I produced my certificate, and received L167 for my share.

So it's come at last, thought I.
"I never had such a handful of money in my life; but I hope I shall again very soon.

I spread it out on the table as soon as I got home, and looked at it, and then I said to myself, 'Now, Terence O'Brien, will you keep this money to yourself, or send it home ?' Then I thought of Father M'Grath, and the stool that was thrown at my head, and I was very near sweeping it all back into my pocket.

But then I thought of my mother, and of the cows, and the pig, and the furniture, all gone; and of my brothers and sisters wanting praties, and I made a vow that I'd send every farthing of it to them, after which Father M'Grath would no longer think of not giving me absolution.

So I sent them every doit, only reserving for myself the pay which I had received, amounting to about L30: and I never felt more happy in my life than when it was safe in the post-office, and fairly out of my hands.