“Once the Bishop looked grave at your jest,
Till this remark set him off wid the rest:
"Is it lave gaiety
All to the laity?
Cannot the clargy be Irishmen too?"”

— Alfred Perceval Graves , Father O'Flynn

Song, "Father O'Flynn".

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Anglo-Irish poet, songwriter, and school inspector 1846–1931

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