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* ThickerThanWater: Despite his dislike for Margaret, he still lets her to live in his apartment when she leaves Nucky and has nowhere to go.
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* DemotedToExtra: Eamoinn was likely slated to return in Season 4 when Season 2 was written, but Margaret's drastically reduced screentime (in part because of the actress' RealLife pregnancy) meant that any part he had was scrapped. His ''feet'' are still visible in one scene, obviously from an extra, showing the cramped conditions Margaret and her children live in after they live Nucky to live with the Rohans.

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* DemotedToExtra: Eamoinn was likely slated to return in Season 4 when Season 2 was written, but Margaret's drastically reduced screentime (in part because of the actress' RealLife pregnancy) meant that any part he had was scrapped. His ''feet'' are still visible in one scene, obviously from an extra, showing the cramped conditions Margaret and her children live sleep in after they live leave Nucky to live with the Rohans.
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* DemotedToExtra: Eamoinn was likely slated to return in Season 4 when Season 2 was written, but Margaret's drastically reduced screentime (in part because of the actress' RealLife pregnancy) meant that any part he had was scrapped. His ''feet'' are still visible in one scene, obviously from an extra, showing the cramped conditions Margaret and her children live in after they live Nucky to live with the Rohans.
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Margaret's estranged older brother, now working as a subway digger in Brooklyn. Played by Tony Curran.

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Margaret's estranged older brother, now working as a subway digger in Brooklyn. Played by Tony Curran.
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A poor, young Irish mother of two and (thanks to Nucky) widow. She is initially aided by Nucky only out of pity, but they fall in love with each other and begin a relationship as the series progresses. Margaret begins a luxury life as a kept woman and is probably Nucky's closest emotional connection - until he manipulates her into marrying him as a way to escape imprisonment for his many crimes. Played by KellyMacDonald.

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A poor, young Irish mother of two and (thanks to Nucky) widow. She is initially aided by Nucky only out of pity, but they fall in love with each other and begin a relationship as the series progresses. Margaret begins a luxury life as a kept woman and is probably Nucky's closest emotional connection - until he manipulates her into marrying him as a way to escape imprisonment for his many crimes. Played by KellyMacDonald.
Creator/KellyMacDonald.



* DemotedToExtra: In the first three seasons, she appeared on every episode except one ("[[ShooOutTheClowns Two Imposters]]") and was the actor with the most appearances after Creator/SteveBuscemi. After she leaves Nucky at the end of season 3, her role is greatly reduced; in season 4, she only appeared in 4 episodes out of the 12, though KellyMacDonald still gets second billing.

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* DemotedToExtra: In the first three seasons, she appeared on every episode except one ("[[ShooOutTheClowns Two Imposters]]") and was the actor with the most appearances after Creator/SteveBuscemi. After she leaves Nucky at the end of season 3, her role is greatly reduced; in season 4, she only appeared in 4 episodes out of the 12, though KellyMacDonald Creator/KellyMacDonald still gets second billing.



* TokenWholesome: [[EnforcedTrope Enforced]]. Rumors say that KellyMacDonald demanded a non-nudity clause in her contract (she declared her unwillingness to do nude scenes after the birth of her first child).

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* TokenWholesome: [[EnforcedTrope Enforced]]. Rumors say that KellyMacDonald Creator/KellyMacDonald demanded a non-nudity clause in her contract (she declared her unwillingness to do nude scenes after the birth of her first child).
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* MassiveNumberedSiblings: She has a brother and three sisters.
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* DemotedToExtra: In the first three seasons, she appeared on every episode except one ("[[ShooOutTheClowns Two Imposters]]") and was the actor with the most appearances after SteveBuscemi. After she leaves Nucky at the end of season 3, her role is greatly reduced; in season 4, she only appeared in 4 episodes out of the 12, though KellyMacDonald still gets second billing.

