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Maeve Rourke is the deceased wife of Sean Cassidy and mother of Theresa Cassidy.[1]
She met Sean, when he was being taken by the police without any charges. Seeing the situation from far away in her motorcycle, she intervened to rescue the young Sean. After a long pursuit by three police cars, they managed to hit one of the tires and Maeve and Sean fell off a cliff. Sean, however, revealed himself to be a mutant and flew Maeve to safety.[2]
Over the years, both Sean and his cousin, Tom Cassidy, competed for Maeve's love, but Maeve eventually chose Sean.[3] The young couple married on a spring afternoon in County Mayo. The band played Night in Soho and Stand by Your Man. They danced until dawn.[4]
When Sean made Inspector at Interpol, Maeve was really proud of him, but that's when things went sour: he was sent on a special mission, deep undercover. He was separated from Maeve for months with no way to contact her. She refused to say goodbye, instead saying "Be seein' ya, boyo", as always.[3][4]
Unbeknownst to him, Maeve was pregnant when he left and gave birth to a little girl shortly after.[3][5] Sometime later, Maeve went to visit her family in Armagh. While out shopping, she was the victim of a terrorist bomb. Sean returned too late, even too late for the funeral.[4]
Tom Cassidy got custody of the baby and raised her as his own, hiding the truth from Sean as well as Theresa for decades.[1][3][5]
At some point, Maeve's father, Patrick Rourke, hired the Grave Robber to raise the "ghost" of Maeve, most likely a psychic illusion, to torment and draw Sean Cassidy to Belfast, Maine, where he'd be susceptible to the traps Patrick had laid out. Sean Cassidy's love for Maeve turned the illusion against Patrick. She freed Sean and trapped Patrick in the inferno he'd created. Her last words to Sean were again "Be seein' you, boyo."[4]Notes
Maeve's origin and looks were slightly altered for her appearance in Uncanny X-Men: First Class #3:
- Instead of blonde, as seen in Classic X-Men #16, she is now red-haired.
- Instead of dying in Dublin, in the Republic of Ireland (as told by Sean in [5]), she's now revealed to have died in Armagh, Northern Ireland.
- On her first appearance in Classic X-Men #16, it is revealed Maeve and Sean met during their youth, before he became an Interpol Agent. Despite X-Force #91 contradicting this, Uncanny X-Men: First Class #3 makes the original meeting canon again.
See Also
- 3 appearance(s) of Maeve Rourke (Earth-616)
- 1 minor appearance(s) of Maeve Rourke (Earth-616)
- 6 mention(s) of Maeve Rourke (Earth-616)
- 1 mention(s) in handbook(s) of Maeve Rourke (Earth-616)
- 3 image(s) of Maeve Rourke (Earth-616)
- 1 quotation(s) by or about Maeve Rourke (Earth-616)