Maura and Sisters Question???

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Is Peggy Tierney her sister?

her name is deirdre

thanks!

Her younger brother is actually called Joseph, after their father.

This debate has taken place before on IMDB.... why do sites such as IMDB and Wikipedia list her brother's name as Brian if it's actually Joseph? Which is correct?

Sites such as IMDB and Wikipedia often simply repeat errors printed elsewhere. Here's a link to an article in a Boston paper which mentions that Maura officiated at the wedding of her younger brother Joe.

http://www.bostonherald.com/track/inside_track/view.bg?articleid=1197537

That “E.R.” star Maura Tierney, who recently dropped out of NBC’s new dramedy “Parenthood” because she is battling breast cancer, was feeling well enough to officiate at the wedding of her younger brother, Joe, who tied the knot in Southie over the weekend.

I think her name is Deirdre Tierney Pulgini:

"NewsRadio" star Maura Tierney will be back home in Hyde Park this...maid of honor at the wedding of her sister Dierdre Tierney, to Hyde Park attorney John Pulgini. The Tierney sisters will be getting their hair cut and...
By: Beth Carney and Maureen Dezell, Globe Staff|Date: Sep 24, 1998
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