Letters of a Love-hungry Farmer and Other Irish StoriesRoberts Rinehart Publishers, 1997 - 383 strani 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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Stran 79
... Cork is seventy - two miles from Lochnanane . On the day you presume to have seen Thomas Cooley on the strand of Trawbofin he was seventy - six miles away in the city of Cork on business . His brother Walter who teaches in Cork met him ...
... Cork is seventy - two miles from Lochnanane . On the day you presume to have seen Thomas Cooley on the strand of Trawbofin he was seventy - six miles away in the city of Cork on business . His brother Walter who teaches in Cork met him ...
Stran 271
... Cork don't let it be a cause of worry to you . Rome wasn't built in a day and there's always tomorrow . Constant dropping wears a stone and ice is only ice till ' tis melted , if you get my meaning . Look to the future with new hope ...
... Cork don't let it be a cause of worry to you . Rome wasn't built in a day and there's always tomorrow . Constant dropping wears a stone and ice is only ice till ' tis melted , if you get my meaning . Look to the future with new hope ...
Stran 377
... Cork . R.S.V.P. Cork . The Ivy Cottage , Lisnacoo , Ballyfee . Dear Hamish , I appreciate the sentiments expressed in your letter and take no exception whatsoever . You always had an uncanny knack of hitting the nail upon the head ...
... Cork . R.S.V.P. Cork . The Ivy Cottage , Lisnacoo , Ballyfee . Dear Hamish , I appreciate the sentiments expressed in your letter and take no exception whatsoever . You always had an uncanny knack of hitting the nail upon the head ...
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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