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* DemotedToExtra: In the first three seasons, she appeared on every episode except one ("[[ShooOutTheClowns Two Imposters]]") and was the actor with the most appearances after SteveBuscemi.Creator/SteveBuscemi. After she leaves Nucky at the end of season 3, her role is greatly reduced; in season 4, she only appeared in 4 episodes out of the 12, though KellyMacDonald still gets second billing.
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* AcceptableEthnicTargets: In-universe. His German heritage makes him an easy scapegoat in post-WorldWarOne America.

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* AcceptableEthnicTargets: In-universe. His German heritage makes him an easy scapegoat in post-WorldWarOne post-UsefulNotes/WorldWarOne America.
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* YourCheatingHeart: With Owen.

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* YourCheatingHeart: With Owen.She's attracted to Owen from the start, and ends up sleeping with him in season 2 in a moment of weakness. In season 3, after she finds out about Nucky's infidelity, she starts an affair with Owen, and plans to leave Nucky for him.
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* MafiaPrincess: Financial security is one of the reasons she hooks up with Nucky.

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* MafiaPrincess: Financial security is one of the reasons she hooks up with Nucky. However, she quickly becomes uncomfortable in the role, and tries to support charity instead of buying pretty things.
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* SoapboxSadie: Nucky calls her on it in the season 3 premiere.

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* SoapboxSadie: Nucky calls Margaret is a less hamfisted example than usual: she usually fights against injustices she has genuinely suffered herself. In Season 1 she campaigns for female suffrage, she being an immigrant from a country (Ireland) where women can vote to one (America) where they can't; she supports Prohibition because her on it abusive husband gets even more violent when he drinks, rather than because she thinks that alcohol is intrinsically immoral (and she drinks herself with moderation); and in Season 3 her main struggle is to open a clinic that teaches women to take better care of themselves during pregnancy, she having already suffered two miscarriages before 30 herself. The one time she considered fighting for a hopeless cause (bringing Nucky's criminal empire down, which is the season 3 premiere.basis of her own wealth and status to boot) was one time that she was stressed and not thinking rationally because of her daughter being sick and she blaming herself for it.
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* PutOnABus: Along with her children, she leaves at the end of the third season for Brooklyn [[spoiler: and is not set to appear in the first 5 episodes of Season 4]].

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* PutOnABus: Along with her children, she leaves at the end of the third season for Brooklyn [[spoiler: and is not set to appear in the first 5 episodes of Season 4]].Brooklyn.
** TheBusCameBack: Nucky contacts her after [[spoiler:Eddie kills himself]].


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* DemotedToExtra: In the first three seasons, she appeared on every episode except one ("[[ShooOutTheClowns Two Imposters]]") and was the actor with the most appearances after SteveBuscemi. After she leaves Nucky at the end of season 3, her role is greatly reduced; so far she only appeared in 2 episodes out of 9, though KellyMacDonald still gets second billing.

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* DemotedToExtra: In the first three seasons, she appeared on every episode except one ("[[ShooOutTheClowns Two Imposters]]") and was the actor with the most appearances after SteveBuscemi. After she leaves Nucky at the end of season 3, her role is greatly reduced; so far in season 4, she only appeared in 2 4 episodes out of 9, the 12, though KellyMacDonald still gets second billing.
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-->''Nucky:'' A hun, you believe that? But is it really all that surprising, the level of brutality?

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-->''Nucky:'' -->'''Nucky:''' A hun, you believe that? But is it really all that surprising, the level of brutality?
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* MortonsFork: Out-of-universe; while she was with Nucky, fans hated her for acting morally superior to him despite living on his ill-gotten money, a la [[''Series/TheSopranos'' Carmela Soprano]]; now that she's left him, they're annoyed that she's shown back up because she doesn't have anything to do with his arc.

