Máiréad

Máthair an chúpla Éile agus Sharon ab ea Máiréad.	Máiréad is the mother of the twins Éile and Sharon.
Bhí sí an-bhuartha faoina hiníon Sharon agus a drochiompar.	She was really worried about her daughter Sharon and her bad behaviour.
Ní raibh a fear céile ag caint léi.	Her husband wasn't talking to her.
Ní raibh a fhios ag an mbean bhocht cad a bhí ar siúl.	The poor woman didn't know what was going on.
Rinne sí iarracht cúrsaí a phlé leis.	She tried to discuss matters with him.

| D'admhaigh Timmy di go raibh caidreamh adhaltrach ar bun aige. | Timmy admitted he was having an affair. | | Bhí Máiréad in umar na haimléise. | Máiréad was in the depths of despair. | | Dúirt sí le Timmy go mbeadh orthu scaradh ar feadh tamaill. | She said to Timmy that she would need a break for a while. |

| Ag deireadh an úrscéil, bhí ar Mháiréad a fear céile a chur san uaigh. | At the end of the novel, Máiréad had to put her husband in the grave. |