THE THREEFOLD DEFINITIVE.

Marlborough Express, Volume XLIII, Issue 135, 5 June 1909, Page 6

THE THREEFOLD DEFINITIVE.

In the early days of the Home Rule movement, when Mr Butt was leader, there was in the Irish party more tham one member claiming to use the distinguishing appellation "The" as indicating headship of a clan. Sometimes the title was assumed

without justification, and one evening, during a debate on Irish matters, The O'Gorman Mahon slowly and majestically raised his massive figure from the bench, and announced to a delighted House that there were only three personages who had, beyond all doubt, a title to "The," and they were "The Pope, The Devil, and The o'Gorman Mahon."