Ireland

Apropos to today's date, 3/17

Irish Golfer And The Leprechaun

One fine day in Ireland, a guy is out golfing and gets up to the 16th hole. He tees up and cranks one. Unfortunately, it goes into the woods on the side of the fairway.

He goes looking for his ball and comes across this little guy with this huge knot on his head and the golf ball lying right beside him. "Goodness," says the golfer then proceeds to revive the poor little guy.

My Dad and I watched The Lords of the Dance. A lot.

My paternal Grandfather insisted he was hidden on a ship as a little kid, got into the US from Ireland., until his dying day. Trouble is, he was a known bullshitter.
He did take part in the Oklahoma Land Rush. That is documented.
Genetic testing shows no Irish, but English, and German.
Oh, also, after them, Negro and Cherokee in me. 22%. (That does perfectly match up with family lore.)

Hellraisers Journal: Blood-Lust of the British Continues Apace, Seven Irish Rebels Executed in Five Days


Pray for the dead and fight like hell for the living.
-Mother Jones
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Saturday May 13, 1916
Dublin, Ireland - Socialist and Labor Leader, James Connolly, Executed

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James Connolly and John McDermott, Executed Friday May 12th
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Hellraisers Journals: The New York Times Reports on Wedding of Grace Gifford & Joseph Plunkett

Pray for the dead and fight like hell for the living.
-Mother Jones
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Monday May 8, 1916
Report from Dublin on the Wedding of a Martyred Irish Rebel

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WE NEVER FORGET: Irish Rebels Executed at Kilmainham Gaol Before Dawn, May 3, 1916


You cannot conquer Ireland;
you cannot extinguish the Irish passion for freedom.
― Pádraig Pearse
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WE NEVER FORGET

Thomas MacDonagh
1878-1916
Pádraig Pearse
1879-1916
Thomas James Clarke
1857-1916
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