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Patrick Maloney

A typical Irish farmer whom the narrator uses as a type, waking from an agricultural sleep of the ages as cooperative organization draws him toward the nation.

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Also known as Patrick Maloney, Patrick

First appearance: i

As a supporting figure in The National Being, Patrick Maloney is not background color—the story leans on what they do once the chapter opens.

Symbolic Irish farmer; described as economically primitive but possessing latent depth and soul; the subject of transformation through cooperation.
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Patrick begins as a legend-bound figure, thinking of Ireland as a little dark Rose and a mystic maiden rather than a multitudinous being. As he meets the cooperative movement, his politics take on gravity and his…

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