[irish_links]

"....My ancestors fought my ancestors talk about disfunctional....."

Disfunctional? What you have described is nothing unusual. The Irish have been fighting each other since the Celts removed the Tuatha de Dannaan about 3,000 years ago.

It's quite a rare occassion when the Irish turn their abundant wrath against someone else. It took them three hundred years to band together to invite the Vikings to leave.

Then again, maybe that is the definition of disfunctional.

[Conspiracy Guy]

In my case I'm talking about my Irish fighting my Cherokee (a little Creek in there too) or at least being part of forcing the Native Americans from their homes and land. If I went all the way back to Ireland I doubt my ancestors fought themselves but I can't say for sure. We are a violent bunch at times.

[dead]

I'm of 100% Irish descent, and have often joked that there will be no peace in Ireland as long as more than one Irishman remains there.

(The same can be said of my family's dinner table.)