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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0251, Page 127

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    Martin Doyle was a poor silly, but fairly cute man who lived in Aughrim near Elphin. He visited the town daily, begged in the shops and at the Presbytery, and never missed a Requiem Mass in Elphin or Aughrim. he seemed to dislike the Bishop very much and walked behind him as he (Doyle) read (mas dheadh) his Office on occasion of an Episcopal Visit.
    A great sport and trickster, Michael Carney (R. I. P.) had a shop in Main St. lphin and he had a great "set" or grudge against anybody who seemed to be too wise and opposed to jokes or tricks. COmey did not like a neighbourng shopkeeper Francis Duke who
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    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. jokes (~6,086)
    Languages
    Irish
    English
    Collector
    Edward Jones
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Glenballythomas, Co. Roscommon