The Spinning Heart
1 - Bobby
Bobby Mahon - Bold, smart but hides it, was Foreman- let go 2 months ago, has baby, wife Triona, struggles to talk to Triona
Frank Mahon - Doesn't like, thoughts of killing him, drank for 5 years, drank his inheritance, likes Triona
Granddad Mahon - Dead, didn't hold son in high esteem, believed the one thing his son wouldn't do would be drink his inheritance
Pokey Burke - Shafted Employees, ran away, rat faced, afraid of Bobby, Left Josie to clean up mess, was rough with Triona when dating
Eamonn Burke - 2 years older that Pokey, Josie Burke his dad - authority
Micky Briers - Retiring, asked about pension, employed by pokey
Timmy Hanrahan - Young, naive, stupid, punched by Micky, dented face, employed by pokey
Rory Slattery - Employed by Pokey, fat, lazy
Seanie Shaper - Employed by Pokey, frisky, Bobby jealous of family and he hates Pokey for it, has brother and sister
Josie Burke - Wirey, warm smile, has Ireland's Own magazines for songs to sing
Triona - Lovely, let herself down by going with Bobby, could have had anyone, has English Honours, she thinks the Burkes are users and crooks
Cunliffes - Boy died, aunt sold land, boy was quiet, bullied, no one liked him, shot, no one cared, believed the papers rather than what they saw
Eugene - One legged, spat on Conliffe boys hurse
Pawsey Rogers - Teacher
Hillary - She Doesn't like Bobby, thinks he's a freak, awful family, father weirdo, bobby never speaks
2 - Josie
Josie Burke - Loves Eugene more than Pokey, Gave pokey everything, indulges chickens, was sorry for Bobby, wife Eileen done rearing, fixated on work, doesn't talk to daughter anymore, he worked in Liverpool, undercut boss who died and he laughed but felt bad after, drank for 6 months, built estate, blames himself for rotten Pokey, hated Pokey, thinks Bobby and Eamonn are similar, man to be proud of
Eamonn Burke - Josie loves him, son, went to Trinity, lives in Dublin, was initially called Pokey but when Sean Pol came along he called him it, teacher, has a wife called Yvonne and has kids, thinks he's like Bobby, man to be proud of
Pokey Burke - called Sean Pol but Eamonn called him Pokey, left him everything, disgusts him, was kept in line by Bobby, scared of Bobby
Mags Burke - Cicil rights, cargo pants, didn't like the look of her
Bobby Mahon - Felt sorry for him, admired him, kept Pokey in order, scared Pokey, thinks he's like Eamonn, man to be proud of
Joseph Burke - His dad, 2nd son gets the name first everything else
Conliffes - Boy - shot in yard by Guards
3 - Lily
Children - 5th child dad Bernie McDermot punched her, 1st child John-John, ashamed of her, girls are in England, 3rd boy solicitor, 2nd fella Hughie has little girl Millicent
Jim Gildea - Sergeant, asked about bruises but was glad she didn't tell
Lilly - Prostitute, men started looking at her when she was about 11, English accent/young afforestry- paid for weed, rejected Josie when he was drunk, sad she didn't get a picture of solicitor's graduation, paid for his uni, stashes money for John-John, plans to kill herself, loves all her kids and sacrificed herself for them
Josie Burke - Rejected him when he was drunk
John-John - first Child, father died, alcoholic, hates her, takes her money that she stashes for him, looked after the other kids growing up, protected his mother
Hughie - Little girl - Millicent
Solicitor - 3rd boy, solicitor in city, gave him money to go to uni, gave his graduation tickets to his girlfriend and her mum, same for next graduation, Lily was incredibly proud of him
Bobby Mahon - Sees him pass going to his dads, beautiful, tall,, fair haired like his mum, his father is horrible, all his mothers goodness or hides his father's dark side
Frank Mahon - thinks he's horrible
Bearnie McDermot - Father of 3rd boy - solicitor, aggressive, big, brutish
4 - Vasya
Vasya - Awed by landscape and sea, can't speak English, Grandmother was reindeer herder, mother had goats and cattle, from Khakassia, defended brother, can't return home without his brother, works for Pokey
Bobby Mahon - Foreman, spoke softly, contradicts appearance, younger, Bobby thinks he's the best see to (C2)
Seanie Shaper - Shawnee, slaps him on the back and other laugh
Viktor Afanasiev - Dead, misunderstood boss and hit him others piled on, Vasya defended him, Viktor got drunk and was found dead, Vasya Can't return home without him
Pokey Burke - Employs Vasya, really likes Vasya (cheap labour?)
