_Daragh and Padraic are a little older than the other boys_
_PLACE--A sea-strand beside a village in Iar-Connacht_
_TIME--The present_
IOSAGAN, loving diminutive of Íosa; “Jesukin” (“Ísuccán”) is the name
of the Child Jesus in the exquisite hymn attributed to St. Ita, b.
470, d. 580, A.D.--_Author’s Note._
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