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John B Keane

Out in the Open: Bosses, set an egg test for would-be employees

LONG AGO, when I was a boy, that is to say a real boy wearing short pants, with no interest in girls, the cap of a boiled egg was a much prized addition to the breakfast or supper of a growing girl or gorsoon. In those halcyon and innocent days eggs ...

23 Feb 2020 at 14:00

John B Keane

Out in the Open: How a bitter bachelor finally met his match

LAST week we dealt with Dan Paddy Andy O’Sullivan’s first match as a professional. Let us now look at the aftermath of that match. Dan had often been involved in the making of matches before that, to pass away the time as indeed had most people in ...

09 Feb 2020 at 14:00

John B Keane

Out in the Open: Victimised: the people who dread indoor loos

sEVERAL weeks ago, there appeared in these columns a length treatise concerning life in the great outdoors. We dealt at length with the problems of those who cannot avail themselves of indoor toilets. We also had a look at the pitfalls involved ...

27 Oct 2019 at 14:00

John B Keane

Out in the Open: No, I don’t begrudge moochers their dole

ONE fine day last week I betook myself for a stroll by the river. Here there and everywhere there were clusters of primroses brightening and enlivening the landscape. Birds sang and the river waters sparkles under the shining sun. A number of ...

15 Mar 2020 at 14:00

John B Keane

Out in the Open: A letter to my fellow workers, Sir Stafford and Mr Chamberlain

IN 1945 I was 17 years of age. It was a memorable time because I was a witness to the end of a way of life. This was a time when every countryman kept a pig, tilled a garden and cut his own turf. This was the way of it too in small towns and ...

01 Dec 2019 at 14:00

John B Keane

Out in the Open: My guide to drink slang (with all due respect to the cocktail set)

SELDOM indeed will you hear me complain in these columns about pubs, lounges, hotel bars, or any other area licensed to sell intoxicating liquor to those who can afford to pay for it and who have reached the ripe old age of 18. I do not ...

24 Nov 2019 at 14:00

John B Keane

Out in the Open: The Field: the real story behind the play

PATRICK Ahern of Glensharrold in Carrickerry is undoubtedly Ireland’s greatest living matchmaker. He has appeared in more than 20 television programmes and is scheduled to appear in many more. He has over one hundred marriages to his ...

08 Mar 2020 at 14:00

John B Keane

Out in the Open: A heartless Limerickman - by Dan Paddy Andy

BACK this week to the great matchmaker. No picture of Dan Paddy Andy would be complete without a glimpse or two at his early life. His schooling was scanty, although in later years he was to develop into an outstanding scholar, ...

01 Mar 2020 at 14:00

John B Keane

Out in the Open: The man who has Sonny’s ear (and how he got it)

LAST WEEK I was reading an international magazine which dealt with the African State of Zaire, and with that strange genius, Bisengi-Mana, who happens to be director of President Mobutu’s Political Bureau. I confess that I ...

16 Feb 2020 at 14:00

John B Keane

Out in the Open: Violence in North Kerry

AS MOST readers know by now, violence erupted in many towns and villages in North Kerry during the recent August weekend. At the time, I decided to sing dumb on the matter as most reports were distorted and many downright ...

15 Dec 2019 at 14:00

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Out in the Open: An assrail of turf made a fine present at Christmas

SINCE it's Christmas time, I believe it would be appropriate to deal with Christmas matters. The bother is that, over the years, I have exhausted myself on the subject and am now in the unenviable position where I would ...

19 Dec 2019 at 10:29

John B Keane

Out in the Open: Mickey, the healthiest man I ever knew

THE TWO most valuable assets a man can possess are good health and peace of mind. If you wish, you may interpret peace of mind as the grace of God. Peace of mind may be acquired by living a full Christian life, whereas ...

08 Dec 2019 at 14:00

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