5 - Realtin
Realtin - Lives number 23, fool for manly men, estate empty except Lily
Lily - Old lady, lives 40
Tom - Looks after estate, wants to hurt Pokey, Dylan calls him Gaga, Retired, lives with Bridget, likes Seanie
Pokey Burke - Tom wants to hurt him, lost all his money on Dubai island, done a runner
Dylan - Her son, father could be Seanie or George
Bridget - Friend of dad, plays bridge, lives with Tom
Seanie Shaper - Wants her to move away, Tom thinks he's great underneath it all, Realtin thinks he's useless and only good at drinking and shagging floosies
George McSweeney - Her boss, Dylan might be his, conveyancer, greedy and chancing their arm, slept with him at party not long after her mum died, gave her a special holiday
Hillary - Her work mate
Rory Slattery - Fat one
Vasya - Foreign looking
Timmy Hanrahan - Simple looking
Bobby Mahon - Manly man, helping her out in the house for cheap, getting a new top to wear for him, was always sound to him, laughed at pranks but didn't join in, stood up for Timmy
6 - Timmy
Timmy Hanrahan - Might be asked to be Sacristan, tries not to cry but fails, feels lonesome, one arm, thinks Noreen is lovely, waited outside when baby came home, thinks she blames him for the baby dying and doesn't want to live with her because of this
Bobby Mahon - thinks he might have took Jeep off Pokey without asking, gives Timmy a lift if too far to walk or cycle
Rory Slattery - Up bobby's arse, going to England
Seanie Shaper - Says if Bobby opened his mouth wide enough you’d see Rory
Padjoe - had tripple bypass, Padjoe Ryan
Nana - Never went to the doctor, racist, heart burst and died
Mickey Briers - Lamped him last year, sent him for straight springs to Chadwicks as prank - ragin they told him, went at him with a shovel
Seanie Shaper - Showed him naked pictures, asked if he had the horn and he should go to Lily the bike, afraid of Bobby
Lily - Lily the bike
Timmy's dad - Stone mad on the drink, ignores Timmy, always at the pub
Timmy's mum - Died having Timmy, 6 kids
Noely - No time for him
Peadar - Brother, laughed at him crying, wants Nana's house sold and split even if left to Timmy, short fuse
Noreen - Doctor told her her baby wouldn't live, took it home and died 3 days later, didn't believe doctor, something wrong with heart, PJ her husband, thinks it was because of how she treated Timmy and wants to make up for it
7 - Brian
Brian - Going to Australia, done apprenticeship and worked for Burkes, worked hard for exams, has belly, wants to act hard but is sort around parents, wants to be Bobby
Matty Cummins - Went to Australia, his parents think they're waster
Walshes - 2 boys went to Australia, his parents think they're waster
Anselon Crogan - Went to Australia, his parents think they're waster
Brian's Mum - Keeps crying
Paddy - Brian's dad, in denial
Pawsey Rogers - Context is everything, Pawsey thought he was cleaver but Brian went for the money in construction
Donal Og - Gay, from Cork
Lorna - Broke up with him, met her dad on the way out and he thinks he should have hit him, Brian didn't love her
Kenny - Bought loads of Es the week before leaving, heading to Australia with Brian, Brian thinks he's a spa, laughs at emotional people, belittles them
Bobby Mahon - Brians thinks he's with Realtin, has a wife Triona, Brian thinks he's a ball but doesn't think he's the smartest, man's man, things come easy to him, fought 5 or 6 Mcdonaghs, Jim intervened, Bobby wants to be him
Realtin - Lives in one of Pokeys estates, used to be with Seanie
Jim Gildea - Intervened when Bobby was in a fight, sergeant
8 - Trevor
