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The All Ireland Champion Versus the Nye Add

Story Stats

Rating: 4
Grade Level: 5, Adult
Page count: 19
Categories: Humor, Irish

Author

Brian
Jacques

Appeared in

The Ribbajack & Other Curious Yarns

Story Summary

When young Mike Hennessy see a huge fluke in the river, he knows it is a Nye Add (mermaid) but Roddy Mooney, the All Ireland Champion Fisherman thinks its just the biggest fish ever seen in the river and plans to make the biggest catch in town history...that is until he becomes the catch.