In Reply to: Re: Ceist eile do Oliver K posted by Great Stuff on September 02, 2008 at 20:16:02:

aris......leo buscaglia writes in several of his books.....always learn ...something new.....and sean ocasey said....you can never put a rope around the neck of an idea.....you cannot put an idea up against the barrack square wall and riddle it with bullets....you cannot confine it in the strongest prison cell your slaves can build.....so my young friend.....let me trip down memory lane ....and share some more laughter with you.......henry kenny was a teacher in recess connemara...and in '40s he moved up to derrycoosh......my father moved his belongings from connemara to castlebar.....in the mid '40s we had a general election in ireland......the main contenders for the golden cup.....were fianna fail....fianna gael.....clan na poblacta.....clan na talaman....during the gruelling run up to the election the parties ....held open air meetings...fina gael ....had their pitch on ellison street......fianna fail held their rally on main street.....big trailers were set up on both streets....?...cafferky , and henry kenny led the charge from the fiana gael tent......and miceal omorain ....led the fianna fail circus......joe blowick was the leader of the clan na talman.....it was not unusual to have lighted torches.....and people from all over the town ....and other places besides...took up their positions on whatever camp they favoured....at 8 pm the fight was on......
....tog go bog e.....