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Go to Castlebar ] [ The BB Index ] [ Disclaimer ] [Nostalgia Board ] [Main BB ] [Roots ] [NB Refresh for current version and all follow-ups] Posted by Mrsk on September 20, 2004 at 05:37:23: In Reply to: Interesting Stuff. posted by Tempus on September 19, 2004 at 00:16:59:
Justifying the sacking of a properly appointed librarian in Mayo, because, though highly qualified, she was a Protestant, de deValera argued in June 1930: "I say the people of Mayo in a county where I think 98% of the population is Catholic are justified in insisting on a Catholic librarian". He went on to widen the issue indeed, and asserted: "A Protestant doctor ought not to be appointed as a dispensary doctor in a mainly Catholic area".
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