Paul:

You don't neccessarily have to be a bigamist to have one wife too many.

John - "The Hoosier Hurricane"

My Sir name is of French origin, but my Mother was a Dougherty. One Grandmother was a McGinnis & a G.G. Grandmother was a Kelly & another a Breen. Which is a contraction of O'Brian. We also found out one of my Irish ancestors was probably a bigamist.. but I wont' go into that. Hope everyone had a great St. Pat's Day. My Wife made Irish coffees for us after supper...

Paul

Dan, so thats how the banjos came across to the US hill country?/

  AussieBill            YYYY    Forever Y Block     YYYY

 Down Under, Australia

I am not much on saying things like, "I am Irish-American" etc. etc....just proud to be American at all.

But, the Jessup name used to be Jessop, and all of my kinfolk came from the Irish hills on top of a place called "Jessop Mountain." Rough bunch! They came over to America just a bit before the pilgrims made their landing, but the Jessop's settled in western North Carolina way back then....and many of them remain there now! One of them obviously changed our name to have a "u" instead of an "o", and come to find out, we actually had a Revolutionary War minuteman in the line...

My dad used to wear this shirt that said, "You can always tell and Irish man, but you can't tell 'em much!"

Great stuff...

Daniel Jessup

Lancaster, California

aka "The Hot Rod Reverend"
check out the 1955 Ford Fairlane build at www.hotrodreverend.com

Yeah, today's the day. I'm not officially Irish (although isn't everyone Irish on St. Paddy's day). Just had a lunch of Corned Beef and Cabbage (had to go to the local Piccadilly Cafeteria), not available to every block like when I lived in Albany NY in the mid-80's. Guess I'll try the local Irish-type pub tonight (if I can get in the door and past the smoke) for a few Harp's while my wife sips on a Black and Tan. Happy Paddy's day to all.

Gerald Ingram aka "Gritsngumbo"
Monroe, LA
LITTLE RED: 64 Ford F100 Short Bed Styleside
BIG RED: 63 Ford F100 Long Bed Unibody
BBW RED: 61 Ford F100 BBW Long Bed Custom Cab Unibody
BIG “UN: 63 F250 Longbed Flareside
CREW CAB: 63 F100 "Stageway" Crew Cab w/Long "Wrong" Bed

That would be today me lad...



I know I'm part Irish, Me Dear Old Mama was alway yelling at me Dad... "Your cheaper than an Irish Jew"...

BOB

There is. I'm Scottish, Irish, German, Italian, Portuguese, and I'm sure I'm forgetting a few.


Lawrenceville, GA

charlie, could there be some irish there?

  AussieBill            YYYY    Forever Y Block     YYYY

 Down Under, Australia

Hmm. The 17th is today. I guess I need to turn on the tv, read a paper, or look at a calendar now and then.


Lawrenceville, GA

Charlie, i believe it to be 17th march, we had ours yesterday.

The 2 irish prisoners break out of their cells at night and make it to the outer wall, Paddi says to shamus; how are we going to get over the wall? shamus replies; ive got this torch so i,ll shine a path of light up to the top of wall and you climb up on it and get over the wall! AH! paddi replies; how do i know you wont turn it off when i,m half way up??

  AussieBill            YYYY    Forever Y Block     YYYY

 Down Under, Australia