Parochial pride fuelling the passion

I HAVE it from a reliable source that the poor Pope in the Vatican was in very bad humour yesterday morning.

Parochial pride fuelling the passion
Tue, 12 Oct, 2010 - 01:00
Cormac MacConnell

A wise aide gently queried: “Is there more bad news from Ireland?”.

The Pope grunted over his egg: “The worst yet. We lost the county final to Doonbeg!”

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