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* MortonsFork: Out-of-universe; while she was with Nucky, fans hated her for acting morally superior to him despite living on his ill-gotten money, a la [[''Series/TheSopranos'' [[Series/TheSopranos Carmela Soprano]]; now that she's left him, they're annoyed that she's shown back up because she doesn't have anything to do with his arc.
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* DemotedToExtra: KMD still gets second billing, but she's barely in the fourth season. In the previous three she appeared on every episode except one ("[[ShooOutTheClowns Two Imposters]]") and was the actor with more appearances after SteveBuscemi.

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* DemotedToExtra: KMD still gets second billing, but she's barely in the fourth season. In the previous first three seasons, she appeared on every episode except one ("[[ShooOutTheClowns Two Imposters]]") and was the actor with more the most appearances after SteveBuscemi.SteveBuscemi. After she leaves Nucky at the end of season 3, her role is greatly reduced; so far she only appeared in 2 episodes out of 9, though KellyMacDonald still gets second billing.
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* [[AFoolAndHisNewMoneyAreSoonParted AFoolAndHerNewMoneyAreSoonParted]]: Margaret spends vast ammounts of Nucky's money on dresses, jewellery and donations to charity and the Church, but she makes no use of it or his connections to pursue a career or start a business that could give her some independence. She has not even learned to drive as she nears her second year of marriage, despite considering it months before Nucky proposed to her. The season three finale finds her sleeping with her children in a low class apartment in Brooklyn, in even worse conditions than before she met Nucky, after she decides to break up with him.

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* [[AFoolAndHisNewMoneyAreSoonParted AFoolAndHerNewMoneyAreSoonParted]]: A Fool And Her New Money Are Soon Parted]]: Margaret spends vast ammounts of Nucky's money on dresses, jewellery and donations to charity and the Church, but she makes no use of it or his connections to pursue a career or start a business that could give her some independence. She has not even learned to drive as she nears her second year of marriage, despite considering it months before Nucky proposed to her. The season three finale finds her sleeping with her children in a low class apartment in Brooklyn, in even worse conditions than before she met Nucky, after she decides to break up with him.
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* AFoolAndHisNewMoneyAreSoonParted: Margaret spends vast ammounts of Nucky's money on dresses, jewellery and donations to charity and the Church, but she makes no use of it or his connections to pursue a career or start a business that could give her some independence. She has not even learned to drive as she nears her second year of marriage, despite considering it months before Nucky proposed to her. The season three finale finds her sleeping with her children in a low class apartment in Brooklyn, in even worse conditions than before she met Nucky, after she decides to break up with him.

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* AFoolAndHisNewMoneyAreSoonParted: [[AFoolAndHisNewMoneyAreSoonParted AFoolAndHerNewMoneyAreSoonParted]]: Margaret spends vast ammounts of Nucky's money on dresses, jewellery and donations to charity and the Church, but she makes no use of it or his connections to pursue a career or start a business that could give her some independence. She has not even learned to drive as she nears her second year of marriage, despite considering it months before Nucky proposed to her. The season three finale finds her sleeping with her children in a low class apartment in Brooklyn, in even worse conditions than before she met Nucky, after she decides to break up with him.
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* DemotedToExtra: KMD still gets second billing, but she's barely in the fourth season. In the previous three she appeared on every episode except one ("[[ShooOutTheClowns Two Imposters]]") and was the actor with more appearances after SteveBuscemi.
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** Though the character - through a BodyDouble - did have a topless scene in season 1.
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* OhCrap: When encountering Arnold Rothstein in her new job in New York.

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* AdaptationExpansion: Margaret started as "Mary X", a woman that appears in the prologue of the source (non-fiction) book ''Boardwalk Empire'' coming to Enoch Johnson's office to ask for a job for her husband.

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* AdaptationExpansion: Margaret started as "Mary X", is inspired by Mary Ill, a woman that appears in the prologue of the non-fiction source (non-fiction) book ''Boardwalk Empire'' coming to Enoch Johnson's office to ask for a job for help after her husband.husband gambles away the family savings. She was also involved in female organizations where she spoke in support of Johnson.