Trevor - Get's scared of Portumna, pervy sunglasses and watches girls in skirts, pains in left hand and other heart attack symptoms, fantasized killing Dorothy - mum's friend- vampire and Realtin comes and hugs him as her saviour, pretends to be Montessori, fat and paranoid about health, needs to show everyone Dorothy and his mum are monsters before killing them to be a hero, has to take Dylan, put marks on him then kill them and blame them as witches that are about to sacrifice child, wants to see Bobby has never met him, thinks he's taking advantage of Realtin, wants to be a hero
Lloyd - getting him to kidnap Dylan
Trevor's Mum - Trevor thinks she's evil and has a forked tongue, makes evil seem normal
Dylan - think he's about 2 and a half or 3, needs to take him and make it look like he is a sacrifice with markings on him and then kill the witches
Drorothy - Trevor thinks she's a vampire, only other person that lives in a house in the estate, son in army
Bobby Mahon - Trevor never met him, Trevor wants to see him, Trevor thinks he's taking advantage of Realtin
Realtin - Trevor wants to be her hero, imagines him saving the day and her hugging him, thinks Bobby is taking advantage of her, Trevor thinks she was given house by council, hussy, no job
Trevor's Dad - Fell to pieces, split in two, schizophrenia
9 - Birdie
Birdie Conners - Doesn't like County Clare, taking job there as head of housekeeping, worked in Thurles but was let go, Search party for son peter, also needed a search party for herself, never went to mass again, kids still talk to her, looked after Bobby and his mum when Frank was drunk
Peter Conners - Went fishing with his Uncle Jim and his Brothers in Clare 20 years ago, swept off rocks and drowned
Jim Gildea - Birdie's brother, went fishing with Peter but he was swept off rocks
Michael Conners - Birdie's husband, blames Birdi for Peter it was her brother she left him with, still talks to the kids, sent money until the kids left Birdie
Mary Wills - Personnel manager at Thurles
Billy Conners - Second youngest child, annoyed at house being sold, in a relationship with doctor's daughter, done a masters at uni, they fight, clueless, sensitive
Father John Cotter - Told him to fuck off
Triona Cahill-Mahon - Surname initially Cahill, Triona looked wretched
Robert Mahon - Like his father Bobby, gorgeous
Bobby Mahon - Doesn't think he'd cheat on Triona, Birdie took him and his mum in when dad was drunk
Frank Mahon - Has dog, had falling out with Bobby, Frank got drunk, wife and Bobby left house Birdie took them in
10 - Jason
Jason - Has tattoos all over face, thinks he saw Bobby leaving after murder, was abused as a child
Bobby Mahon - Killed Frank, no remorse, Jason thinks he seen him leaving the house, sound skin, tried to give Jason a job but declined, Bobby fixed their car
Frank Mahon - Killed in home
Jason GF - Had planned out having kids and getting benefits and never bothered with him
Jason M+D - Moved there as Jason was an adult child with a kid
Conliffes - One of them shot Eugene for fighting them
Eugene - Sound skin, trouble with Cunliffes and fight
11 - Hillary
Hillary - Realtin's friend, Flirted with Tom (Realtin's dad) Realtin near raped her dad in payback at her grannies funeral
George McSweeney - Boss, chickenshit bastard, sleezy asshole
Realtin - Gorgeous, doesn't care, does what she wants, looks sad at times, draws it on herself, in love with Bobby, thinks he'll leave his wife, bought new clothes to wear in front of him, breaks things in house to get him round, her dad married Bridget, nearly raped Hillary's dad, everyone thinks she's a brazen hussy, home wrecker, now a victim, crazy single mum living in a freaky ghost estate who breaks things in her house, anything for drama, all about her, asks how you're doing but no interest in the answer.
