G. A. Birmingham, Minnie's Bishop and Other Stories… (1915)
“ Father Larry had his glass of whiskey and water, and went to bed. Instead of dropping straight off to sleep, as a man with a clear conscience and a balance in the bank has a right to do, he lay and tossed uneasily. Mad Antony's eyes vexed him because of their peculiar expression, and because he could not understand why they seemed familiar. ”
G. A. Birmingham, Minnie's Bishop and Other Stories… (1915)
“ Meditating on ways of relieving the poverty of his people, Father Larry's thoughts turned naturally to the Government. There is nothing the Government—any Government—enjoys more than spending money in the west of Ireland. ”
G. A. Birmingham, Minnie's Bishop and Other Stories… (1915)
“ But the acquisition of money sobered Father Larry. He put the saints in their proper places at the back of his mind, and set to work to realise a Christianity of a more practical kind than theirs. Being rich and therefore comfortable himself he wanted to make everyone else comfortable too, as far as possible. Unfortunately, it wasn't easy to do this at Curraghmore. The people were half farmers, half fishermen. Neither industry by itself offers any prospect of wealth in the west of Ireland, and a combination of the two results, as a rule, in hopeless poverty. ”