* MortonsFork: Out-of-universe; while she was with Nucky, fans hated her for acting morally superior to him despite living on his ill-gotten money, a la [[''Series/TheSopranos'' Carmela Soprano]]; now that she's left him, they're annoyed that she's shown back up because she doesn't have anything to do with his arc.

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* MortonsFork: Out-of-universe; while she was with Nucky, fans hated her for acting morally superior to him despite living on his ill-gotten money, a la [[''Series/TheSopranos'' Carmela Soprano]]; now that she's left him, they're annoyed that she's shown back up because she doesn't have anything to do with his arc.


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* TheObstructiveLoveInterest: Becomes this for Nucky after suffering a sudden crisis of conscience in mid Season 2.
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* AbsenteeActor: In the first episodes of Season 4, as Kelly [=MacDonald=] needed time off to give birth and recover.

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* AbsenteeActor: In the first five episodes of Season 4, as Kelly [=MacDonald=] needed time off to give birth and recover.
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* TooSoon: Her first encounter with Nucky after their breakup doesn't go too well.
-->'''Nucky''': [[SayingTooMuch I wouldn't put something alive in a box.]]
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* MortonsFork: Out-of-universe; while she was with Nucky, fans hated her for acting morally superior to him despite living on his ill-gotten money, a la [[''Series/TheSopranos'' Carmela Soprano]]; now that she's left him, they're annoyed that she's shown back up because she doesn't have anything to do with his arc.

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* AbsenteeActor: In the first episodes of Season 4, as Kelly [=MacDonald=] needed time off to give birth and recover.



* HideYourPregnancy: Kelly [=McDonald=] was starting to get heavily pregnant by the end of Season 3 and dressed in extra-loose 20s clothes in order to hide it. Ironically, her character also got pregnant at the same time (though at a later date) and decided to abort.



* PutOnABus: Along with her children, she leaves at the end of the third season for Brooklyn [[spoiler: and is not set to appear in the first 5 episodes of Season 4]].



* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: [[spoiler: She is not set to appear in the first 5 episodes of Season 4]].
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* AFoolAndHisNewMoneyAreSoonParted: Margaret spends vast ammounts of Nucky's money on dresses, jewellery and donations to charity and the Church, but she makes no use of it or his connections to pursue a career or start a business that could give her some independence. She has not even learned to drive as she nears her second year of marriage, despite considering it months before Nucky proposed to her. [[spoiler: The season three finale finds her sleeping with her children in a low class apartment in Brooklyn, in even worse conditions than before she met Nucky, after she decides to break up with him.]]

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* AFoolAndHisNewMoneyAreSoonParted: Margaret spends vast ammounts of Nucky's money on dresses, jewellery and donations to charity and the Church, but she makes no use of it or his connections to pursue a career or start a business that could give her some independence. She has not even learned to drive as she nears her second year of marriage, despite considering it months before Nucky proposed to her. [[spoiler: The season three finale finds her sleeping with her children in a low class apartment in Brooklyn, in even worse conditions than before she met Nucky, after she decides to break up with him.]]



* HeroicBSOD: In "A Man, A Plan..." when [[spoiler: she sees Owen's [[StuffedIntoTheFridge dead body in a box]].]]

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* HeroicBSOD: In "A Man, A Plan..." when [[spoiler: she sees Owen's [[StuffedIntoTheFridge dead body in a box]].]]



* {{Hypocrite}}: An [[{{Flanderization}} increasingly]] prominent aspect of Margaret, what with her disapproving almost everything Nucky does, but being fine with paying the Church (with his money) as an easy way out of her own sins. [[spoiler:Eventually, at the end of season 3, she leaves him, and when he tries to give her money, she refuses to accept it.]]

