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Mr Kearney
When Mrs Kearney asks around to see if there are any Committee members present on the fourth night of the concert series, a steward introduces her to Miss Beirne, one of the Committee secretaries. Miss Beirne can’t provide much help and seems mildly disappointed but not particularly surprised when it looks like the fourth concert isn’t off to a good start. Miss Beirne appears to be the first Committee member to suggest that they not pay Mrs Kearney the second half of her money.
Miss Beirne Quotes in A Mother
The A Mother quotes below are all either spoken by Miss Beirne or refer to Miss Beirne. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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A Mother Quotes
The little woman hoped they would have a good house. She looked out at the rain until the melancholy of the wet street effaced all the trustfulness and enthusiasm from her twisted features. Then she gave a little sigh and said:
“Ah, well! We did our best, the dear knows.”
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Miss Beirne Character Timeline in A Mother
The timeline below shows where the character Miss Beirne appears in A Mother. The colored dots and icons indicate which themes are associated with that appearance.
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...“after a great deal of trouble,” one of the stewards brings her “a little woman,” Miss Beirne .
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Mrs Kearney explains to Miss Beirne that she wants to see one of the Committee secretaries, and Miss Beirne replies that...
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Miss Beirne hopes that they will have a good house for the Saturday concert. Looking out at...
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...makes her singing more elegant. Kathleen plays well, but backstage, a group of people, including Miss Beirne , Mr Holohan, and Mr Fitzpatrick, all gossip about the “scandalous” nature of Mrs Kearney’s...
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