# Irish Tommy — Travel Essays character guide

> Irish Tommy in Travel Essays by Robert Louis Stevenson.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Thomas, Tom, poor Tom, the Tom

**First appearance:** 0000-an-inland-voyage

## Who they are

An Irish character met during the journey.

## In the story

### [Across the Goulet](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/travel_essays_se/chapters/across-the-goulet)

The Irish friend who walks with the narrator to the monastery gate.

### [Across the Plains](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/travel_essays_se/chapters/across-the-plains)

A fellow traveler, Irish Tommy, is described as a poor, destitute man whose story evokes sympathy and illustrates the hardships of the journey.

### [Another](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/travel_essays_se/chapters/another)

The Irish beggar-woman who shares her story of being abandoned by her husband and sister, left destitute with her daughter.

## Links

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