Lexicographical Neighbors of Sweeneys
Literary usage of Sweeneys
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. New Cases Selected Chiefly from Decisions of the Courts of the State of New York by Austin Abbott, James MacGregor Smith (1879)
"... who was a resident of New Jersey, stated that said Paulmier intended to bring
an action in the supreme court against said sweeneys, who did business in ..."
2. Ireland Under Coercion: The Diary of an American by William Henry Hurlbert (1888)
"The head of the sweeneys, having completed his new and grand establishment, wishes
to move the post-office thither; but the brother to whom he confided the ..."
3. Oration Delivered Before the City Government and Citizens of Boston, in by James Freeman Clarke (1875)
"Just such a ring as that surrounded Louis XIY. and ^Napoleon III. ; only instead
of being plain Tweeds, Connollys or sweeneys, they were marquises and ..."
4. The History of Ireland: From the Earliest Period to the English Invasion by Geoffrey Keating (1866)
"... and Mac sweeneys from of Connaught; and in the tenth century,"ono ... king of
Connaught, and reigned from AD 960, and Mac sweeneys were settled ..."
5. Reports of Cases in the Supreme Court of Nebraska by Nebraska Supreme Court, James Mills Woolworth (1914)
"The officers continued to dig around in the cellar, but neither of the sweeneys
could help them to find the money. They had buried it, but had lost it and ..."
6. Ireland: Its Scenery, Character, &c. by Samuel Carter Hall (1841)
"... now heard as frequently in Bandon as elsewhere ; and among its dealers and
chapmen are numerous descendants of the Irish Mac sweeneys and O'Sullivans, ..."
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