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IRELAND IN MOURNING FOR GENERAL O'SHEA.
By gerardconnolly
13 December 2006
Yes, yes, yes. I know it was Bernardo O' Higgins that was the Irish liberator of Chile. But we can all dream. I couldn't let Finn, the Grand Feller, go to meet his Maker without my compliments. His Maker? Answers on a postcard ,please. 



From PAT'S WEXFORD WHACKY WIKIPEDIA.

Obituary.
General Augustine Finn O' Shea.


All Ireland is in mourning for the late General Finn O'Shea whose death was recently reported on RTE. Born in 1915 in Belsen Street, Ballykillin, he joined the German Army to fight the British and subsequently retired to South America after the Second World War along with fellow members of the Waffen SS Arian Vegetable Growers Association. He rose to become El Presidente for Life of the Pablo Escabar Allotment Club of Chile and was a frequent contributor to Gardeners' Question Time, speaking on such diverse horticultural subjects as embezzlement; international narcotics smuggling and mass homicide.

Paying tribute to him, Taoiseach, Bertie ' Two Brains' Aherne told an incredulous and mutinous assembly of the Dail that a minute's silence would be held between 11.00 and 11.30 am throughout Ireland to honour the memory of the liberator of so many imprisoned banknotes, and who is credited with bringing freedom to the poor and downtrodden of the Southern Americas. Whether they liked it or not.

Fielding questions such as, ' How th' feck's we's goin' t' know if there's a silence if no bastard sez nothin'?.....An what about them what's gone AWOL over there!? The disappeared? ', the testy Taoiseach, not known for his patience with questions, produced a response worthy of the old hero Generalissimo himself.

' Shut yous feckin' gob! Or yous'll go disappearin' pronto youselves!! Sure a deaf, dumb, blind donkey could soon as tell you he's seen what he's heard!! Which is more than can be said f' them poor barmy reds what got on th' wrong side o' th' feckin' ol' Chilean Chieftain. Disappeared!!??... DISAPPEARED!!!!???? Jeeeeeeze! I'll give yous feckin' disappeared!!!! Tommy Cooper eat my pants!! First you sees a bunch o' lippy Commies.....Hey!! .... Then you don't!!.....Just like that!! ....Not like that!!.... Like that!!...

And with that the Fianna Fail firebrand pops on a Fez; shouts ' Viva Los Faschistas!!! '
and before you can say ' Human Rights ' the whole bellyaching bastard Opposition Front Bench gets lifted by the Guardai, framed and fitted up in a concrete suit. No questions asked! As the Generalissimo himself was fond of saying: ' Now that's what I calls Democracy!' 

Speaking of which, the General got a chance to try it out himself when, on a trip to visit absent friends still standing, he came to England. Would you believe the brass neck of some folks, some cheeky Dego tried to have him arrested!! Of course he reacted with his customary resourcefullness, by telling the Plods ' You'll never credit this but I've just come over a bit Pat an' Mick!!.... Get me OJ Simpson's Lawyers! '. Straight off he beat the phoney rap and gets a buckshee six month holiday and all expenses paid return flight thrown in! That's style for you!! Small wonder the seriously slippery honcho has become an icon for the [about to be ] seriously dispossessed all over the world!

Unlike so many of his old compadres, his funeral took place after he was dead; a concept he would have found quite foreign and even amusing. As a tribute to his life many of those deemed to have irrevocably disappeared without trace turned up again to mark his passing, including Martin Bormann, Donald Crowhurst, Lord Lucan, Two Dodos and a Dinosaur , Robert Maxwell, Six Million Semites in Search of a Square Meal and Ronnie Briggs with a siutcase containing the £24 Million proceeds of  the Northern Irish Bank blagh. The ceremony was conducted by fellow Irish absentee, Shergar.

He is survived by his deeds.

General Augustine Finn O'Shea 1915 -- 2006. Rest in Peace; as assuredly as your victims now rest in pieces.


(c) Your immortal buddy, Francisco Franco Connolly.
 

Reviews

Written by wattle (117 comments posted) 13th December 2006
'gerardconnolly' now this sounds like an up and coming general’s name if I ever heard one. I'm sure you are going to have to put down the pen and take up a gun or two to achieve full respect in this world; no wait I'm walking about a captain. Sorry generals do write (your in), you will need a garden full of gun and card-carrying supporters, to lift you to the level of respected. ------- You are the (‘my’) master of entertainment through words. --- Thank you ---- regards, wattle

Written by ellipinnock (1753 comments posted) 13th December 2006
I'm always slightly hesitant to be one of the first to review your pieces in case I've missed the point completely and made a complete fool out of meself!  
 
