Happy St. Patrick's Day to all who celebrate (and if you celebrate, please do so responsibly)! As the Irish proverb goes:
"May you have the hindsight to know where you’ve been, the foresight to know where you are going, and the insight to know when you have gone too far."
As a Hackwhackers bonus and to avoid embarrassment when introducing a person with an Irish name, here's a guide to the pronunciation of some common ones.
In the meantime, start your St. Patrick's Day with Irish folk singer Lisa Hannigan and her lovely composition "Ocean And A Rock" (recorded in 2008)) and The Chieftains with the traditional Irish song "The Morning Dew."
Erin go Bragh!
☘️🍀 I have Irish blood (great grandparents and potato famine and all), but I also have British blood! Ireland wins every internal battle! If you have access to Hulu/FX, I highly recommend the series "Say Nothing" for deep understanding of the "troubles" in the North!
ReplyDelete✊️💪 I found “Say Nothing” incredibly compelling. The strength of the two sisters, when both their humanity and murderous resolve were constantly being tested, made me cheer their courage while I questioned some of their choices. That’s a lot to ask from a series and it sure delivered!! 👏
Years ago, while I was a college debater, I met the Irish National Debate Champions who were on a tour of the U.S. I became fast friends with one of them and we communicated from then on. The first time I sent him a letter, to his home in Waterford, I addressed it to Ireland. He corrected me by saying the proper address is Republic of Ireland. My immediate response was “you have some nerve calling yourself a Republic when 6 of your counties in the North are still being held hostage by British forces!!” Whoa! Well, he sensed my politics as soon as he met me…I’m hardly shy!
So, you can now tell why I so liked the story of the sisters and the “troubles!” ✊️💪