about ten o'clock
The people of most influence in the village were Mrs. Kelly of the inn , and her two sworn friends , the parish priest and his curate . The former , Father Geoghegan , lived about three miles out of Dunmore , near Toneroe ; and his curate , Father Pat Connel , inhabited one of the small houses in the place , very little better in appearance than those which offered accommodation to travellers and trampers . -LSB- FOOTNOTE 11 : shebeen-houses -- unlicensed drinking houses , where un-taxed -LRB- `` moonshine '' -RRB- liquor was often served -RSB- Such was , and is , the town of Dunmore in the county of Galway ; and I must beg the reader to presume himself to be present there with me on the morning on which the two young Kellys went to hear Sheil 's speech . At about ten o'clock , the widow Kelly and her daughters were busy in the shop , which occupied the most important part of the ground-floor of the inn . It was a long , scrambling , ugly-looking house . Next to the shop , and opening out of it , was a large drinking-room , furnished with narrow benches and rickety tables ; and here the more humble of Mrs. Kelly 's guests regaled themselves . On the other side of this , was the hall , or passage of the house ; and , next to that again , a large , dingy , dark kitchen , over which Sally reigned with her teapot dynasty , and in which were always congregated a parcel of ragged old men , boys , and noisy women , pretending to be busy , but usually doing but little good , and attracted by the warmth of the big fire , and the hopes of some scraps of food and drink .