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* {{Hypocrite}}: An [[{{Flanderization}} increasingly]] prominent aspect of Margaret, what with her disapproving almost everything Nucky does, but being fine with paying the Church (with his money) as an easy way out of her own sins. [[spoiler:Eventually, Eventually, at the end of season 3, she leaves him, and when he tries to give her money, she refuses to accept it.]]



* RagsToRiches: [[spoiler: Becomes RichesToRags at the end of the third season]]

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* RagsToRiches: [[spoiler: Becomes RichesToRags at the end of the third season]]season.



* [[spoiler: SomeoneToRememberHimBy: "A Man, A Plan..." reveals that she is pregnant with Owen's child only after he is killed. Subverted when she has an abortion two episodes later.]]

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* [[spoiler: SomeoneToRememberHimBy: "A Man, A Plan..." reveals that she is pregnant with Owen's child only after he is killed. Subverted when she has an abortion two episodes later.]]



** In "Bone For Tuna" she takes another level by [[spoiler:playing Dr. Landau and the bishop against each other in order to get the pre-natal care program she wants at the hospital. She may not love Nucky anymore but it seems like she's taken some of his ManipulativeBastard traits.]]

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** In "Bone For Tuna" she takes another level by [[spoiler:playing playing Dr. Landau and the bishop against each other in order to get the pre-natal care program she wants at the hospital. She may not love Nucky anymore but it seems like she's taken some of his ManipulativeBastard traits.]]



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[[folder:Margaret Catherine Sheila Rohan Schroeder Thompson]]

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[[caption-width-right:283:"I did what I thought was right and wound up here. How did that happen?"]]
A poor, young Irish mother of two and (thanks to Nucky) widow. She is initially aided by Nucky only out of pity, but they fall in love with each other and begin a relationship as the series progresses. Margaret begins a luxury life as a kept woman and is probably Nucky's closest emotional connection - until he manipulates her into marrying him as a way to escape imprisonment for his many crimes. Played by KellyMacDonald.

