{"id":686,"date":"2015-10-06T14:06:21","date_gmt":"2015-10-06T13:06:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.joeheaney.org\/ga\/joe-heaney-joe-is-best-man-at-a-dogs-wedding\/"},"modified":"2016-01-25T12:09:10","modified_gmt":"2016-01-25T12:09:10","slug":"joe-heaney-joe-is-best-man-at-a-dogs-wedding","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeheaney.org\/ga\/joe-heaney-joe-is-best-man-at-a-dogs-wedding\/","title":{"rendered":"Joe Heaney: Joe is Best Man at a Dog&#8217;s Wedding"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 id=\"t:seinnteoirin1\">Play recording: Joe Heaney: Joe is Best Man at a Dog&#8217;s Wedding<\/h2>\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-686-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/www.joeheaney.org\/00-micil\/me\u00e1in\/joe-heaney-joe-is-best-man-at-a-dogs-wedding.mp3?_=1\" \/><source type=\"audio\/ogg\" src=\"https:\/\/www.joeheaney.org\/00-micil\/me\u00e1in\/joe-heaney-joe-is-best-man-at-a-dogs-wedding.ogg?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.joeheaney.org\/00-micil\/me\u00e1in\/joe-heaney-joe-is-best-man-at-a-dogs-wedding.mp3\">https:\/\/www.joeheaney.org\/00-micil\/me\u00e1in\/joe-heaney-joe-is-best-man-at-a-dogs-wedding.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n<div class=\"dmeite\">\n<p><span id=\"neasc-nocht-ceilth\" class=\"nmeite\">view \/ hide recording details [+\/-]<\/span><\/p>\n<ul id=\"clarMeiteashonrai\" class=\"meiteashonrai\">\n<li><span class=\"lipead-meiteashonrai\">Teideal <span class=\"lipead-meiteashonrai-bearla\">(Title)<\/span>:<\/span> Joe Heaney: Joe is Best Man at a Dog&#8217;s Wedding.<\/li>\n<li><span class=\"lipead-meiteashonrai\">Uimhir Chatal\u00f3ige Ollscoil Washington <span class=\"lipead-meiteashonrai-bearla\">(University of Washington Catalogue Number)<\/span>:<\/span> 840109.<\/li>\n<li><span class=\"lipead-meiteashonrai\">Uimhir Chnuasach Bh\u00e9aloideas \u00c9ireann <span class=\"lipead-meiteashonrai-bearla\">(National Folklore of Ireland Number)<\/span>:<\/span> none.<\/li>\n<li><span class=\"lipead-meiteashonrai\">Uimhir Roud <span class=\"lipead-meiteashonrai-bearla\">(Roud Number)<\/span>:<\/span> none.<\/li>\n<li><span class=\"lipead-meiteashonrai\">Uimhir Laws <span class=\"lipead-meiteashonrai-bearla\">(Laws Number)<\/span>:<\/span> none.<\/li>\n<li><span class=\"lipead-meiteashonrai\">Uimhir Child <span class=\"lipead-meiteashonrai-bearla\">(Child Number)<\/span>:<\/span> none.<\/li>\n<li><span class=\"lipead-meiteashonrai\">Cnuasach <span class=\"lipead-meiteashonrai-bearla\">(Collection)<\/span>:<\/span> Joe Heaney Collection, University of Washington, Seattle.<\/li>\n<li><span class=\"lipead-meiteashonrai\">Teanga na Cro\u00edmh\u00edre <span class=\"lipead-meiteashonrai-bearla\">(Core-Item Language)<\/span>:<\/span> English.<\/li>\n<li><span class=\"lipead-meiteashonrai\">Catag\u00f3ir <span class=\"lipead-meiteashonrai-bearla\">(Category)<\/span>:<\/span> story.<\/li>\n<li><span class=\"lipead-meiteashonrai\">Ainm an t\u00e9 a thug <span class=\"lipead-meiteashonrai-bearla\">(Name of Informant)<\/span>:<\/span> Joe Heaney.<\/li>\n<li><span class=\"lipead-meiteashonrai\">Ainm an t\u00e9 a th\u00f3g <span class=\"lipead-meiteashonrai-bearla\">(Name of Collector)<\/span>:<\/span> unavailable.<\/li>\n<li><span class=\"lipead-meiteashonrai\">D\u00e1ta an taifeadta <span class=\"lipead-meiteashonrai-bearla\">(Recording Date)<\/span>:<\/span> 07\/11\/1983.<\/li>\n<li><span class=\"lipead-meiteashonrai\">Su\u00edomh an taifeadta <span class=\"lipead-meiteashonrai-bearla\">(Recording Location)<\/span>:<\/span> University of Washington, United States of America.<\/li>\n<li><span class=\"lipead-meiteashonrai\">Oc\u00e1id an taifeadta <span class=\"lipead-meiteashonrai-bearla\">(Recording Occasion)<\/span>:<\/span> evening class.<\/li>\n<li><span class=\"lipead-meiteashonrai\">Daoine eile a bh\u00ed i l\u00e1thair <span class=\"lipead-meiteashonrai-bearla\">(Others present)<\/span>:<\/span> unavailable.<\/li>\n<li><span class=\"lipead-meiteashonrai\">St\u00e1das ch\u00f3ipcheart an taifeadta <span class=\"lipead-meiteashonrai-bearla\">(Recording copyright status)<\/span>:<\/span> unavailable.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p>Having recently returned from a trip to France, Joe was questioned by students about his trip. The story &#8211; at first glance a &#8216;shaggy dog story&#8217; &#8211; he told was of having been asked by a French woman to stand as best man at the woman&#8217;s dog&#8217;s wedding. He says he was paid 800 francs, and a piece of cake; and the happy couple were in Greece on their honeymoon.<\/p>\n<div class=\"n\u00f3ta\u00ed-bun-leathanaigh\">\n<h2 id=\"t:notai\">Notes<\/h2>\n<p>Truth is stranger than fiction. Liam Mac Con Iomaire, in his 2007 biography of Joe Heaney, quotes the following account from Liam Clancy. Apparently Joe was in the habit of regaling the Clancys and other friends at The Lion&#8217;s Head in Greenwich Village with stories about things that happened while he was working as doorman at 135 Central Park West in New York (p. 244-5):<\/p>\n<p>He was the best man at the wedding of two poodles! He didn&#8217;t know that it was dogs that were getting married. He thought it was people, because the woman said: &#8216;Joe, I need you to hire a tuxedo. Here&#8217;s the money, and I want you to go out and get a nice tuxedo, as I want you to be the best man at this wedding.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>He went out and he got the tuxedo. He went up to the apartment, and there were these poodles, all dressed up! One of them was in a wedding gown! &#8216;And you wouldn&#8217;t believe the food that these poodles were eating! And what did she give me? 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