Oso
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Beannachtaí na Féile Pádraig oraibh!
Cá mbeidh tú ag fliuchadh na seamróige?
Tabhair dom a rud céanna mar atá ag an fhear ar an urlar!
 
All my childhood I wanted to be older. Now I\'m older and this chitn sucks.
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Oso
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OK, I'm going to save anyone the terrible labor of looking this up,
The first line says
Blessings upon you all on this St. Patrick's Day.
The second line asks:
Where will you be wetting the shamrock?
And the third line says:
I'll have the same as the man on the floor.
Morgaine, your turn...
All my childhood I wanted to be older. Now I\'m older and this chitn sucks.
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Dave
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OK, tell the truth
Gaelic is a totally bogus made up language by drunk Irishmen. It's never spelled or pronounced the same way twice.
You guys are just messin' with us, right? 
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MrBillM
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Barbarian Buddies
I've always wondered about those who seem to embrace and romanticize the Celts. Other than their ferocious and usually unrestrained penchant for
violence and war, There is little in their history to find appealing. What artistic objects they later contributed came about as a result of their
influence from first the Greeks and then the Romans. The ultimate subjugation of their animistic and sacrificial religious practices should be noted
as favorable progress. Those of us who appreciate Western Civilization don't feel sad for their passing from the world scene.
I think the greatest Irony in the Muddled History of Ireland as a Western Civilization is that, if Henry VIII hadn't been excommunicated, the
relations between England and Ireland would have been totally different. Prior to the break, when both embraced Catholicism, they got along fairly
well.
But, That's the Luck of the Irish.
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greg_surfs
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There's a strong link between the Celts and the Irish, but it's not as strong or near as the link between the current USA and the English, by a tenth.
I'd toss out my generalizations about those cultures with a bit more care.
My great-grandad emigrated from Cork to San Francisco, probably with dreams of being a cowboy in old California. My uncle sentiments (and mine, too,
probably) are closer to your's regarding my Irishnes, MrBillM. He was asked about his Irish roots on St. Paddy's Day a few years back and his response
was, "What do I know? I'm American." 
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MrBillM
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Irish Identity
There is something special about being Irish to any degree. Everyone who has any bit of Irish in them is proud to claim the heritage.
In my case, the love of "Irish" came mostly from my Paternal Grandmother, a devout Irish Catholic Democrat. Both of her parents immigrated from
Ireland (separately) in the 1890s and it seemed that she valued being Irish (and Catholic) above all else. When JFK was elected, she was ecstatic.
It was a supreme affirmation of everything she loved. Going over to her house found more pictures of JFK than statues of the Virgin Mary. For me the
Irish, but not Catholic or Democrat, stuck.
But, being an American counts above all else.
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Hook
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The Irish carbombs did not go down very easily, Saturday night.
I think I am getting old..........
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