Irish Musings
Having recently moved home we needed to buy
some curtain rails, so we drove into the town
nearest to us which is Templemore in County
Tipperary.
We went into the hardware store known as
Doherty's thinking that we would be in and out
quickly.
The assistant said " Hello, how are you doing?"
I replied that I was fine and that I wanted to buy
some curtain rails.
"Ah well now" she said after a deep sigh. "There
could be a problem getting doughs. You see,
we know where they are, but I don't tink you
could have them today!"
I realise that living in Ireland is a learning curve
and nothing ever surprises me.
"Yes", she continued, "De rails are in the shop
over the other side of the road."
Well of course, they would be! So off we go to
the shop opposite, also called Doherty's.
I ask the elderly man behind the counter has he
any curtain rails? He said he had but did I need
anything else?"
" Well," I said "I really just wanted the rails for the
moment".
"Do you know how old I am?", the elderly man
asks.
"No, not a clue", I reply.
"I'm 88", he announces with glee."And I work
here full-time".
"Good for you", I say. "Would you know if you
have any curtain rails?"
"Yes, we have. We have indeed."
"Could I see them", I ask directly.
"Would ye be able to come back tomorrow?", he
asks me. "Doughs rails are in de back
somewhere. I will have to have a bit of hunt to
find them!", he informs me with a wide grin.
I thanked him for his trouble and said I would
have to be getting home.
The old man kissed my hand and said he would
definitely try to find the rails.
We drove another 22 miles to the next town and
bought the rails at a department store.
I had forgotten all about Mr Doherty until driving
through Templemore a few weeks later. As I
glanced into the shop I spotted Mr Doherty
behind the counter and there in the middle of
the shop window,in all their glory was a huge
mountain of curtain rails!
Bless him, he had found them and was
obviously keen to make a sale!
Having recently moved home we needed to buy
some curtain rails, so we drove into the town
nearest to us which is Templemore in County
Tipperary.
We went into the hardware store known as
Doherty's thinking that we would be in and out
quickly.
The assistant said " Hello, how are you doing?"
I replied that I was fine and that I wanted to buy
some curtain rails.
"Ah well now" she said after a deep sigh. "There
could be a problem getting doughs. You see,
we know where they are, but I don't tink you
could have them today!"
I realise that living in Ireland is a learning curve
and nothing ever surprises me.
"Yes", she continued, "De rails are in the shop
over the other side of the road."
Well of course, they would be! So off we go to
the shop opposite, also called Doherty's.
I ask the elderly man behind the counter has he
any curtain rails? He said he had but did I need
anything else?"
" Well," I said "I really just wanted the rails for the
moment".
"Do you know how old I am?", the elderly man
asks.
"No, not a clue", I reply.
"I'm 88", he announces with glee."And I work
here full-time".
"Good for you", I say. "Would you know if you
have any curtain rails?"
"Yes, we have. We have indeed."
"Could I see them", I ask directly.
"Would ye be able to come back tomorrow?", he
asks me. "Doughs rails are in de back
somewhere. I will have to have a bit of hunt to
find them!", he informs me with a wide grin.
I thanked him for his trouble and said I would
have to be getting home.
The old man kissed my hand and said he would
definitely try to find the rails.
We drove another 22 miles to the next town and
bought the rails at a department store.
I had forgotten all about Mr Doherty until driving
through Templemore a few weeks later. As I
glanced into the shop I spotted Mr Doherty
behind the counter and there in the middle of
the shop window,in all their glory was a huge
mountain of curtain rails!
Bless him, he had found them and was
obviously keen to make a sale!
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Defining Limerickman
By Michael Curtin
There is no more a monolithic
Limerickman than there is a Dubliner
who hasn't read Ulysses yet who is
supposed to be more Joycean than
Joyce himself. But imagine that such a
superman of the Shannon once existed
and became victim of a Big Bang and is
now diffused throughout the city, his
gemlike qualities coated in strata of
ordinariness.
Consider the boiling pot from which he
came: Viking, Dane, Norman, English,
Dutch, German, Scottish;the milieu in
which the brew was stirred: imperialist
and republican godparents;and the
assorted ingredients that were added:
the pictures, the music hall, the light
opera, sport, faith.
How can he be put together again?
Read more on this great article at the
Limerick website:
www.limerick.com/features/limerickman
By Michael Curtin
There is no more a monolithic
Limerickman than there is a Dubliner
who hasn't read Ulysses yet who is
supposed to be more Joycean than
Joyce himself. But imagine that such a
superman of the Shannon once existed
and became victim of a Big Bang and is
now diffused throughout the city, his
gemlike qualities coated in strata of
ordinariness.
Consider the boiling pot from which he
came: Viking, Dane, Norman, English,
Dutch, German, Scottish;the milieu in
which the brew was stirred: imperialist
and republican godparents;and the
assorted ingredients that were added:
the pictures, the music hall, the light
opera, sport, faith.
How can he be put together again?
Read more on this great article at the
Limerick website:
www.limerick.com/features/limerickman
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