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Word: grangegor (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1946-1946
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...mother in a few flea-ridden Dublin slum rooms. When bis sister died, there was no money in the house to bury her. When his brother-in-law went crazy, the clutchers came in a plain, black cab and carried him off to the home for loony paupers at Grangegor-man. He himself had been born with weak eyes, and contracted "a tubercular swelling" on his neck. With his "tattered clothes and broken boots," he looked like "a ragamuffin . . . a shuddering sight for Gaelic gods...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Poor, Dear, Dead Men | 5/13/1946 | See Source »

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