypo's betrayal. His motto about alibis echoes in Gypo's mind.

### [IV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_informer_se/chapters/iv)

Dead revolutionary; his actions and memory are defended by Mary.

### [Chapter VIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_informer_se/chapters/viii)

McPhillip is the deceased revolutionary whose killing is the central topic of debate among the crowd, and Gypo invokes his memory to gain sympathy.

### [Chapter XI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_informer_se/chapters/xi)

Frankie's betrayal and death are the central subject of the interrogation, as Gypo is accused of informing on him.

### [XIV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_informer_se/chapters/xiv)

Referenced as the source of the escape plan Gypo now uses; his earlier instructions guide Gypo's movements.

## Links

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