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O'Connell scrambled for gulls 'eggs in the crags of Derrynane ....
Little Memoirs of the Nineteenth Century George Paston
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Pursuing my cruise in a Growler round the coast I came past some magnificent scenery by Waterville, at the head of Ballinskelligs Bay to Derrynane, once the abode of the "Liberator," and now occupied by
Disturbed Ireland Being the Letters Written During the Winter of 1880-81. Bernard H. Becker
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The League, however, has not yet troubled Derrynane; the tenants, who since 1841 have been greatly reduced in number by emigration and the consolidation of holdings, have paid their rent fairly up to this, that is to say fairly according to the usage of that remote part of
Disturbed Ireland Being the Letters Written During the Winter of 1880-81. Bernard H. Becker
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Old Mr. O'Connell of Derrynane, pitched upon an oak tree to make his own coffin, and mentioned his purpose to a carpenter.
Irish Wit and Humor Anecdote Biography of Swift, Curran, O'Leary and O'Connell Anonymous
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From Derrynane the road passes along the coast, and through Sneem to
Disturbed Ireland Being the Letters Written During the Winter of 1880-81. Bernard H. Becker
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Derrynane rejoices in many memorials of the Liberator, but the relic of "Ould Dan" that all visitors, and especially Irishmen, are most anxious to see, is in the oblong mahogany box lying on the tall desk at which he was wont to stand and write.
Disturbed Ireland Being the Letters Written During the Winter of 1880-81. Bernard H. Becker
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His amusements outside the calm of Derrynane, Derryquin, and
Disturbed Ireland Being the Letters Written During the Winter of 1880-81. Bernard H. Becker
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Derrynane is delightfully situated at a spot called appropriately "White Strand," from the silvery sand washed by the Atlantic waves.
Disturbed Ireland Being the Letters Written During the Winter of 1880-81. Bernard H. Becker
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Let me see, now -- there would not be more than about eight days 'duty in the year; I would take a country house near Dublin, and walk into town; and during the intervals of judicial labor, I'd go to Derrynane.
Irish Wit and Humor Anecdote Biography of Swift, Curran, O'Leary and O'Connell Anonymous
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There was the brogue that could be cut with a knife, and the humour that survived Mons and the Marne, and the kindliness that sprang from the cabins of Corrymeela and the moors of Derrynane.
The Red Horizon Patrick MacGill 1926
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