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'The rale thing.'.
'Her ancestors were kings before Moses was born, Her mother descended from great Grana Uaile.' Charles Lever.
Knockarney House, Lough Lein.
We are in the province of Munster, the kingdom of Kerry, the town of Ballyfuchsia, and the house of Mrs.Mullarkey.Knockarney House is not her name for it; I made it myself.

Killarney is church of the sloe-trees; and as kill is church, the 'onderhanded manin'' of 'arney' must be something about sloes; then, since knock means hill, Knockarney should be hill of the sloe-trees.
I have not lost the memory of Jenny Geddes and Tam o' the Cowgate, but Penelope O'Connor, daughter of the king of Connaught, is more frequently present in my dreams.

I have by no means forgotten that there was a time when I was not Irish, but for the moment I am of the turf, turfy.
Francesca is really as much in love with Ireland as I, only, since she has in her heart a certain tender string pulling her all the while to the land of the heather, she naturally avoids comparisons.

Salemina, too, endeavours to appear neutral, lest she should betray an inexplicable interest in Dr.La Touche's country.