The Lord of All, presided over a great meet, wondrous Ceilidhe and celebratory Hoolay, on July 21st 2009, to welcome Canon Patrick Doherty, slán abhail,  ad paradisum.

There, to meet and greet, this sagart aroon, (beloved priest), was a veritable litany of Who's Who in
R& W Setters, let's say of the last quarter millennium. Midst the haloed host of relatives and
ordinandi such as Noble Huston of Eldron and Ballynahinch and Daniel Griffin of Brosna, one spied
Eldron associates - Elliott, Killen and Evatt, Beck and Black. Ermined Rossmore, Robinson of
Kilmore and Red coadjutors Nash, Walsh, Mulligan and Marron joined the féte.

William and Maureen Cuddy came with a vast retinue of Amici Knockalla to embrace their cleric
soul friend (anam chara) and Cohen Kaddish intoning cantors mingled with Te Deum choristers.
Replete with tender memories, Harry Brigden, Ernie Steele, Kate Mac Bride, Nancy Nolan, Jimmy
lles, Peter Millington and Kenny Gormley pressed close in salutation:

Irish Red and White Setters with hollowed kennel names, Eldron, Knockalla, Sheebhin, Meudon,
Autummvood, Glennessa, Coppermoor etc., joined the human amants in that heavenly venue.

The big fisherman - the Rock - ordered the pearly gates closed and voiced in pithy chant ''fáilte
romhat abhaile, Athair an Soitir Rua/Bán Eriú. Anois táir i riocht Tir na Nóg" (welcome home Father
of the Irish Red and White Setter to the land of forever young). Veni ad Deum qui laetificat
juventutem tuum - Xl C annos. To God who gave joy to your youth for ninety-one years we give
thanks.
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A Mháirin Ni Dháilaigh - maith agat as bheith fior aingeal cumasach do Pháidraic óir. Mór thrua is
comhbhrón leat. Achan dea ghui. As árd ar dheis lámh Dé, tá súil aige orainn araon!
©  Dr. Albrecht Ua Siaghail - 2009