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  • "Why, yes, I may say that now; but, O'Donahue, that is owing to my circumspection and delicacy.

    The Poacher Joseph Rushbrook Frederick Marryat 1820

  • And if I spelled it "O'Donahue" in my previous posting, I meant "O'Donohue"!

    Genealogue Challenge #128 2008

  • "Who and what is this O'Donahue?" said I to Frank Ardry after we had descended into the street.

    Lavengro The Scholar, the Gypsy, the Priest George Henry Borrow 1842

  • The medical director of Sandwell and West Birmingham Hospitals, Donal O'Donahue, accepted there were mistakes with her care, but denied there was any need to change the systems.

    BBC News - Home 2011

  • The only tie strong enough to induce him to return to Ireland was therefore broken, his father's worldly advice had not been forgotten, and O'Donahue considered the world as his oyster.

    The Poacher Joseph Rushbrook Frederick Marryat 1820

  • McShane and O'Donahue paid their visit to Mr Trevor.

    The Poacher Joseph Rushbrook Frederick Marryat 1820

  • "Now, McShane, you must take care of the money, and pay the driver," said O'Donahue, pulling out several pieces of thick paper, some coloured red, some blue, and others of a dirty white.

    The Poacher Joseph Rushbrook Frederick Marryat 1820

  • Such was the state of things, when one day Mr Small said to Joey, as he was busy copying an order into the books, "O'Donahue, I have been laying out some of your money for you."

    The Poacher Joseph Rushbrook Frederick Marryat 1820

  • In about a quarter of an hour Mrs Austin and Mary made their appearance; the former was closely veiled when she entered the gaoler's parlour, in which O'Donahue and McShane were waiting.

    The Poacher Joseph Rushbrook Frederick Marryat 1820

  • "Well, they must want dusting by this time, O'Donahue, so look after them if you please; but I think looking after your health is of more consequence, so you have my full consent to take a holiday, and remain away three months, if necessary, till you are perfectly re-established."

    The Poacher Joseph Rushbrook Frederick Marryat 1820

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