Tom - Flirted with Hillary, married Bridget, lovely, really good looking, better with age
Bobby Mahon - Murderer, stove his dad's head in, knows Seanie
Seanie Shaper - Prickface, staring down her top, licking his lips, groping himself, ok looking
Hillary's Mum - sick but couldn't talk about her as it would upset Realtin
Darren - Hillary's Ex
12 - Seanie
Seanie Shaper - Doesn't know where name came from, mad man for the women, used to be better groomed, now scruffy, would go for everyone, nicer girls started to leave him be, bottom feeder, depressed, panicking after Pokey screwed them over, never told anyone he was, very depressed darkness, flipped easily, couldn't think under pressure
Nicknames - Vomety Donnell, Johny incest, Kiddy Fiddler, Wankballs, Fishfingers
Realtin - Shining, Dazzling, confident, asked him about family medical history, then pregnant, got bored and then rid of him
Hillary - Browney-grey blob
Pokey Burke - Done over everyone
Seanies Parents - Where always good to him, always encouraged him even though he was a waster, they liked Realtin
13 - Kate
Kate - Paying more in wages than taking for 3 months, owns creche, wages cut or she'll cut 2 jobs, below minimum wage, wasn't there all day arrived back for parents coming, not the right adult to child ratio, says she would bring in mum and sis if needed, checks staff Facebook, had a dream her husband Denis and staff Nuala went off together in the van to shag outside a church, got a hose of fire and burnt them, disappointed when she woke up
Kate's Dad - Worried about Dell closing
Nuala Kate's staff - Little bitch, poisonous temper
Trevor - Montessori, has degree in childcare and postgrad in teaching, fella not very masculine, working for less than min wage
Realtin - Starting to leave Dylan, works in a solicitors office of a big firm
Denis - Think she's mad taking on a man - Trevor, knew his father who was a dentist, he's a carpenter and electrician, he's some worker, sensitive, has body oder that she used to like but that wore off after time and it just stinks now, his dad was horrible, thinks he's Tony Soprano
14 - Lloyd
Lloyd - Dreamt he killed the kid he'd kidnapped, believes it's only him and everyone else is made up in his head, solipsism
Trevor - Cooler in virtual form, gamers, undercover as a Montessori
Llyod's Mum - was uncomfortable with him
Llyod's Dad - Fucked off, didn't want to look after them and had another family
15 - Rory
Rory Slattery - Plans to move to London, no imagination or balls, 27, worried about gig and expenses but wants to see Holly, coward, deleted Holly's number
Bobby Mahon - Called him to help with tree, then went apeshit, killing Frank and cheating on Triona, thinks on his own and starting an insulation company, called Jim after the murder
Rory's Mum and Dad - Thank God for Bobby, full of admiration and go on about it
Lily - Rory thinks she started the Realtin/Bobby talk, crazy looking bint
Seanie Shaper - Oddball sometimes, never to anyone of Realtin being his GF and baby
Jim Gildea - Called by Bobby after murder
Frank Mahon - Bad Yoke
Pokey Burke - Didn't look like a boss compared to Bobby, sneaky little prick
Holly - Pixies top - loved them, she said he Rory looked like Black Frances, gave him her number, Rory ended up deleting her number
16 - Millicent
Hughie - Bad example, unemployed, isn't allowed dole as he was the boss
Millicent's Mum - Works in Tesco, gives her husband a hard time
Assumpta Gill - Smells like Fags, little bitches in work, silly cows
Lloyd - Children Snatcher Monster
Realtin - Lady that lives up the road
17 - Denis
Denis - Lying in a foetal position, never sick but is now, no chance of work,, drove 100s of miles to get his money, got irate saying 'I killed a old man', imagined punching Kate, 'then I killed a man', wanted to frighten Frank anyone, ended up killing him
Kate - Denis imagines punching her, she thinks he's unwell, creche closed, wants to know how much he gets each day
Pokey Burke - Owes him money along with Conleth Barry and four or five other to a sum of 100,000
Bobby Mahon - Took stuff out of houses, not just Pokeys with foreign lad to do patch up work
Vasya - Helped Bobby do patch up work
Frank Mahon - Wanted Denis to know his son fraternized with rats, frightened him, reminded Denis of his dad, both called him a 'Useless cunt', Denis wanted to scare him and ended up killing him
Denis' Dad - Denis came home with a split eyebrow and broke collarbone after loss to Roscrea U16, his dad laughed at him told Denis he was a useless cunt
18 - Mags