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* AdaptationExpansion: Margaret started as "Mary X", a woman that appears in the prologue of the source (non-fiction) book ''Boardwalk Empire'' coming to Enoch Johnson's office to ask for a job for her husband.
* AFoolAndHisNewMoneyAreSoonParted: Margaret spends vast ammounts of Nucky's money on dresses, jewellery and donations to charity and the Church, but she makes no use of it or his connections to pursue a career or start a business that could give her some independence. She has not even learned to drive as she nears her second year of marriage, despite considering it months before Nucky proposed to her. [[spoiler: The season three finale finds her sleeping with her children in a low class apartment in Brooklyn, in even worse conditions than before she met Nucky, after she decides to break up with him.]]
* [[AlcoholicParent Alcoholic Father]]: His habit worsened the family's situation back in Ireland, and probably led to his early death.
* AllGirlsWantBadBoys: Nucky is an obvious improvement over Hans, but he's still a mob boss. And ''then'' she falls for Owen...
* ArmorPiercingSlap
* ArrangedMarriage: To Nucky.
* BettyAndVeronica: Betty to Lucy's Veronica.
** Because of the danger that is dating her after she marries Nucky, she is the Veronica to Katy's Betty when it comes to Owen.
* BewareTheNiceOnes: A non-violent example. She's way smarter than other people credit her for and has a lot of determination.
* BlackSheep: Was one when she left home, although her younger sisters (too young to remember the reasons anyway) consider her their CoolBigSis. Her older brother Eamonn is still wary of her.
* [[CheatingWithTheMilkman Cheating With The Bodyguard]]
* CoolBigSis: To her sisters, especially the youngest, Ayllesh.
* DarkAndTroubledPast
* DeadpanSnarker: Occasionally.
* DeterminedWidow
* DomesticAbuse: Suffered this from her drunken, lazy first husband.
* EverythingSoundsSexierInFrench: Nucky prefers her to keep her speech Irish-accented and free of Americanisms.
* FaceHeelTurn: Her awesome moment in "Ourselves Alone" probably qualifies as this.
* FakeIrish: Kelly [=MacDonald=] is actually Scottish.
* HappyMarriageCharade: To Nucky in the third season.
* HeroicBSOD: In "A Man, A Plan..." when [[spoiler: she sees Owen's [[StuffedIntoTheFridge dead body in a box]].]]
* HotMom
* {{Hypocrite}}: An [[{{Flanderization}} increasingly]] prominent aspect of Margaret, what with her disapproving almost everything Nucky does, but being fine with paying the Church (with his money) as an easy way out of her own sins. [[spoiler:Eventually, at the end of season 3, she leaves him, and when he tries to give her money, she refuses to accept it.]]
* InSeriesNickname: Her siblings call her "Peg".
* ItsAllMyFault: After Emily gets sick in the second season, she gets paranoid thinking that it is nothing but divine punishment directed to her for her "sinful" life.
* LadyMacbeth: Seems to be going in this direction in "Ourselves Alone", but by "Two Boats and a Lifeguard" (after Nucky is shot), pleads with him to leave the gangster life.
* LieBackAndThinkOfEngland: While still attached to Nucky, she loses interest in having sex with him as season 2 goes on.
* MafiaPrincess: Financial security is one of the reasons she hooks up with Nucky.
* TheMissusAndTheEx: Her relation with Lucy is far from amiable. Eventually, Lucy is targeted by a CountryMatters PrecisionFStrike.
* MoralityPet: She and her children are this to Nucky.
* ObfuscatingStupidity: Saves the day using this in "Ourselves Alone".
* OverlyLongName
* PrecisionFStrike and [[CountryMatters C Strike]]: Margaret generally never swears, which makes the moments she does significant, as Lucy finds out.
* RaisedCatholic
* RagsToRiches: [[spoiler: Becomes RichesToRags at the end of the third season]]
* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Margaret and her brother give each other one in "Peg of Old".
* ShutUpHannibal: To Lucy, in two different occasions.
* SilkHidingSteel: A morally ambiguous example.
* SoapboxSadie: Nucky calls her on it in the season 3 premiere.
* [[spoiler: SomeoneToRememberHimBy: "A Man, A Plan..." reveals that she is pregnant with Owen's child only after he is killed. Subverted when she has an abortion two episodes later.]]
* TeenPregnancy: Revealed in "Family Limitation". Her immigration file notes that she was 16 and pregnant when she sailed from Ireland, but lost the child on arrival.
* TheTeetotaler: Begins the series as one, but abandons it as she is corrupted by the good life.
* TokenWholesome: [[EnforcedTrope Enforced]]. Rumors say that KellyMacDonald demanded a non-nudity clause in her contract (she declared her unwillingness to do nude scenes after the birth of her first child).
* TookALevelInBadass:
** In "Ourselves Alone", when she steals Nucky's ledger from under the police and again in "Gimcrack and Bunkum" when she breaks up the fight between Nucky and Eli by ''frog-marching Eli out with a shotgun to the head''.
** In "Bone For Tuna" she takes another level by [[spoiler:playing Dr. Landau and the bishop against each other in order to get the pre-natal care program she wants at the hospital. She may not love Nucky anymore but it seems like she's taken some of his ManipulativeBastard traits.]]
* TookALevelInJerkass: She's pretty mean to her maids in the second season, although it's presented as somewhat understandable in light of her own background in service and continued feeling of uncertainty about her family's future and her place in society.
* WantingIsBetterThanHaving
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: [[spoiler: She is not set to appear in the first 5 episodes of Season 4]].
* YourCheatingHeart: With Owen.
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[[folder:Theodore "Teddy" Thompson, born Schroeder]]

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[[caption-width-right:244:"He tries anything, I'll stick him in the face with this. And I'll kill him."]]
Margaret's oldest surviving child. Played by Rory and Declan [=McTigue=].

