Michael O'hara and Friends to the Rescue

By Joel Ray Pellerin and Patricia A. Richardson

Meet leprechauns Judge Custodio ODonnell, his law clerk Blackstone OGrady and the Judges very black cats, Mootly and Smartly.

The little group in their rented German car begins their journey through the Black Forest, taking time to enjoy the Fall colors. Along the way, Blackstone OGrady suffers an unfortunate mishap.

Distraught, the Judge calls Michael OHara and a group of their mutual friends to come to the aid of poor Blackstone OGrady. Arriving with the blink of an eye, Michael OHara and his friends hear the Judges tale of woe and offer their advice.

Will their advice bring Blackstone OGrady back to health?

Aside from the storys main plot, author Patricia A. Richardson skillfully interweaves interesting subplots to the tale as well. Find out who Professor Fintan ORourke is and how he is connected with the aforementioned characters.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Xlibris US
• Release date: May 31, 2012
• ISBN: 9781477100141

Joel Ray Pellerin

Nona Ransom holds a PhD from George Washington University and a BA and MA from Georgetown University in Washington, DC. For several years, she has taught grades 1-3 in the Washington, DC Public Schools System. On a daily basis, she observes young children and knows how they talk, think, learn, and behave. She has written a second book, Outside My Bedroom Walls, which is also a children’s book. Raised in Georgia, Nona Ransom lives in Washington, DC.

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Copyright © 2012 by Patricia A. Richardson.

Library of Congress Control Number: 2012907157

ISBN: Softcover 978-1-4771-0009-7

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INTRODUCTION

"Then I remember sunshine,

The Autumn rich with gold,

And tawny fields a-flower

With wonders quite untold."

Autumn Storehouse

- Virginia Borman Grimmer -

Custodio de la Fe O’Donnell descended from a long line of O’Donnell leprechauns. His ancestor Aidan O’Donnell, in a fit of restlessness, had decided that a life at sea was exactly what he needed. As Ireland had no Navy, Aidan O’Donnell blinked * from County Donegal down to County Galway and signed onto the crew of a Spanish galleon. Long days of gale-force winds and even longer nights of rough seas weakened his resolve for a seaman’s life. As a result, all desire to live at sea deserted him and by the time of the ship’s arrival in warm and sunny Seville, taking an immediate liking to all things Spanish, Aidan O’Donnell settled in for a long stay.

In fact, a century would pass before descendants of Aidan O’Donnell, namely Andres de la Santa Cruz O’Donnell and two of his cousins, Gregorio Jose Maria O’Donnell and Teodosio Cristiano O’Donnell, now in their turn yearning for a life at sea and hearing of a great Spanish Armada sailing to fight the English, signed on board the Falcon Blanco Mediano only a day before the Armada set sail.

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