Is there not even one Irish person in AHland?

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Sure and Begorrah – is there not one AHland person with a drop of Irish blood in him then?

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For a comparatively small island, Ireland has made a disproportionately large contribution to world literature in all its branches. Irish literature encompasses the Irish and English languages.

The island's most widely-known literary works are undoubtedly in English. Particularly famous examples of such works are those of James Joyce, Oscar Wilde, and Ireland's four winners of the Nobel Prize for Literature; William Butler Yeats, George Bernard Shaw, Samuel Beckett and Seamus Heaney. Ireland's oldest literary traditions, however, are found in the Irish language, referred to simply as "Irish".

Indeed, Irish has the third oldest literature in Europe (after Greek and Latin)[1] and the most significant body of written literature (both ancient and recent) of any Celtic language. Furthermore, the historic influence of Irish language traditions, such as a strong oral tradition of legends and poetry, has helped make much English Literature in Ireland quite distinctive from that in other countries. From the older tradition, many Irish writers in English inherited a sense of wonder in the face of nature, a narrative style that tends towards the deliberately exaggerated or absurd and a keen sense of the power of satire. In addition, the interplay between the two languages has resulted in an English dialect, Hiberno-English, that lends a distinctive syntax and music to the literature written in it.

 

[scouries]

James Augustine Aloysius Joyce (2 February 1882 – 13 January 1941) was an Irish writer and poet, widely considered to be one of the most influential writers of the 20th century.

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[geronimo_appleby]

i've never heard a native irish person utter the phrase begorrah.

they were pretty good at swear words down in Cork though. even the old ladies dropped the c-word as casual as you like.

... so they did.

 

[scouries]

William Butler Yeats (pronounced /ˈjeɪts/; 13 June 1865 – 28 January 1939) was an Irish poet, dramatist, and one of the foremost figures of 20th century literature. A pillar of both the Irish and British literary establishments, in his later years Yeats served as an Irish Senator for two terms. He was a driving force behind the Irish Literary Revival, and along with Lady Gregory and Edward Martyn founded the Abbey Theatre, serving as its chief during its early years.

In 1923, he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature for what the Nobel Committee described as "inspired poetry, which in a highly artistic form gives expression to the spirit of a whole nation." He was the first Irishman so honored.[1] Yeats is generally considered one of the few writers whose greatest works were completed after being awarded the Nobel Prize;[2] such works include The Tower (1928) and The Winding Stair and Other Poems (1929).

Yeats was born and educated in Dublin but spent his childhood in County Sligo.

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[scouries]

Oscar Fingal O'Flahertie Wills Wilde (16 October 1854 – 30 November 1900) was an Irish writer, poet and prominent aesthete. His parents were successful Dublin intellectuals

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[R. Richard]

On 17 March, EVERYONE is Irish.

 

[stephen55]

What's on your mind.............

You don't have to be Irish to be Irish....

I recall that line from a song I heard on some distant St. Patrick's Day.
So, I'll just quaff a few pints of Arthur Guinness's finest....

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[lloyd_5]

First two posts and you blantantly breach copyright twice - and are stupid enough to post the proof. No wonder no true Irishman would have anything to do with such a thief.

I guess, apart from reporting yourself to the lit authorities, you won't mind if we post your scribbles all over the web under assumed names.

Doesn't your contract with Laurel have some break for moral terpitude?

Hypocrite.

 

[JAMESBJOHNSON]

I'm trying to pass as white, dont wanna roar about being 1/2 Irish.

THE IRISH: America's green niggers.

 

[YoursSINSerely]

Sure and Begorrah – is there not one AHland person with a drop of Irish blood in him then?

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Cheers! Jimmie!

 

[Boxlicker101]

Sure and Begorrah – is there not one AHland person with a drop of Irish blood in him then?

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My mother's side is english, but my father's side is mostly Irish. It's Black Irish, though.

 

[Zeb_Carter]

Hey, I'm Irish on my mothers side. There's a little Irish from my fathers side but that would be northern Ireland.

 

[PoppingTom]

The Not-yet-husband of my sister is Irish.

Somebody said "Irish don't like to talk, but to booze" http://www.forum-3dcenter.org/vbulletin/images/3dc/smilies/ugly/uglybeer.gif




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