FATHER O'MALLEY WAS COMING OUT OF HIS FAVORITE PUB IN ENNIS, COUNTY CLARE ONE AFTERLUNCH WHEN HE SAW A PRETTY YOUNG WOMAN PASSING BY.

"WHY MARY KELLY, LASS, I HAVEN'T SEEN YOU SINCE YOU GRADUATED FROM HIGH SCHOOL THESE LAST THREE YEARS. WHERE HAVE YOU TAKEN YOURSELF?"

"AR, HELLO, FATHER, WELL I WASN'T ABLE TO GET A JOB IN ENNIS, SO I WENT TO DUBLIN TO WORK"

"TO DUBLIN IS IT, & WHAT KIND OF WORK HAVE YE BEEN DOING, LASS?"

"WELL FATHER, I'VE BEEN WORKING AS A PROSTITUTE".
FATHER O'MALLEY LET OUT A HORRIFIED SHRIEK AND FELL TO THE SIDEWALK IN A FAINT. AN EXCITED CROWD GATHERED ROUND, SOMEONE SPRINKLED WATER ON HIS FACE, GRADUALLY HE CAME BACK TO CONSCIOUSNESS, LOOKING AROUND DAZEDLY.

"OI, FAITH & BEGORRAH, WHAT AM I DOING HERE ON THE GROUND?"

"AR, WELL FATHER WE WERE TALKING ABOUT MY WORK IN DUBLIN, & WHEN I TOLD YOU, YOU LET OUT A SHRIEK & FAINTED FULL TO THE GROUND."

"AND WHAT KIND OF WORK DID YOU TELL ME YOU'VE BEEN DOING, LASS?" "I SAID I'VE BEEN WORKING AS A PROSTITUTE, FATHER"

"OH, THANK THE LORD, THANK THE LORD, I THOUGHT YOU SAID PROTESTANT!"