Donegal Annual / Bliainiris Thír Chonaill, Vol. 1, No. 1 (1947)

80 JOURNAL OP Tim C0\7N'l'Y OONl!lOAL HISTORlOAL SOCIE'I"t: My 1Utacle the Curate 'Cha;pman & Hall (Anon. 1849). Marion W. Savage Scene: Chiefly coa,s.t of Donegal. Time, 183·1. The curate, Hercules Woodward, a genial giant Of Tough exterior but·wlth a hear:t Qf gold, plav; a herolc part in· storms, shi!PIW'recks, highway rbi'bibery of a tithe procltor (for whlch his nephew is wrongfully ac1cused) ·.and the aibduction of a niece. A clean, healthy story, scenery well desc:dbed, and d1alec1t well rendered. Exhibits a shre:wd knowle·dge of the peasantry, though often rather ·satt·rical. Condemns alike : Orangeism and Riepeal, and inculc•ates toleration. The rec:oor's essay on "The Island of Higgledy-P!ggeldy" reminds one of S.wlft. Many interesting ancf welld~awn characters f•.rom all sections of society introduced, .providing an e:xicellent piCture of the period." Paradise Alley Talbot Press 0946). John D. Sheridan The firnt chapter deals with Milford, and it passes on to become the story of a Milford man who .becomes a teacher in the Dublin slums.·, A well-written, human stmy, with goad plot, and told with great feeling. Vanishing Spring Talbot Press (1935). John D. Sheridan A story told. in a humorous vein of !Ue in the Rathmullan-Glenalla district, of which the author is himself a niwt-ive. Carmen Cavanagh Tallbot Press (1921). Story of a Distri•c1t Niirse's .experience in South Donegial. A Daughter of Kings Nash & Benziger, N.Y. (19-03). A. M. P. Smithson Katherine Tynan. A carefrul character of a young gi'l'l with a marked contrast between the pride and the poverty of Witche's Castle, Oounty Donegal, ,and the oipulance of an English home.

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