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UNIVERSITY

LIBRARY

GIFT

OF

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Langdon

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the Cricket

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Yarns

While

the

Kettle and

the

Cricket

Sing

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BY

REV.

T. A,

FITZGERALD,

O.F.M.

m

Dublin

M. H.

GILL

&

SON,

LTD.,

1919

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CONTENTS

PAGE

A

Lament

for

the Fairies

, .

.5

A

Dublin

Exile

in

Old

Clonakilty

.

.

13

Floradel

the

Romantic

. .

'35

The

Joys,

Tears

and Smiles of

Christmas in

Connemara

. . .

. .

41

Adventures of a

Convert

'

Curate

.

.

64

The Lifting of

the

Mist

. .

'75

Denny Moran's

Awakening

.

.

-94

With

the Emigrants Leaving

Ireland

.

99

The

Famous Cook

Street

Elopement

.

no

An

Interrupted Benediction

. . .

131

Biddy Early's

Prescription . .

.

136

One Christmas

Morning

in

Clonakilty

.

149

A Tropical Festival

....

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The

Message from

the Old Rath

. .

173

An

Antipodean

Gum-Log

. . .

189

Jeremiah

Dwyer,

Citizen oe

Ireland

.

196

A

Romance Without Love

. . .

209

From Bombay to Salthill

. .

.

217

Patsy

Casey's

Christmas Box

. . .

223

The

Blind

Organist ....

250

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