G. A. Birmingham

Name: Minnie's Bishop and Other Stories — VII. Matty Hynes' Pig
Author: G. A. Birmingham

Minnie's Bishop and Other Stories… (1915)

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“Minnie's Bishop and Other Stories — VII. Matty Hynes' Pig”, published in 1915, is a work by G. A. Birmingham. It explores elements such as Matty Hynes, Eckersley and Geraghtys.

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G. A. Birmingham, Minnie's Bishop and Other Stories… (1915)

“ None of the Geraghtys of Inishbee were ever ill. The fourteen young Geraghtys who rejoiced the hearts of three pairs of parents had all struggled into the world without medical assistance. The people on the mainland might levy rates on themselves if they liked, and squander the money on useless luxuries. The three families on Inishbee got on very well without roads, workhouses, or doctors, and saw no reason why they should pay for what they neither had nor wanted.
Matty Hynes took quite a different view of the matter. ”

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G. A. Birmingham, Minnie's Bishop and Other Stories… (1915)

“ The hiring of a boat is a very rare thing in Ballymore.
"If it's for the coal-fish that your honour's going out," said Peter Reilly, the oldest of the fishermen, "the tide will be right tomorrow afternoon."
"I've no time for fishing," said Mr. Benson. "I want to go to Inishbee."
"You might do that," said Peter Reilly, "if you had the wind. But there's no wind. You'd need four men to row that length."
"I'll have the police," said Mr. Benson.
The fishermen looked at one another doubtfully. No man in Ireland cares to be mixed up with the police if he can help it. ”

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G. A. Birmingham, Minnie's Bishop and Other Stories… (1915)

“ Believe you me, your honour, them Geraghtys in Inishbee is terrible wild. Thomas is the worst of them. He'd think very little of knocking a hole the size of your head in a boat if he had it in his mind that she was after him to be doing harm. It'll be better for you to leave them fellows alone. What's the loss of the money to Matty Hynes? He can afford it. We'd be willing to oblige your honour in the matter of a day's fishing or the like, but as for giving out a boat to Matty Hynes, and getting her hammered into bits by them playboys beyond in Inishbee, it's what we wouldn't do. ”

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G. A. Birmingham, Minnie's Bishop and Other Stories… (1915)

“ Mr. Benson was new to the west of Ireland. There seemed to him no reason why the men should not be taken to Inishbee in a boat. The island was only two miles distant from the mainland. He said as much to Matty Hynes.
"You might take them in a boat," said Matty, "if so be you had the boat."
There were five boats in the little harbour at Ballymore; stout fishing-boats, each of them able to carry four constables, a sergeant, Mr. Benson, Matty Hynes, and a couple of bailiffs. They belonged to men who were continually grumbling about the difficulty of earning money. ”

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G. A. Birmingham, Minnie's Bishop and Other Stories… (1915)

“ A fishing-boat stole out of the harbour, her brown sail boomed out to catch the easterly breeze. She was followed by another and then another. All five fishing-boats left the harbour. This was a very unusual thing; for the Ballymore fishermen seldom fish, except in the early spring when the mackerel visit the coast. Lieutenant Eckersley knew enough of the ways of Connaught fishermen to feel surprised at the appearance of the fleet. He remarked on it an hour later when he visited Mr. Benson. Then he got to business. ”

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G. A. Birmingham, Minnie's Bishop and Other Stories… (1915)

“ Every man of them had his own ties in Queenstown. There were agreeable young women there. It seemed unlikely that there would be any young women in Ballymore. If they had known the name of Matty Hynes these men would have cursed him. They had never heard of him, and so they cursed Mr. Benson, who was not really to blame. Curiously enough, neither they nor Lieutenant Eckersley cursed the people of Inishbee. ”

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G. A. Birmingham, Minnie's Bishop and Other Stories… (1915)

“ VII.—MATTY HYNES' PIG. THE inhabitants of the Island of Inishbee, which lies off the coast of Connaught, objected to paying the rate levied on their lands, quite lawfully, by the county authorities. The sum was not large. A moderately rich man would have written a cheque for the whole of it without hesitation. ”

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G. A. Birmingham, Minnie's Bishop and Other Stories… (1915)

“ He had, ultimately, to pay over the whole sum levied into the banking account of the County Council. If he failed to collect the contribution due by any particular householder he suffered the loss himself. ”

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