The KERRY O`CONNORS

You may remember the other week me making a "pigs ear" of the Ballyduff write up and getting into total confusion with all the OConnor clan..............`Well it was very nice of them not only to forgive me..............but to send this little storey that explains Im not the first person to get confused!

Many years ago, a group of locals were in Browne's bar one night well after closing time when a new garda to the area walks in and started taking names.
He started with a Patrick O'Connor who duly gave his name as Patrick O'Connor from Ballyduff.

'Small Paddy' ,as he was known, gave his name as Patrick O'Connor
The Garda raised his eyebrows but kept going.
Patrick's uncle known as 'Pats' next gave his name as Patrick O'Connor.
The Garda was getting a bit irate at this stage.
The next man he asked was...Pateen 'Carey' O'Connor ...who gave his name as...you
guessed it ..Patrick O'Connor
At this stage the Garda lost the cool and told the man behind the bar, Jimmy Browne, that unless he got all their correct names that he would lose his licence.

It took some time for Jimmy Browne to convince them that they were giving their correct names.

Even after that when the garda resumed his tasked, he came across a fifth Patrick O'Connor, Pateen 'Brian', on the premises the same night!

So now you know you are not the first to be confused about different Patrick O'Connor's in Ballyduff!