Dara O Flaherty from Galway.

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Irishmen and Irishwomen should have Cattle.
The posting here has driven me on to develop the topic on a thread which was meaningless
without my intervention. As the 2nd most intelligent person Ireland, "a man with cows a plenty"
I offer you the famous poem by James Clarence Mangan. Woman of Three Cows.

I know like me you are busy, very busy but this thread will be woefully inadequate without a blast
from Irish National pride, class distinction and declaration. She was proud, very decent it might be said. Her spirit lives still:

 

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I love this verse:

Your neighbour’s poor, and you, it seems, are big with vain ideas,
Because, inagh! you’ve got three cows - one more,! see, than she has.
That tongue of yours wags more at times than Charity allows,
But if you’re strong, be merciful, great Woman of Three Cows!


You readers from lower backgrounds might not understand what the word "inagh"
means. It is the gaelic word for daughter. "inion". It should read in Bearla
"Because daughter, you've got three cows"

It was common the address a woman as daughter.
 
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Well that may be true but by the same yardstick, who does.

I sensed that he is more Sovereign Individual than anything else. He is on high intellect as I would expect from anyone with a degree in Engineering from UCG.

Like myself.
 

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