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Whoa...Just after catching up with the thread after being absent for a few days...wow! Thanks everybody for replying!
And thanks Alicia and Frank for explaining the link to Notre Dame...very interesting!
It was meant to be derogatory but the name was adopted and worn with pride.
That's so typical of we Irish to take an insult and turn it into a compliment!
Well, I'm not american, though I have relatives on the american continent (Canada included). But my great-great-great...LOL.
ROTFL!
Yeah, we Americans are quite proud of our heritage. I myself proudly proclaim to be a pure-bread American mutt, with several nationalities running through my blood, Irish included. My husband's grandmother, I believe, came over from Ireland years ago, and my mother-in-law went over there 2 years ago to visit her relatives. The only downside was that she was stuck over there during 9/11. She loved it over there, and wants to go back.
I'm so sorry about your mother-in-law being stuck here during 9/11... but it's great that she loved her time here!
Well, my last name may sound vaguely Irish -- my husband's full name is Joseph Kelley Jernigan, which he thinks sounds Irish <g> -- but he assures me that his family is descended from Vikings <g> My family's been here so long, I have very little clue what Old Countries they all came from, so I guess that makes me a pure-bred mutt as well
LOL, Pam! And yep, it does sound vaguely Irish...it might have helped if his second name was Séan, though...
Karen, I get the same remarks from my family: when in the sun, I'm either livid white or turns red without even tanning
Oh, so I'm *not* the only one! Yeah, me too – the disappointing thing is when the skin peels off, there's no tan underneath that was promised by countless doctors
Sounds like me. Specifically, I'm 1/2 Austrian, 1/4 Dutch, 1/8 Irish, 1/16 French and 1/16 English. But I mostly look Irish due to my complexion (my hubby calls it "fish-belly white") and my red hair (from a bottle).
Whoa...and LOL btw! I'm lucky...well, maybe unlucky to be born with all natural, all red, all conspicuous hair <g>
All right, once again, thanks to everyone who replied so far!
Sara
P.S. Btw, huuuuge credit goes to Labrat for noticing I was having trouble with those quotes – otherwise this post would have been even more of a jumbled mess
You're the best, Labrat!