Originally posted by Irishman12:
I chose this name because I'm about 80-85% Irish
You've mentioned that before and I'm always intrigued how you got to that percentage, it doesn't make sense. Full, Half or Quarter Irish would make sense based on parentage.
Originally posted by Pax Soprana:
[quote]Originally posted by Turi Giuliano:
[b] Mind you, you'd think the Irish would be a lot more sympathetic about those that are related to the ones that left their country during the potato famine.
But you will pay the price for being a picky eater.
Why? The ones that stayed behind had it harder. Over a million people left Ireland then and sure they had a hard life in America but an even larger number died at home.
[/b][/quote]I'm not debating who had it harder, it was a tough period for all your countrymen at the time. It's just things like that usually bring people together or totally tear them apart.
