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  • There's not enough paper to list the reasons to stay away from the Dooleys...and yet I'm still knocking on their door.

    The Dooleys Joe Lyons 2011

  • I abandoned Bedes and Havock in the general vicinity of the old Hacienda/Dooleys/whatever the hell its called now.

    Cheeseburger Gothic » Right. You’re booked! 2010

  • Another case involving bad feelings between families involved the Dooleys and Kenneys of Renews.

    Gutenber-e Help Page 2005

  • Although the first names of the Dooleys appear as James and Ellen in the record book, the initial draft of the proceedings (contained in a file folder with the journal) shows that the complainants were actually "Maurice Dooley, Mary his Wife and Step Son."

    Gutenber-e Help Page 2005

  • Next door lived the Dooleys, who ran the convent farm.

    Broken Music, A Memoir Sting 2003

  • His son was dead and Jack should have thought long and hard before he made an enemy of the Dooleys or for that matter the Ryans.

    Maura's Game Cole, Martina 2002

  • There was an electric silence for a moment and then the Dooleys moved as one.

    Maura's Game Cole, Martina 2002

  • 'Th' Dooleys, 'says he,' can stand before all th 'wurruld, an' no man can say ought agin ayether their honor or their integrity, 'says he.

    Mr. Dooley in Peace and in War Finley Peter Dunne 1901

  • New York an 'got a good job dhrivin' a carredge f'r th 'captain iv a polis station, -- he was full iv pothry an' things; an 'he come around wan night, an' says he, 'D'ye know,' he says, '' twud be th 'hite iv a good thing f'r th' Dooleys to have a reunion, 'he says.

    Mr. Dooley in Peace and in War Finley Peter Dunne 1901

  • Dooleys, 'says Felix,' stood beside Red Hugh O'Neill; an ', whin he cut aff his hand, --' 'He didn't cut it off with anny wan else's saw,' says me uncle Mike.

    Mr. Dooley in Peace and in War Finley Peter Dunne 1901

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