10 a.m.
The parish priest and most of the farmers took a moderate line . They sacrificed the twenty-five minutes of the original Irish time , but resisted the imposition of a whole extra hour . With them it was eight o'clock when the nine o'clock train started for Dublin . A few extremists stood out for their full rights as Irishmen , and insisted that the bank , which said it opened at 10 a.m. , was really beginning business at 8.35 a.m. Sir Timothy , dragging his household with him , set up what he called actual time , and breakfasted a full two hours after the progressive party . The practical inconvenience of these differences of opinion became obvious when Sir Timothy arrived at the Petty Sessions Court to take his seat on the Bench just as Mr. Courtney , having completed the business of the day , was going home for a rather late luncheon . `` No cases to-day ? '' said Sir Timothy , coldly polite .