Clannish. '
I A story told by Sir Charles Gavan Duffy ' shows the intensity of Irish clannishness. It was related to Sir Charles by a kinsman, a grey-haired landholder in Buenos Ayres. "I was present," said lte, "a boy in mv first breeches, when my father, a strict diseiplina- • rian, called out sharply to my jlder brother:, " ' Mike, bring me your pocket knife. " ' What shall I do?' whispered Mike. ' I've lost my knife.' " ' Take mine,' said his cousin; John Duffy. ' 'Tis the same colour.' '"No, no"!' muttered my brother. The blade of my knife was broken, and father .will know the difference at- a glance.' "John, without a. word, put the bltide of Jus knife under his heel, and broke it off." This little incident well illustrates 1 the ' clan-; nish" feeling that has inspired many an Irishman to lay down his life for his kinsman.
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Otago Witness, Issue 2388, 7 December 1899, Page 62
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145Clannish. ' Otago Witness, Issue 2388, 7 December 1899, Page 62
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