Posted on 03/17/2018 11:41:01 AM PDT by son of terrence
Sometime in the 1970s or early 1980s Peter Jones discovered a collection of century-old letters in his parents' attic in Bethesda, Maryland. The letters had been sent by his great-great-great grandfather, Byran Hunt, to his son, Jones' great-great grandfather, John Hunt,[a] who had emigrated from Kilkelly, County Mayo, to the United States in 1855 and worked on the railroad. As Byran was illiterate, the letters were dictated to the local schoolmaster, Pat McNamara (d. 1902), who often wrote letters on behalf of his neighbors who were unable to read and write. Covering the years 1858 to 1893, the Hunt letters shared family news of births, deaths, and marriages, and reports of the annual harvest. The last letter, dated February 1893, was written by John Hunt's brother, D. Hunt, informing him of the death of their father. Peter Jones decided to compose a ballad based on the contents of the letters.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N76kAivCb20
Interestingly, there are about 35 million Americans whose primary descent is Irish, while Ireland (north and south) has a population of about six million.
I like Who Put the Benzadrine in Mrs. Murphy's Ovaltine (aka Who Put the Nembutals in Mr. Murphy's Overalls?)
Cleese would be crucified today for half of his skits. Benny Hill would be right next to him.
My understanding was that Ireland went from a population of ~6Million in 1840 to a population of ~2million in 1860 and most of the natural increase through 1900 also emigrated. More left Ireland than died in the Famine.
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“Cleese would be crucified today for half of his skits. Benny Hill would be right next to him.”
True.
Yet he remains a committed lefty/liberal.
Makes no sense.
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