Going to Maynooth - Traits and Stories of the Irish Peasantry, The Works of William Carleton, Volume Three

The Project Gutenberg EBook of Going To Maynooth, by William Carleton This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.net Title: Going To Maynooth Traits And Stories Of The Irish Peasantry, The Works of William Carleton, Volume Three Author: William Carleton Illustrator: M. L. Flanery Release Date: June 7, 2005 [EBook #16016] Language: English Character set encoding: ASCII *** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK GOING TO MAYNOOTH *** Produced by David Widger TRAITS AND STORIES OF THE IRISH PEASANTRY BY WILLIAM CARLETON PART V. List of Illustrations Frontispiece Titlepage Page 985— You're a Fool, Misther O'Shaughnessy! GOING TO MAYNOOTH. Young Denis O'Shaughnessy was old Denis's son; and old Denis, like many great men before him, was the son of his father and mother in particular, and a long line of respectable ancestors in general. He was, moreover, a great historian, a perplexing controversialist, deeply read in Dr. Gallagher and Pastorini, and equally profound in the history of Harry the Eighth, and Luther's partnership with the devil.