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.
Please do not post gibberish!
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.
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.
Half my family is very Irish and we’re all 100% Georgia Republicans.
Look up Barak Obama plaza in Moneygall, Ireland. Had to stop there for gas and my daughter was asleep. She woke up as I was pulling in and saw the huge sign and said, “I thought we were in hell.” lol