LORD NAAS, 1857-1862 



ought to have been except byLordNaas, who said, 

 when Goodall went to England, that ' there is not 

 a huntsman now left in Ireland.' 



" Goodall was idolized by the country people. 

 When he returned to Kildare from the Duhallows 

 I saw a crowd round him one cubbing morning on 

 the Dowry Hill, Kilbride, all struggling to shake 

 him by the hand. Goodall said not one word, but 

 smiled down on the people. He was so loved 

 because he was so charitable. He could never keep 

 a sixpence in his pocket if he saw any poor person. 

 He once told me that his sufferings were great in 

 Kilkenny during the famine years, when he saw 

 starving people and yet had to feed the hounds. 

 The greatest of all runs, the Laragh run was his 

 reward, and when he left Ireland, he had the love 

 and respect, at all events, of those who knew 

 him. 



"In England he at once made his mark in York- 

 shire with Mr Lane Fox, and in the Vale of White 

 Horse, Cirencester, he was looked on as a wonder. 

 When the Master there retired, Goodall was en- 

 gaged by telegraph for the Heythrop by Mr 

 Brassey. He there became famous, but his eyesight 

 failed, and he retired. 



" The late Lord Spencer when Viceroy here told 

 me that Goodall was the very best huntsman he 

 had ever seen, and the nicest servant. 



" Goodall married secondly a Miss Wills of 

 Johnstown Inn, a sister of Mrs Freeman, mother of 

 the present Pytchley huntsman. 



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