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New York is my Lourdes, where I go for spiritual refreshment... a place where you're least likely to be bitten by a wild goat.

Brendan Behan

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Brendan Behan
Age: 41 †
Born: 1923
Born: February 9
Died: 1964
Died: March 20
Journalist
Poet
Songwriter
Writer
Dublin city
Brendan Francis Aidan Behan
Humorous
Wild
Lourdes
Likely
Refreshment
York
Refreshments
Least
Bitten
Funny
Goat
Spiritual
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Goats

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