# The Informer — Chapters explained

> Chapter companions for The Informer by Liam O’Flaherty.

- [I](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_informer_se/chapters/i.md): In a lodging house, Frankie McPhillip, a fugitive revolutionary suffering from consumption, meets with his comrade Gypo Nolan. McPhillip seeks news from home and the organization, while Gypo, having delivered messages an
- [II](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_informer_se/chapters/ii.md): Francis Joseph McPhillip is killed while attempting to escape from his father's house at 44 Titt Street, which had been surrounded by Detective-Sergeant McCartney and ten men. McPhillip wounds McCartney before falling an
- [Chapter III](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_informer_se/chapters/iii.md): Gypo Nolan struggles to formulate a plan and alibi after informing on McPhillip. He is interrupted by Katie Fox, a former revolutionary turned prostitute and drug addict, who senses his secret. Gypo's paranoia grows as h
- [IV](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_informer_se/chapters/iv.md): Gypo Nolan, overwhelmed by guilt and paranoia, impulsively gives Mrs. McPhillip the silver coins from his reward, then rushes out. Mary McPhillip defends her brother Frankie's revolutionary actions against her father's c
- [V](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_informer_se/chapters/v.md): Gypo is confronted by Bartly Mulholland, who hints at having seen Gypo's money. Gypo attacks Mulholland but is stopped by Tommy Connor. Mulholland then reveals that Commandant Dan Gallagher wants to see Gypo, and the thr
- [VI](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_informer_se/chapters/vi.md): This chapter provides background on Commandant Dan Gallagher's rise to prominence following the farm-labourers' strike and the murder of the Farmers' Union Secretary. It includes excerpts from a hostile English aristocra
- [VII](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_informer_se/chapters/vii.md): Gallagher confronts Gypo about his expulsion from the Organization. Gypo deflects blame by falsely accusing the Rat Mulligan of informing on Frankie McPhillip. Meanwhile, Gallagher visits the McPhillip home, where he com
- [Chapter VIII](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_informer_se/chapters/viii.md): Gypo Nolan, now flush with reward money, revels in the attention of the Dublin slum crowd. He treats them to a feast at an Italian chip shop, basking in their admiration. Meanwhile, Mulholland tracks him, and the chapter
- [IX](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_informer_se/chapters/ix.md): Gypo Nolan, flush with reward money, decides to indulge in a night of pleasure. He is tracked by Mulholland as he makes his way through a desolate street to a high-class brothel run by Aunt Betty. Despite the initial hos
- [Chapter X](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_informer_se/chapters/x.md): Bartly Mulholland searches for Gypo Nolan, visiting Biddy Burke's kitchen and later tracking him to a brothel where he finds Gypo with Connemara Maggie. Mulholland, under orders from Commandant Dan Gallagher, forces Gypo
- [Chapter XI](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_informer_se/chapters/xi.md): Gypo Nolan is interrogated by Commandant Dan Gallagher in a makeshift court, where Gallagher systematically dismantles Gypo's alibis and exposes his lies about the Rat Mulligan and his possession of money. Gypo's erratic
- [XII](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_informer_se/chapters/xii.md): Gypo Nolan is formally condemned to death by the revolutionary court. Commandant Dan Gallagher orders Bartly Mulholland and three men to execute the sentence on a remote mountain road. Gallagher then informs Mary McPhill
- [XIII](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_informer_se/chapters/xiii.md): After Gallagher leaves the inquiry room, Mulholland organizes a drawing of lots among three men—Hackett, Flynn, and Curley—to determine who will carry out a violent act. The men are deeply anxious and reluctant, revealin
- [XIV](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_informer_se/chapters/xiv.md): Gypo Nolan, condemned and locked in a cell, feigns rest while planning an escape. Drawing on a strategy discussed with the executed Frankie McPhillip, he climbs to a stone ledge, finds an iron ring, and forces open a tra
- [XV](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_informer_se/chapters/xv.md): After Gypo's escape, Commandant Gallagher panics and organizes a manhunt. He then has a tense, emotional conversation with Mary McPhillip, revealing his inner turmoil, his reliance on fear to command, and his philosophic
- [XVI](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_informer_se/chapters/xvi.md): Gypo Nolan, having escaped from the Bogey Hole, flees through the Dublin slums in a state of panic and exhaustion. He seeks sleep in Katie Fox's lodging house, where Katie rambles about her delusions of noble lineage whi
- [XVII](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_informer_se/chapters/xvii.md): Mulholland reports to Gallagher that Gypo Nolan has been found at Katie Fox's room on Mount William Crescent. Gallagher prepares to go there with Mary McPhillip, but she protests against the planned murder, leading to a 
- [XVIII](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_informer_se/chapters/xviii.md): Gypo Nolan, wounded and pursued, escapes from his attackers after a violent struggle on the stairs. He makes his way to a church, where he confesses to Mrs. McPhillip that he informed on her son Frankie. She forgives him

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