Posted on 01/25/2021 2:05:05 PM PST by Ennis85
It seems that with Irish ancestry as with everything else, the issue is not the issue, because the issue is always the revolution.
(My gggrandparents came from Co Donegal to Philadelphia in 1860 and the gggrandfather immediately joined the Union army; all that eventually resulted in 1/4 Irish me, but I won’t get a plaque either I guess.)
This is a bunch of random unrelated stuff about Presidents with Irish heritage and then out of the blue “I hate republicans so their not really Irish. The End.”
Huh? whose death he is referring to?
Commies everywhere. Just becsause the author of the article is Irish, doesn’t mean he speaks for all. Sort of like here, where a commie author could express similar sentiments for Che, etc. as the “better” one.
Nevertheless, being further “progressed” along the socialist path than Americans, this euro trash probably speaks for a larger percentage of his own country than he would here.
Some should remember that many of the fit and smarter hard working ones left the home island to pursue the American Dream. Relatives remaining shouldn’t pissoff their cousins for politics, it’s bad enough for religion. We may suddenly dislike returning as Ancestry tourists, and could spend our money elsewhere.
Been to Ireland four times, spent a wad of cash, and headed back in the fall. Even will have the covid19 vax documents at the ready. Parochial country, with great whiskeys and Guinness.
There is absolutely NOTHING like an irish COMMUNIST. Sheer self destructive lunatics who drink and fight as a genetic trait. The IRA murdered Adm.Lord Louis Mountbatten— because he was a Battenberg. Think of that.
Che Guevara was a psychopathic killer who loved shooting children-— children- in the head, blowing their brains out. Imagine the idiotic irish postal service issuing a stamp in a child murderer’s likeness. Incredible.
This is a bunch of random unrelated stuff about Presidents with Irish heritage and then out of the blue “I hate republicans so their not really Irish. The End.”
Exactly.
A giant pile of steaming journalism.
Please do not post gibberish!
The author is actually mocking Irishmen who think that way.
Yes, strange.
And, equally baffling, this guy refers to Buden as a “devout” Catholic.
There’s a book by famed author Leon Iris and his wife, titled, “Ireland, a Terrible Beauty”. It was on our coffee table when I was growing up.
On some page it says “no Irish are more Irish “ than the O’Malleys of county Mayo, andd among them was the famous female warrior pirate Grace O’Malley.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grace_O%27Malley
My daughter’s name is Grace O’Malley.
Leon Uris not Leon Iris. I really really hate autocorrect. It even autocorrected NOW.
I think everyone should read the article again and note the sarcastic tone, subtle as it is.
The author is a conservative Catholic, advocating against assisted suicide, euthanasia and abortion.
Finally! Someone else read it for what it is.
My family’s Irish connection is kind of transient. We had ancestors who were Scots or English, then were in Ireland for some years, then went to the colonies. This being in the 1600s and 1700s. I guess if I knew more UK history it would make more sense.
Half my family is very Irish and we’re all 100% Georgia Republicans.
“Oh my father is drunk and my uncle is drunk and my brother is drunk and cousin is drunk and my mother is drunk and the baby is drunk....”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XPhckJEyU7U
“Maybe it’s because he was raised a Catholic, and is still devout — he attended mass on the day of his inauguration.”
I read that as devout to the surface rote of Catholicism, not as to the teachings about abortion, etc.
“devout to the surface rote of Catholicism”
a spot-on comment
could substitute most religions and state the same problem. There is a difference between going to church and being a Christian. All that may go to a church are not Christians, and perhaps related & because of that, many Christians that i know don’t go to a church.
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