Happy as a threaded needle Author: Joseph O'Connor Copy Quote More from Joseph O'Connor “the country of the poor can be abandoned no longer. For i dread what is growing…” “He grew restless with Connemara and its bleak possibilities, its blasted bogsca…” “Any assemblage comprising human beings, any family, any party, any tribe, any n…” “If any class deserves to be protected and assisted by the government, it is the…”