Mattie McGrath (Tipperary South, Independent)

I remember travelling with Deputy Michael McGrath that fateful night we were summoned to Dublin to vote. We were worried, but we needed to listen to the Opposition, which did nothing short of rant. They were going to burn the bondholders.

Hell's fire was not going to be as hot as this country was going to be. Hell's fire would have been only a patch on it.

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