The Irish

[CJchick84]

It's funny...most of my family in Ireland and that came over here do drink....ALOT...but then I have a few family members that will go to a pub or bar and drink tea or coffee. That is just how it is over there I guess....I can't say that I have ever seen an in between. But Ireland is a beautiful country and the people are soooo nice. Went there when I was 18 for my cousin's wedding...and yes I drank cause I could (being legally able to) and had a little too much fun at the reception. It was February so it was a bit chilly but not like it was here in Chicago....actually it was colder in the church during the ceremony than it was outside. Also got to see family I hadn't seen in years and family I had never met! Great experience!!! Can't wait to go back someday!

[workofart2]

its always chilly in ireland sometimes i think it only has two seasons ( june and winter )

[Over43]

Has anyone read the classic work: How the Irish saved Civilization?

[CJchick84]

Can't say that I have....I have heard about it though.

[Over43]

I read it a long time ago. Pretty much forget what it was about.

Fading memory, and fading fast.

O43

[Fiannan]

Originally Posted by Over43

Has anyone read the classic work: How the Irish saved Civilization?

Is that the book that points out that since most of the Catholic Italian clergy was illiterate they had to commission Irish scribes (Ireland, like Russia in the Dark Ages, maintained a desire to maintain learning -- well, at least with clergy and those connected with nobility) to write Bibles and commentary and then the Italians would claim it as their own?

[Over43]

I think so, it's been so long since I've read it. Silly of me to forget.

Jon

[Lindy]

Originally Posted by Over43

Has anyone read the classic work: How the Irish saved Civilization?

No, but I have read "The Diary of Bobby Sands"
Very enlightening. I had family that came from Ireland myself.