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"and sowpigs and baconhogs and the various different varieties of highly distinguished swine" (U12.105) |
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"their udders distended with superabundance of milk and butts of butter and rennets of cheese" (U12.114) |
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"So we turned into Barney Kiernan's and there sure enough was the citizen up in the corner" (U12.118)
Sorry I couldn't help it! The Irish Post issued a 48c stamp on 23 August 2006 to commemorate the centenary of the death of Michael Cusack (1847-1906). |
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"The bloody mongrel let a grouse out of him would give you the creeps. Be a corporal work of mercy if someone would take the life of that bloody dog. I'm told for a fact he ate a good part of the breeches off a constabulary man in Santry that came round one time with a blue paper about a licence." (U12.124) |
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"- Arrah, give over your bloody codding, Joe, says I. I've a thirst on me I wouldn't sell for half a crown.
- Give it a name, citizen, says Joe. - Wine of the country, says he." (U12.141) |
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"The figure seated on a large boulder at the foot of a round tower was that of a broadshouldered deepchested stronglimbed frankeyed redhaired freelyfreckled shaggybearded widemouthed largenosed longheaded deepvoiced barekneed brawnyhanded hairylegged ruddyfaced sinewyarmed hero." (U12.151) |
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"a round tower" (U12.151) |
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"Owen Roe," (U12.178)
(Image courtesy of the ZJJF) |
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"Patrick Sarsfield," (U12.178) |
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"Soggarth Eoghan O'Growney," (U12.179)
From the CE 1911: "Eugene O'Growney was a priest, patriot, and scholar (b. 1863 in Ballyfallon Co. Meath; d. 1899 in Los Angeles). Neither parent spoke Irish and it was little used where he was born; in fact, he was ignorant of the existence of a language of Ireland until a student at St. Finian's seminary at Navan. His interest in the language begun there continued at Maynooth, where from his entrance in 1882 he devoted himself to the study of the Irish language, antiquities, and history. His holidays he spent in the Irish-speaking parts of the country where he acquired his knowledge of the spoken language. Ordained in 1888, in 1891 he was appointed professor of Irish at Maynooth, and at about the same time became editor of the 'Gaelic Journal'. At the instance of the Archbishop of Dublin, he began his series of "Simple Lessons in Irish', first published in the 'Weekly Freeman.' |
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He was one of the founders of the Gaelic League, organized in Dublin in 1893 'for the purpose of keeping the Irish language spoken in Ireland', and later became its vice-president, which position he held until his death. In 1894, failing health sent him to Arizona and California, where he died. Some years after, with the aid of the Irish in the USA, his body was brought back to Ireland and buried at Maynooth." |
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"Peg Woffington," (U12.181) |
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"the Village Blacksmith," (U12.181) |
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"Dante Alighieri," (U12.182) |
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"Christopher Columbus," (U12.183) |