With women in general he was truthful and sincere and would… - Patrick Kavanagh

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With women in general he was truthful and sincere and would talk philosophy or Canon Law (Canon Law fascinated him, though what he knew of the subject was utter nonsense) to them on the slightest provocation. Women cannot understand honesty in a man.

Patrick Kavanagh

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Patrick Kavanagh (21 October 1904 – 30 November 1967) was an Irish poet and novelist.

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Alternative Names: Patrick Joseph Gregory Kavanagh • Patrick Joseph Kavanagh

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I inclined
To lose my faith in Ballyrush and Gortin
Till Homer's ghost came whispering to my mind.
He said: I made the Iliad from such
A local row. Gods make their own importance.

In country places a single word is inflected to mean a hundred things, so that only a recording of the sounds gives an idea of the speech of these people.

Mullahinsa, Drummeril, Black Shanco-
Wherever I turn I see
In the stony grey soil of Monaghan
Dead loves that were born for me.

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