# Gypo Nolan — The Informer character guide > Gypo Nolan in The Informer by Liam O’Flaherty. **Role:** major **Also known as:** Gypo, Nolan **First appearance:** 0000-i ## Who they are A hulking ex-policeman turned revolutionary, Gypo trades his comrade's life for twenty pounds and then must walk the streets with that betrayal burning in his pocket. ## Relationships ### [Commandant Dan Gallagher](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_informer_se/characters/commandant_dan_gallagher) _rivalry_ Dan is the revolutionary leader betrayed by Gypo, creating a tense dynamic of authority and guilt. ### [Katie Fox](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_informer_se/characters/katie_fox) _romantic_ Gypo is infatuated with Katie, but she manipulates him for her own ends. ### [Mary McPhillip](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_informer_se/characters/mary_mcphillip) _psychological_ Gypo is obsessed with Mary, viewing her as an unattainable ideal that fuels his betrayal. ### [Bartly Mulholland](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_informer_se/characters/bartly_mulholland) _rivalry_ Bartly is a fellow revolutionary who distrusts and clashes with Gypo over loyalty. ### [The Rat Mulligan](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_informer_se/characters/the_rat_mulligan) _social_ Gypo and Rat are underworld acquaintances, sharing a seedy camaraderie in the Dublin slums. ### [Tommy Connor](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_informer_se/characters/tommy_connor) _social_ Tommy is a young revolutionary who interacts with Gypo in the tense atmosphere of the movement. ### [Betty](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_informer_se/characters/betty) _social_ Betty is a barmaid who knows Gypo casually, part of his drinking circle. ### [Maggie](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_informer_se/characters/maggie) _social_ Maggie is a local woman who interacts with Gypo in the pub and street scenes. ### [Louisa Cummins](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_informer_se/characters/louisa_cummins) _social_ Louisa is a local woman who encounters Gypo in the slums, part of his degraded social circle. ### [Commandant Dan Gallagher](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_informer_se/characters/commandant_dan_gallagher) _rivalry_ Dan is the revolutionary leader betrayed by Gypo, creating a tense dynamic of authority and guilt. ### [Commandant Dan Gallagher](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_informer_se/characters/commandant_dan_gallagher) _rivalry_ Dan is the revolutionary leader betrayed by Gypo, creating a tense dynamic of authority and guilt. ### [Katie Fox](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_informer_se/characters/katie_fox) _romantic_ Gypo is infatuated with Katie, but she manipulates him for her own ends. ## In the story ### [I](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_informer_se/chapters/i) Gypo meets with Frankie McPhillip in the lodging house, eats hungrily, and later steals a fellow lodger's dinner after McPhillip leaves. ### [Chapter III](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_informer_se/chapters/iii) Gypo is tormented by guilt and paranoia, unable to devise a plan or alibi. He is haunted by McPhillip's memory and fears the Revolutionary Organization's retribution. ### [IV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_informer_se/chapters/iv) Acts erratically from guilt, gives coins to Mrs. McPhillip, panics when more coins fall, draws suspicion. ### [V](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_informer_se/chapters/v) Gypo is paranoid and aggressive, attacking Mulholland when he mentions the money. He fears the Organization's reach. ### [VII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_informer_se/chapters/vii) Confronted by Gallagher; falsely accuses the Rat Mulligan of informing. ### [Chapter VIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_informer_se/chapters/viii) Gypo is the center of attention, treating the crowd to food and reveling in his newfound importance. He is paranoid about being called an informer and tries to project confidence by invoking Gallagher. ### [IX](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_informer_se/chapters/ix) Gypo, flush with reward money, decides to visit a high-class brothel. He is tracked by Mulholland and spends lavishly, but becomes fixated on a mysterious woman in a fur coat who ignores him. ### [Chapter X](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_informer_se/chapters/x) Found by Mulholland in a brothel with Connemara Maggie; reluctantly agrees to follow Mulholland's orders. ### [Chapter XI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_informer_se/chapters/xi) Gypo is interrogated by Gallagher, becomes increasingly agitated and incoherent, and finally confesses to being the informer before collapsing in despair. ### [XII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_informer_se/chapters/xii) Condemned to death by the revolutionary court; his fate is sealed as the execution squad prepares to take him away. ### [XIV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_informer_se/chapters/xiv) Condemned to death, Gypo executes a pre-arranged escape plan, climbing to a trapdoor and fleeing under gunfire. ### [XVI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_informer_se/chapters/xvi) Exhausted and paranoid, Gypo seeks sleep at Katie's, then flees through the streets in panic, forgetting his new status as an informer. ### [XVIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_informer_se/chapters/xviii) Wounded and dying, Gypo confesses to Mrs. McPhillip and seeks forgiveness before collapsing in the church. ## Links - HTML: https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_informer_se/characters/gypo_nolan - Book: https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_informer_se - All characters: https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_informer_se/characters