# Maria — Dubliners character guide

> Maria in Dubliners by James Joyce.

**Role:** major

**Also known as:** Polly Mooney, Polly, Mary, Mooney

**First appearance:** 0009-clay

## Who they are

A gentle, unmarried laundress who visits her former foster children on Halloween.

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