Author Topic: Man Who's 1/16th Irish Proud Of His Irish Heritage  (Read 6384 times)

Offline Barnaby_McEwan

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Man Who's 1/16th Irish Proud Of His Irish Heritage
« on: January 03, 2009, 02:46:27 pm »
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Padraig O'Riordan, a senior fellow at the Hibernian-American League in Boston, was bemused by Kroeger's eagerness to associate himself with the Emerald Isle.

"I suppose if being 1/16th Irish is the most interesting thing about the man, he has the right to flaunt it," O'Riordan said. "But he probably doesn't realize that what he's really telling the world is that he's desperate for an identity. I mean, I'm 100 percent Irish, but I don't run around telling every single person I meet."

"I just don't get what Dennis thinks is so thrilling about being part Irish," Jessica said. "I mean, sure, it's nice, but it doesn't exactly make you exotic. My boyfriend, now, he's 1/8th Cherokee."

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Laurel

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Re: Man Who's 1/16th Irish Proud Of His Irish Heritage
« Reply #1 on: January 03, 2009, 02:55:34 pm »
Oh, that's brilliant!  Bookmarked.

Offline Defend the Sacred

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Re: Man Who's 1/16th Irish Proud Of His Irish Heritage
« Reply #2 on: January 03, 2009, 05:40:14 pm »
That's an old fave of mine ;-)

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Re: Man Who's 1/16th Irish Proud Of His Irish Heritage
« Reply #3 on: January 04, 2009, 05:25:49 pm »
Eh, 't'was new to me.  (-: