Word: brannigan
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Ajax Cassidy (Peter Donald) is a tuberculous, growler-rushing, clay-pipe Irishman who thinks he is "not long for this worrld." He is also the newest and least-developed of Fred's characters, but as Donald reads the role, it contains some winning bits of brannigan. A favorite Cassidy wheeze: having resolved to give up the stuff, he puts himself to the test by trying to pass Kerrigan's Kosy Korner without dropping in. After a desperate struggle he makes it-and promptly returns to Kerrigan's to celebrate his moral victory with a snootful...
...Harrington: Come-All-Ye's (Decca, 12 sides). Wonderful Irish folk classics sung with a brogue. Included are Paddy McGinty's Goat, Brannigan's Pup and McSorley's Two Beautiful Twins ("What an elegant time at the christening we had!"). Performance: good...
With what is believed to be the highest score ever registered in House football competition, Eliot swept over a powerless Lowell eleven 72 to 0, on Soldiers Field yesterday. The triple threat combine of Johnny Boyce, Gene Brannigan, and Herb Eckenrath proved, behind a forward line of granite, unstoppable to the bewildered Bellboys. Eliot's forward march began in the first period, and continued uninterrupted throughout the entire battle...
Herb Eckenrath, hailed as the finest passer in college, hooked up with Pete Foley to give the R.O.T.C. team a strong aerial attack, supplemented by a running game sparked by Gene Brannigan, and the dynamic combination exploded to the tune of three touchdowns in the second half...
Also optimistic about his House's chances was Chief Dunlap of Eliot, who thinks he has a couple of stars in William Derby and Gene Brannigan, both of the NROTC and holdovers from last season...