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GAZETTE
JULY/AUGUS
T
1982
AN UNWILLING RESPONSE
We are grateful to Bernard Gogarty,. Solicitor,
Drogheda, for sending us the following poetic
response from a lady client, described in her will as a
"spinster".
Dear Bernard,
I acknowledge receipt of my will, sir.
And admire your professional skill, sir.
It's terms I've perused
But the words that you've used
Have incited a passion to kill, sir.
My attorney I've chosen as victim
You'll quite understand why I picked 'im
The terms you apply
To a maid such as I
I'd prefer if you tried to restrict 'em.
For a "spinster" is a word I reject, sir.
It indicates lack of respect, sir.
I get no enjoyment
To see my employment
Described in a style incorrect, sir.
If I was a male (which I'm not), sir.
And the unmarried state was my lot, sir.
A "bachelor", I'd say,
Is not quite the way
You'd define the employment I'd got, sir.
The chauvinist male I detest, sir.
Let this be my final request, sir.
That you should observe
The respect we deserve
My defence for the moment I'll rest, sir.
Yours sincerely,
For Your Diary . . .
6/7 November, 1982,
S.Y.S. Autumn
Seminar,
Talbot Hotel, Wexford. Topics include the Drafting
of Wills, Wills and Taxation, Practical Probate
Problems and Negligence of Professional Advisers.
10 December 1982.
Mayo Solicitors'
Bar
Association
Annual Dinner Dance.
Breaffy
House Hotel, Castlebar, Co. Mayo.
Tickes and further details from Patrick O'Connor,
Solicitor, Swinford, Co. Mayo; Anne McEllin,
Solicitor, The Mall, Castlebar and John Gordon,
Solicitor, Ballina, Co. Mayo.
MARRIAGE COUNSELLING
can we help?
Catholic Marriage Advisory Council
Contact:
The Secretary, C.M.A.C.,
35 Harcourt Street, Dublin 2.
Telephone: 780866
or consult the Telephone Directory
for your local centre.
The Incorporated Law Society
of Ireland
DINNER DANCE
Blackball Place,
Dublin 7.
FRIDAY, 12th NOVEMBER, 1982
Dinner 8.30 p.m.
Dancing 10.00 p.m. — 2.00 a.m.
TICKETS £15.00
EMPLOYMENT EQUALITY AGENCY
Will hold a Seminar at the Royal Dublin Hotel
on 29th & 30th of October entitled:
"Employment Equality Legislation Case
Law in National and European Courts".
Anyone wishing to attend or seeking further
information, please contact Mr. G. Hickey at
(01) 765861 or write to the E.E.A., Davitt House,
Mespil Road, Dublin 4.
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