Irish History Takes a Paternity Test

ScienceNOW Daily News ^ | 21 December 2005 | Michael Schirber

[La Enchiladita]

Guinness tastes better when it's a properly pulled pint in a genuine Irish pub! Slainte!

[La Enchiladita]

Smithwick's is the best!
I have never seen it outside of Ireland!
A pint of Smittick's and a Woodbine... aaahhh...

[ODC-GIRL]

Got to see this, this past May. My Parish Priest always talks about the "magical land of Tara" in his homilies. It is a beautiful area. I would love to go back.... sigh

[hc87]

Smithwicks? All over the place here in Massachusetts, including two in the back of my refrigerator.

Check with a beer store that carries Guinness. There's a good chance they will have Smithwicks too.

[toddlintown]

Guinness in the states is brewed in Canada.

[Celtic Conservative]

Early American folk history records that the only thing that Irishmen liked to do more than fight was drink. And the only reason the Irish like to fight among themselves is that they have yet to find a worthy opponent.

Reminds Me of that line in braveheart when one of Wallaces crew asks the Irishman "why do you irish pray so much?" To which the reply was "it's the only time We can speak to our equals"

Slainte,

CC

[Celtic Conservative]

It's my experience that the Irish blood boils at a slightly lower temperature than most....

WHAT THE H*LL DO YOU MEAN BY THAT!!!

Oh,sorry, guess I overreacted

CC

[Celtic Conservative]

I had a five year running battle with stones,,,in My kidneys AND appendix. the stone became infected, the appendix became necrotic, and off to surgery I went. My dad also had similar problems. didn't know there was a genetic component to it though.

CC

[Incorrigible]

Canada! Indeed!

Actually WoofDog made me aware that my info was a bit dated in post #36. I'll have to sample a pint of Guinness to determine if it has infact improved.

As far as I know, Smithwicks is still imported from Ireland.

[toddlintown]

As far as I know Smithwicks, brewed by Guinness (Diageo, actually), is still brewed in Eire.

I was at the Fitzgerald's Hotel in Chicago last week and there were a few Micks drinking it and loving it. Distribution seems to be spreading throughout the U.S.

Guess I've got to try some since half the blood running through my veins came from a McCarthy.

[LexBaird]

Looking for a historical explanation, the team realized that many of the men with this Y signature had family names that traced back to various offshoots of the Uí Néills. "Our research shows that these dynastic groups did have a common ancestor," Bradley says, thus providing a genetic underpinning to Ireland's rich genealogical tradition.

So this is saying that men with the same last name, in a homogeneous society with tribal traditions are likely to be genetically related. Duh.

[NotJustAnotherPrettyFace]

One of the reasons why cranberry juice is so good for the digestive tract is because it contains a fundamental version of quinine.

[Sinner6]

You can't get a girl pregnant with cigars ...

[afraidfortherepublic]

I have never cared for beer, but Smithwick's is delicious.

[SunkenCiv]

This is the "winning" topic I believe, the first of Nine (appropriately enough). And now, without further ado, a message #2 from one of the duplicate threads, also appropriate, depending on one's age group of course...

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/1560189/posts?page=2#2

To: voletti

Letterman Top Ten Punchlines to Dirty Irish Jokes 1998

10. She's out in the barn making Bailey's Irish Cream.

9. I thought 'Dublin' was having sex with twins.

8. Here's one snake St. Patrick didn't chase out of Ireland.

7. That's not the Blarney Stone, but don't stop kissing it.

6. I saw Ellen DeGeneres and Anne Heche practicing their Gaelic.

5. Lord of the Dance? More like 'Lord of my pants'!

4. These lucky charms are magically delicious!

3. Keep looking -- I know there's a shamrock in there somewhere.

2. That is my thick Irish brogue, and yes, I'm happy to see you.

1. Ted Kennedy.

2 posted on 01/18/2006 5:09:28 AM PST by Vaquero

[Lonesome in Massachussets]

Sodom and Begorrah!

[SunkenCiv]

LOL!

[ElkGroveDan]

My family inherited some nasty genetics from our Irish ancestors.

Sounds like they were likely Northern Irish heathens. Lots of defective genes and inbreeding among them.

[ElkGroveDan]

Early American folk history records that the only thing that Irishmen liked to do more than fight was drink. And the only reason the Irish like to fight among themselves is that they have yet to find a worthy opponent.

It's also said that God gave us whiskey because he didn't want the Irish to rule the world, but he sent the great famine, because he wanted America to rule the world.

[dljordan]

" It's my experience that the Irish blood boils at a slightly lower temperature than most."

You must be talking about my wife. Luckily she's married to a humble, even tempered, scots/Irish man.