Although originally identifying as an expatriate writer, Molloy was coming around to the idea that she needed Ireland for her work. Her identity as an Irish writer was re-solidified in 1987 with the hubbub of interviews and profiles of Molloy as the stand-out Irish author from the selections from No Mate for the Magpie used for A Touch of the Plough. In January 1988 the first section of script Molloy presented to the Ceasars called “The Party Line,” they rejected; after that she came up with an idea of a breastfeeding co-op called the “The Club” which the theater group also rejected. The rebuff was difficult for Molloy whose first major publication was immediately accepted; additionally, she was suffering from insomnia which worsened her crippling anxiety. Near the beginning of the Ceasars’ and Molloy’s stay, the writer Dermot Healy arrived. Each of the Ceasars recalled that after Healy arrived it was difficult to find Molloy, let alone get any work done. In the end, instead of capitalizing on the momentum of the summer of 1987, Molloy and the Ceasars left Annaghmakerrig without a script. The Ceasars went on with their careers while Molloy went to County Sligo with Healy.