However, I'm taking the plunge...I liked it...and I thought it was funny...especially the second half...and that's all I'm going to say ont he subject. :) 
 
Cheers, 
 
Elli

Written by coosh (868 comments posted) 13th December 2006
Must read more of your work in order to unravel the mysteries of Irish history. Great stuff. Loved the Irish-South American overlap/confusion, and the Taoiseach's speech in particular. Survived by his deeds! Excellent.
Pinn O'Chet?
Written by Fledermaus (3301 comments posted) 13th December 2006
I never heard of this general Finn O' Shea, so I could be totally wrong here, but could that be how an Irishman pronounces Pinochet? If so, this is a brilliant find. If not, it's an interesting story, but I missed the clue.

Written by Phil (6730 comments posted) 13th December 2006
Enjoyed all of this, but particularly the Taoiseach and the ending, starting at the paragraph, 'Unlike so many of his old compadres...' 
Excellent line: Survived by his deeds. 
 
Funny and biting. 
 
Al the best, Phil.
A Treat
Written by givitsum (651 comments posted) 13th December 2006
Grand to see the PC flag being ripped from it's pole and set on fire; would expect (and accept) no less from you GC. Loved the inclusion of the word 'Dego', not heard it for quite a while. Nice touch. 
 
Good quick-fire stuff, great quotes and a good old giggle.  
 
Being over here, I've missed a lot of the coverge of this guy's life and times, but it's nice to see him being being ravaged by the GW community. I'll leave him to you guy's, as I'd hate to try and follow this. 
 
G.
Pun-o-chet
Written by Bottleblondesurfer (3362 comments posted) 14th December 2006
I do love your Irish-centric take on current events, really precious. I was thinking of doing something on Pinochet but I think I'll find another target as this one has been shot to hell, but there is always more than one target in your stuff, gerard and I liked all the crazy goings on in the Dail. I don't know how you manage to nail accents so well on the page I could hear them in my head 
Great erudite lunacy and as Chris said a PC free zone 
cheers 
Jane 
Guilty conscience
Written by gerardconnolly (1186 comments posted) 14th December 2006
Many thanks Wattle. I really do owe you a serious review. Like in the next hour or so. Would you belive I thought you were American!!?? 
 
Slan!
Cheeky bastards!!
Written by gerardconnolly (1186 comments posted) 14th December 2006
Don't ever be fearful, Ellie. 
 
If the gobshytes don't like it all you have wasted is your [ precious] time. Mind you should charge the shuddering runts f' that! Is'nt it true a man w' a big gob has a small c***..!!??...... Never mind.  
 
I owe you a few reviews.  
 
Slan!

Written by gerardconnolly (1186 comments posted) 14th December 2006
Greetings David. 
 
Pinochet!!?? Sure I've never heard o' th' snivellin' blighter!! I swears it!! Is he some kind o' groshween tryin' t' muscle in on th' heroes of Ireland!?? Th' man's a thunderin' disgrace!! May he lie face down bottom o' a barrel a tar!! General O'Shea would have known how t' deal w' that kind o' lippy lig!!  
 
Slan!

Written by Witzl (1585 comments posted) 14th December 2006
I had to read 'Finn O'Shea' a couple of times, frowning intensely -- and then it hit. Surely the birth year was right and everything -- I had to be right! When I got to 'rest in pieces,' all my pieces were in place.  
 
I laughed out loud at 'survived by his deeds.' Also 'liberator of...imprisoned banknotes,' and 'freedom to the poor and downtrodden...whether they liked it or not.' If lampooning could actually hurt someone, then GW have well and truly flogged that wicked man even if he is already dead.  
 
As a kid, I always loved the name 'Bernardo O'Higgins.' It just sounded so right. In Guadalajara, I once met a Mexican whose last name was something like O'Neil. He had red hair and didn't speak a word of English. The Irish, Scottish, English and Chinese really get around. The Indians and the Welsh do okay too, but for my money it's those first four groups that really do the mixing.

Written by woody44 (775 comments posted) 16th December 2006
Just got round to this one Gerard. Erudite nonsense as usual. `He is survived by his deeds`. Wonderfully expressed and it says it all doesn`t it...Keep the ink flowing my friend... 
 
happy writing 
Woody

Written by Marybarry (237 comments posted) 30th January 2007
Am I glad I'm Irish, otherwise you would have lost me. 
 
A very cleaver piece and hilarious to boot. 
 
I met Finn O shea when I was visiting Chile with an old friend. 
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Keep up the tradition Sean achi 
 
marybarry 
 

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