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'Colonel M'Manus is here. There's no intrusion whatever. I say, Colonel, said he turning round, 'a gentleman here desires to "'Never mind it now, said I, as I stepped cautiously into the room, 'he's going to dinner; another time will do just as well. "'Pray come in! "'I could not think of intruding
The Irishmen of Liverpool will not need to be told that we speak of Terence Bellew M'Manus. The agitation of 1848 found M'Manus in good business as a shipping agent, his income being estimated by his Liverpool friends at ten or twelve hundred a year.
A move then became necessary, and accordingly the procession recommenced its journey by passing through the open gates of the cemetery down the pathways leading to the M'Manus grave, followed by some of the bands playing the "Adeste Fidelis." As fast as the files passed through others marched up, and when, after some time the carriage containing Mr.
Can no one prevail on that obstinate scoundrel, the Ahadarra man what do ye call, him? M'Master M'Manus -M' eh?" "M'Mahon," replied Fethertonge, "I fear not; but, at all events, we must try him again. Vote or not, however, we shall soon clear him out of Ahadarra we shall punish his insolence for daring to withhold his vote; for, as sure as my name is Fethertonge, out he goes.
"'O'Grady, at your service. "'Any relation of the counsellor? said I. 'They're all one family, the O'Gradys. I'm Mr. O'Shaughnessy, from Ennis; won't you introduce me to the ladies? "While the ceremony of presentation was going on I caught one glance at M'Manus, and had hard work not to roar out laughing.
With him there was less a question of to whom the broad acres reverted, so much as whether that "scoundrel Tom Basset, the attorney at Athlone, should triumph over us;" or "M'Manus live in the house as master where his father had officiated as butler."
"You have turned out a credit to your mother's name, and I am proud of you; and I hold my head high when I say Colonel Terence O'Connor, who was always playing mischief with the French, is my great nephew, and the good M'Manus blood shines out clearly in him." There was no one who played a more conspicuous part at the wedding than Uncle Tim.
They were to join Smith O'Brien at once, and commence the insurrection in Kilkenny. On the night of Saturday, July 22nd, M'Gee left for Scotland to prepare the Irishmen of Glasgow for action; and Meagher, Dillon, Reilly, M'Manus, O'Donoghue, and Leyne started southwards to place themselves in communication with O'Brien.
Cayle's, said I; 'and, by the same token, it was a Friday, I remember it well, may be you didn't pitch into the salt cod? I hope it didn't disagree with you? "'I beg to repeat, sir, that you are under a mistake, said he. "'May be so, indeed, said I. 'May be you're not Colonel M'Manus at all; may be you wasn't in a passion for losing seven-and-sixpence at loo with Mrs.
On the morning of the 23rd of the same month, the same formula was repeated to Terence Bellew MacManus, Patrick O'Donohoe, and Thomas Francis Meagher, who replied respectively as follows: MR. M'MANUS. "My lords, I trust I am enough of a Christian and enough of a man to understand the awful responsibility of the question that has been put to me.
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