May love and joy be with you all.

[mia]

The bars may be closed, but we can still raise a toast to all on the Democratic Underground.
Happy St. Patrick's Day!

[spicysista]

1. Happy St. Patrick's day, Mia.

[malaise]

2. Back at You

[Cetacea]

3. And to you

Let's hope that the silver lining of this crises is that it brings people together. I think it is beginning to do just that.

[mia]

7. I feel that people are coming together, too, Cetacea.

We have to have something to hope for.

[hunter]

4. My Irish ancestors hid their heritage.

They jumped off the boat and ran as fast as their feet would carry them into the American wilderness, two steps ahead of the hangman.

Nope, no Irish here. My grandfather's sister commissioned a respectable genealogy that proved it. Which was bullshit.

My wife has an Irish Catholic ancestor who fled both English and U.S.A. authority, two steps ahead of the hangman.

My wife's Irish ancestors didn't become respectable until her grandfather joined the Royal Canadian Air Force to fight the Nazis.

My grandfather joined the U.S.A. Army Air Corp, later to fight Nazis, for no other reason that he was obsessed with airplanes and wanted to get the hell out of Wyoming.

[mia]

5. What an interesting story!

I too have have come across some who look down on the Irish. It's their loss.
The Irish side of my family settled in Baltimore. There is lots of Irish pride there.

Happy St Patrick's Day!

[mcar]

6. Slainte!