IRISH BACKGROUND

Well, here we are the weekend before St. Patricks day. There will be parades
in Arkansas believe it or not. We have a very large population of Irish here
in the state. I am part Irish and very proud of it. I am about to find out more
of my Great-grandfather who came from Ireland with his twin brother in the
1800's. One of his daughters said they called him a pirate. OH boy!! My only
aunt on my fathers side was from Ireland, she was the youngest of 17 children.
She was also my God-mother and a lady I always had a lot of fun times with
thru the years. I always sent her St. Patrick day cards while she was alive and
it always prompted a call from her to thank me. One year she was very depressed
as she had heard her last brother had died leaving her the last one of her family
alive. I remember so well she told me it was no fun being the last. God bless you
Aunt Gert, your still sorely missed. I will raise a glass of good Irish Brew to all
my relatives of Irish decent and to all other Irish. May you all land in Heaven an
hour before the devil knows your dead.