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Nepean, Ontario: House of Airlie, 1992
Once upon a country lane : a tribute to the Gaelic spirit of old West Huntley, Carleton County, Ontario, Canada
Ogilvie, Garfield Thomas
Table of Contents
Cover
Title page
Contents
Preface
Introduction
Qu ést-ce que c'est Corkery?
1. Reflections of youth
2. Smelling the roses
3. Making do
4. A brief history of Ireland up to 1600
5. Conditions in ninetieth-century Ireland
6. Monica
7. Timmy
8. Expressing the heart
9. West Huntley's early settlers
10. The way it was
11. A man named John
12. Mick Joe
13. The white knights of Lahinch
14. Coffey, Tea, and sweet Nellie
15. A father's tear
16. Abigail and Winnifred
17. Bossie Bossie
18. The little saint of Sample's Creek
19. The teasing of Theresa
20. A wee postie remembers
21. Howard crosses the line
22. Almonte, the friendly town
23. Driving the old Almonte Road
24. The mounted priest
25. Can anything good come out of mayo?
26. A home boy
27. A pair of Jacks
28. Rose
29. Spring memories
30. Evelyn
31. Bells and belles
32. The entertainer
33. Seamus and Colm
34. Sticking together
35. The first settlers of West Huntley
36. Early stone house on the Ninth Line
37. The four stone houses of P.J. Manion
38. Other heritage homes in West Huntley
39. Architectural ramblings
40. Pinch Hill
41. Eddie
42. Richard
43. Lawrence Kennedy's last tour of West Huntley
44. The Mahoney Road
45. What are friends for!
46. A pub in Cork
47. Thorns then the rose
48. A funny thing happened after rekindling the fire
49. Thoughts on a penny
50. The great fire
51. The ribbon
52. The lack of the draw
53. The orange mini-minor
54. A touch of Grace
55. How Irish is Irish?
56. Jillen Andy's son
57. One foot on heaven's floor
58. Three practical jokes
The loose goose
The bread, jam and beef caper
Dummy up to the bar, boys!
59. Name variations
60. Their mother's children
61. Four strange deaths
Stephen
Josephine
Homer
Maggie
62. The night Halley's comet touched Ireland
63. The northwest corner of West Huntley
64. The pineapple inheritance
65. A mother's parting gift
66. A Bobby Byrnes
67. The little troopers
68. Paddy the post
69. An angel in disguise
70. Old number 6
71. Johnny's place
72. Unrequited love
73. No pomp, no circumstance, no sweat
74. Two Marys
Willy and Mary
Sick call for Mary!
75. Rising to the occasion
76. Rich man, poor man
77. Beating the system
Bishop or no bishop
God's tin ear
George
78. The sleeping family
79. Michael's tree
80. Down but never out
81. Con
82. The good times
83. The children of pain
Epilogue
Appendices
Maps and drawings
Acknowledgements
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