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* AbusiveParents: AlcoholicParent and DomesticAbuser Hans Schroeder was a real piece of work.
* CreepyChild / TroublingUnchildhoodBehavior: As a result of his deadpan delivery, the way he asked if his little sister was going to die without seeming worried about it, how he feigned being crippled himself to draw Margaret's attention, or the fact that he always knows more than he seems, in no small part because he actively ''spies on other people.'' And ''then'' he is also a:
** KnifeNut: Teddy keeps a letter-opener under his pillow to fend off "the Gypsy".
** {{Pyromaniac}}: He develops a fascination with fire after he sees Nucky burning his childhood home.
* GreenEyedMonster: He is jealous of his sister receiving more attention.
* HappilyAdopted: All things considered, the kids lot in life is greatly improved by Nucky and they genuinely love him.
* MoralityPet: Nucky also loves and cares for them.
* ObliviouslyEvil: Possibly on the way to become this. Teddy is after all just a kid, but nobody ever bothers to sit down and explain him why the things he does are bad.
* ParentalNeglect: Though Nucky is a very decent parent, living temporarily in a hotel suite / criminal HQ is not the best environment for raising kids.
** Margaret devotes most of her time to Emily after she gets polio, neglecting Teddy, and his isolation only gets worse when she gets angry with Nucky and tries to keep him from contacting them. What makes Margaret's choice worse is that [[WhenYouComingHomeDad Teddy clearly yearns for a father figure.]]
* ParentalSubstitute: Nucky Thompson goes from HonoraryUncle to parent.
* PrimalFear: Teddy fears "the gypsy", a bagman whose very name sounds like Gyp Rosetti.
** UnknownRival: The poor guy really exists and is just a bum. Let's hope Teddy never finds him.
* RagsToRiches: [[spoiler: Zigzagged trope]].
* TurnOutLikeHisFather: Margaret fears that Teddy will grow up to be an abuser like Hans.
* TheUnfavorite

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[[folder:'''Emily Thompson, born Schroeder]]

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[[caption-width-right:214:"I can't move my legs."]]
Margaret's second surviving child. Played by Josie and Lucy Gallina.

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* AbusiveParents: Hans.
* AfraidOfNeedles
* BreakTheCutie: In Season 2.
* ChildrenAreInnocent
* HappilyAdopted: By Nucky.
* IllGirl: She is paralyzed with polio in Season 2 and forced to walk on crutches.
* MafiaPrincess
* MoralityPet: To Nucky, and all things considered, to Teddy.
* ParentalNeglect: See Teddy above. Of the two she is the one that gets more attention, however.
* ParentalSubstitute: Nucky.
* RagsToRiches: [[spoiler: Zigzagged trope]].
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[[folder:Hans Schroeder]]

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[[caption-width-right:279:"You sit down or you'll get the belt!"]]
Margaret's abusive husband, an unemployed baker assistant with a gambling addiction. He is killed under orders of Nucky at the end of the pilot and used to pin the Woods Massacre on. Played by Joe Sikora.

!!Tropes:
* AcceptableEthnicTargets: In-universe. His German heritage makes him an easy scapegoat in post-WorldWarOne America.
-->''Nucky:'' A hun, you believe that? But is it really all that surprising, the level of brutality?
* AssholeVictim
* DeceasedFallGuyGambit: With him as the fall guy.
* DomesticAbuser: Beats Margaret repeately during the pilot. Season 2 confirms that he also beat the children.
* TheGamblingAddict
* KarmicDeath: After he beats Margaret so hard she miscarries, Nucky orders Eli to beat him to death without even telling him why.
* PayEvilUntoEvil: His death ain't precisely pretty.
* SacrificialLamb: You don't actually expect Nucky to whack him in the pilot.
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!Rohan Family

[[folder:Eamoinn Rohan]]

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[[caption-width-right:240:"You did what you wanted, Peg. You always have. Nothing you bring and nothing you buy will change that."]]

