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...have every saint that's made," the cashier says proudly. "We've got police officer's medals with St. Michael and medals for firemen with St. Florian. We've even got medals for the mentally ill, with St. Dymphna on them...

Author: By Victoria E.M. Cain, | Title: Cashing in on Christ | 3/4/1995 | See Source »

...fields, in the streets - with a suc cession of colleens. Beautiful Theresa has a voice as misty as the mountains of Mourne, and a heart hard enough to splinter Cuchulainn's sword. After another fruitless try, with a girl named Oonagh, Blaydon comes to grips with Dymphna Uprichard (pronounced "Eweprichard"), a pale, leggy hoyden who adores wrestling by the hour in hallways and on sofas...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Of Ireland & Life | 5/23/1960 | See Source »

...critical moments, Dymphna in variably develops a sudden prudence...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Of Ireland & Life | 5/23/1960 | See Source »

...silly-ass clubman but whose character proves to have as many layers as an onion; hamhanded Jack Kerruish could not be anything more than an amiable athlete-or could he? Coves & Cobbles. Blaydon's five years in Dublin end in a vast betrayal. Without a word, devious Dymphna drops him and marries someone else; trusted Mike Groarke not only sells Blaydon out but beats him and sneers, "You amused me when you didn't sicken me." Blaydon cannot even deal with a great omadhaun like Kerruish, who hoodwinks him with ease. When the ever-various Horab Greenbloom sweeps...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Of Ireland & Life | 5/23/1960 | See Source »

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