Wednesday June 10, 2009
Mo Bhroin, Mo Bhroin... Ah, Those Mandarins!
By Patrick Hurley
Mo Bhroin, Mo Bhroin... Ah, Those Mandarins!
By Patrick Hurley
An Irish consul general once addressed a New York County Cork Association Banquet. In an endeavor to flatter, he explained that upon reviewing his predecessors' files, he discovered a note elaborating that as one of the most vital organizations, the Cork Association should be afforded appropriate recognition at every opportunity. Now, Cork people do not easily succumb to blandishments. The cynic in us realized that other organizations like - God forbid - the old rivals, the Kerrymen, would be similarly wooed. Ultimately, the good diplomat's words were infinitely more illustrative about the modus operandi of the mandarins of Iveagh House - Ireland's Foggy Bottom - than about the Rebels.
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