Margaret's estranged older brother, now working as a subway digger in Brooklyn. Played by Tony Curran.

!!Tropes:

* AloofBigBrother: To Margaret. He outright says to her: "I don't feel much about you at all."
* FakeIrish: Like [=MacDonald=], Curran is also Scottish.
* FieryRedhead: Averted. Eamoinn always accepts authority and has no ambition besides working to survive and provide for his sisters.
* {{Jerkass}}: He is not even one time nice to Margaret when she comes back home.
* ParentalSubstitute: To his younger sisters, particularly Aylesh.
* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: He unleashes one on Margaret in "Peg of Old". Of course, since this is a show with BlackAndGrayMorality, Eamoinn's reasons to hate Margaret is that she does not blindly follow authority while that he always does, ''even when that meant condemning a teenage Margaret to a life of slavery in a [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magdalene_laundry Magdalene Laundry]]''. 12 years later, he still does not regret his position and holds her escape against her.
* ScrewTheMoneyIHaveRules: He initially takes the money when Margaret attempts to return what she stole from the family back in Ireland, but returns it to her and tells her to not come back when he believes that she is going to 'corrupt' Aylesh.
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[[folder:Nuala Rohan]]

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[[caption-width-right:225:"She is not a "miss"! She is our Peg of old, just."]]

Margaret's oldest sister and the third Rohan child overall. She works as a seamtress. Played by Shannon Garland.

!!Tropes:

* AllThereInTheManual: Some fans mistook her for Eamoinn's wife.
* {{Foil}}: To Eamoinn. She welcomes Margaret back and helds nothing against her, and has no problem with Margaret spending her money as she likes, regardless of how she obtained it.
* [[NiceGuy Nice Girl]]: "You've a good heart, Nuala."
* OneDialogueTwoConversations:
-->'''Margaret''': Eamoinn... thank you for replying to my letter.
-->'''Nuala''' (to Margaret, smiling): Couldn't leave you wandering out there, so far from home. (turns back to Eamoinn, serious) Could we?
* ParentalSubstitute: To Beth and Aylesh.
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[[folder:Bethany "Beth" Rohan]]

Margaret's teenage second sister, a laundry worker. Played by Nadia Alexander.

!!Tropes:

* AllThereInTheManual: Her full name.
* NamesTheSame: Averted. "Beth" stands for Bethany, not Elizabeth, whose Irish form is Aylesh.
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[[folder:Aylesh Rohan]]

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[[caption-width-right:191:"Send me books! I like anything with a horse in it."]]

Margaret's youngest sister and the only one who has lost her Irish accent after moving to America. She was a newborn when Margaret left and has no memory of her. Played by Emma Kenney.

!!Tropes:

* [[AbsurdlyYouthfulMother Absurdly Youthful Aunt]]: At 12 she already has a nephew aged 7 and a niece aged 5 (and could have another 11-years old nephew if Margaret had not miscarried in her first pregnancy). She lampshades it.
* AllGirlsLikePonies: She tells Margaret to send her books about horses. When Margaret brings her one personally and Aylesh is in a sad mood, she asks if the horse dies because she "wouldn't like that".
* BilingualBonus: She welcomes Margaret with a toast in Gaelic that goes untranslated. Additionally, the toast is given entirely in an American accent, serving to present Aylesh's character.
-->Sláinte chuig na fír, agus go mairfidh na mna go deo![[labelnote:Transl.]]"Health to the men, and may the women live forever!"[[/labelnote]]
* CheerfulChild: Most of the time, at least.
* FieryRedhead
* IfOnlyYouKnew: Her imaginative description of Nucky nails him completely.
* MissingMom: Aylesh barely remembers hers.
* [[YouWatchTooMuchX You Read Too Much Books]]

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