Mags Burke - Worked for charity, sunk artesian wells in developing countries, graduated with first, engineer and helping people, swept away from femininity, wants her dad to talk to her like he talks to Eamonn and his kids, lesbian, after dad's statement on the infamous dinner she got her coat and drove off and didn't return for near a year, live in sound bites, bottom line, dangerously reductive, wants her dad to know she's still his little girl
Josie Burke - Feeds caterpillars to chickens, wants him to talk to her, taking missing kid badly, feel responsible by proxy to Realtin, cracked about Mags saying 'man has huge potential', replying 'your crowd' lesbians, said she was always down on man, didn't accept her for who she was, cutting and cruel words, unlike him, wants him to know she's still his little girls
Eileen Burke - Taking missing kid badly, feels responsible by proxy to Realtin, was proud of her, wanted her friends to hear all about it, seems to like Ger, Mags presumed she knew she was lesbian and was impressed by her acceptance, forbearance
Realtin - A blow in
Guards - All over the place putting people on edge
Trevor - Questioned by police, least will be criminal negligence, not natural for a mans job
Ger - Would call her prejudice, Mags' Mum likes her, lesbian, helped Mags
19 - Jim
Jim Gildea - Hasn't slept for four days, has no kids, has a feeling about Timmy's lead, as with Bobby, thinks twitch and Trevor are the same, brainy and odd
Mary Gildea - Wife of Jim
Woman in Station - Mad about Murphy's fella getting released, seen him hitching a lift at Essker Line, she was in a state, threatened to take all her pills
Birdie Conners - Jim's sister, was looking after her son Peter going fishing when he was swept away
Seanie Shaper - Sean Shanahan - Dylan's dad, Tearing about the place like a madman, shouted at Philly in Guarda car
Philly Guard - Shouted at by Seanie
Realtin - Tough yoke
Tom - Grand man, accountant, not losing it like Seanie
Bobby Mahon - Jim didn't think he's killed his dad but he phoned Jim and when he arrived was holding plank with blood on it standing over Frank
Timmy Hanrahan - he is convinced Bobby didn't do it, Heard someone on phone talking about going to jail and Dylan, twitchy fella, not as thick as people think, people let their guard down around him
Josie Burke - Put up Bobby's bail, Jim thinks he might be able to get some sense out of him
Kate - A quare hawk, finished in child care
Conliffes - Boy was waving gun at neighbours, armed response shot him as soon as he came out front door
20 - Frank
Frank Mahon - Died Quickly knack for hit words to hit people where it hurt, now haunts his own house, brutal sharp words, couldn't stop himself, only saw Robert the once never spoke and walked off, barely to ever see him again, told his dad about getting 100% in test in school, his dad called him a know it all and beat him 'pride is a deadly sin, Frank never hit Bobby, would imagine killing his dad and then would actually wreck the place
Bobby Mahon - Frank knew he loved and hated him, Pokey was Bobby's number one lapdog, Bobby has his mother's brains, hasn't a dust of sense, couldn't talk to him without upsetting him, mollycoddled by his mum, vain naming child after himself, Frank never hit Bobby
Pokey Burke - Frank thinks he's Pokeys number one fan
Jim Gildea - Thick fucker
Cassidy lady - Big chest, fine cut of a lady, coroner
Bobby's Mum - Forgot about Frank when Bobby was born, looked down her nose at Frank, never to why she married him, avoided the question, Frank kept brutal sharp words, especially when they were down or crying, couldn't stop himself
21 - Triona
Triona - Wasn't bothered about Realtin, knew Bobby wouldn't cheat on her but snapped at the bail and not talking, not telling her what happened, she would do anything for Bobby, never pushed Bobby to talk, sometimes he'd just talk and she'd not move or make a noise to not interrupt him
Cousin Coley - Auntie Bernadette's son cousin Coley hung himself at 14
Bobby Mahon - Reminded Tiona of Coley, not like the other donkeys, fear, doubt, shy, sad,, she thought he was too cool to talk to her, would never leave him, Bobby hated his father, never got over his mum passing, blamed himself for not protecting her, had a song about him - The Ballad of Bobby Mahon, felt that everyone liked him for his hard work but Frank just had content for him, he'd smile saying 'you fool among fools' Triona Hated Fronk then, Bobby took on the troubles oof others, other can't see past their own troubles
Frank Mahon - Triona ended up hating Frank, frank tormented Bobby
Triona's Dad - Dad got sick and worried about her and mum, he was stone mad about Bobby
Total Number - 179