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...Madden of Connemara-a distinction that may not mean much to a Smith of Brooklyn or a Brown of Grand Rapids but apparently means a lot to a Madden of Connemara. "There isn't a better class of fighting man from Oughterard to Letterfrack," shrills Mrs. Colgan, the old lady who introduces Recruit Madden to the rebel army just in time for him to get in a few licks in the Easter Rising. And sure enough, Madden quickly proves himself the sort of character who looks his best in very curt sentences, e.g., "Madden floored the bricklayer with...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: For Erin Dear | 5/7/1951 | See Source »

...Colgan doesn't care two straws about the fate of Ireland when she urges Madden into the insurgent ranks; she just wants him to keep an eye on her adolescent son, who has been swept off his silly feet by patriotic ardor. And when the rebel song rings...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: For Erin Dear | 5/7/1951 | See Source »

Hunter threw two touchdown passes in the last period, the first to Dick Colgan and the second to Hager, to give the Elis their 36-point total...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Dudley Drops Touch Crown To Timothy Dwight, 36-12 | 11/30/1950 | See Source »

Next a Baltimore delegate, Edward J. Colgan Jr., nominated Millard Tydings interminably, pausing at last to remark doggedly "... I have given you but a partial picture . . ." to a cacophony of heartfelt boos. For Tydings there was but one feeble cheer. Wright Moody, a ponderous grey-haired Texan, nominated John Nance Garner monotonously for what seemed like hours to the sleepy, hot delegates. More boos...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CAMPAIGN: By Acclamation | 7/29/1940 | See Source »

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