Letters of a Love-hungry Farmer and Other Irish StoriesRoberts Rinehart Publishers, 1997 - 383 sider The stories in this hilarious collection of five short novels are told through a series of fictional letters between a wide range of colorful characters drawn from Irish life in the hill country that divides the counties of Cork and Kerry. Letters of a Love-Hungry Farmer - an account of John Bosco McLane's search for a female companion; Letters of a Matchmaker - a small farmer involved in the delicate business of finding mates for the unattached; Letters of a Successful T.D. - the career and family life of a member of the Irish Parliament climbing the political ladder; Letters of a Parish Priest - Father Martin O'Mora's quest to root out sin among his parishioners; and Letters of a Country Postman - a gossipy postman tries to discover secrets hidden within the envelopes he delivers. |
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Side 74
... married again but she has no religion of any kind . She isn't even a Protestant . Your father is a Catholic and yet he married in a registry office in London . He can say what he likes and she can say what she likes but in the sight of ...
... married again but she has no religion of any kind . She isn't even a Protestant . Your father is a Catholic and yet he married in a registry office in London . He can say what he likes and she can say what she likes but in the sight of ...
Side 159
... married before because he never set foot outside of Ballybarra in all his born days saving a trip to Cork for the Munster Football Final and he hardly married in the space of one July evening , not with a dial like Cud's with every ...
... married before because he never set foot outside of Ballybarra in all his born days saving a trip to Cork for the Munster Football Final and he hardly married in the space of one July evening , not with a dial like Cud's with every ...
Side 167
... married Protestants and I don't know about the others are they living free or what . I'll be good to a man , am a good cook and tidy . That's all for now . Yours sincerely , Lena Magee . Spiders ' Well , Ballybarra . My dear Jack , The ...
... married Protestants and I don't know about the others are they living free or what . I'll be good to a man , am a good cook and tidy . That's all for now . Yours sincerely , Lena Magee . Spiders ' Well , Ballybarra . My dear Jack , The ...
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asked Ballybarra Ballybunion Ballyfee Bannabeen Biddy bishop Brady brother Bugler Bundoran Catholic civility assured Coomasahara Cork Cork City Courtesy and civility curate daughter Dear Father O'Mora Dear Frank Dear Mocky Dicky Mick Dicky Dogmeat door Dring drink Dublin eyes fellow Fionnuala Flannery Fonsie girl give hand head hear hope husband Irish Jack John Bosco McLane Kate Katie Killarney Kilnavarna Kishock Kitty knew lady letter Limerick Lisdoonvarna Lisnacoo Lochnanane Lollery look marriage married Martin O'Mora matchmaker McFillen Mick Dicky O'Connor Mickeen Mocky Fondoo Moffy Monsey morning mother never nice night pair parish priest postman pounds Presbytery Razzy remember Robert Emmet Saint Patrick's Day Sincerely Spiders sure talk tell There's thing told Tubberganban House turn twas week whiskey wife woman women worry young