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in the parish in or near the days of Patrick, 

 and whose name has been conferred so fre- 

 quently on the peasants that the circumstance, 

 coupled with the fact that the inhabitants are 

 nearly all Sullivans or Flynns, gives rise to an 

 enormous amount of confusion touching the 

 use of the franchise at election times. The 

 place is also rich in holy wells, in legends 

 thereanent, and perhaps the last fairy doctor, 

 who combines the functions of an herbalist 

 and a bone-setter with his wizard accomplish- 

 ments, is to be found in Threeneheila. There, 

 too, resides a typical specimen of that fast de- 

 caying race the Squireen. The mansion of 

 the Squireen was in former times a centre of 

 rough-and-ready hospitality. The father of 

 the present proprietor was a sportsman of a 

 high order, who could not only bring down 

 his brace of birds right and left with certainty, 

 but who was so ready with a saw-handle Rigby 

 on the cool grass before breakfast that he 

 achieved the feat of driving a half-crown with 

 a bullet from the waistcoat pocket into the 

 stomach of his dearest friend with whom he 

 had an unhappy difference. From his parlour 



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