Larrons o'toolers

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  • St. Lawrence O'Toole: Archbishop of Dublin (1161-1180), and the city's patron saint; he gave rise to Ireland's canonical independence from Canterbury.
  • 005.03-04: as Lawrence O'Toole was rising to power in Ireland, Thomas a Becket was falling from King Henry's grace in England
  • St Lawrence: family name of the Earls of Howth
  • F larron: a thief → Jacob, the thief of Esau’s birthright
  • lashings of toilers: lots of workers
  • tooler: one who works with a tool