Grandmother was Irish yet her family lived in London, go figure.
Not unprecedented, if you've read Angela's Ashes. The father moved to England in World War II because there was work there.
This is true. Before Ireland's economic revival there was quite a bit of emigration to other countries.The area where I live in the US probably has the highest concrentration of Irish outside of Ireland / UK isles.
My family left before the "Great Hunger" and perhaps even before "the Coffin Ships"
Actually, BRad, I think it goes (1) NY City, then (2) Chicago, and then (3) Boston for high Irish concentrations.
I used to live in Louisville, KY and I know there is a high number there.
Yeah... the whole potato famine thing. That's how my family came over. Have you seen Gangs of New York?
Oh, and everyone on the forum now knows you live in Boston.
Not quite, but near enough in a global sense.
I'm a Patriots and Red Sox fan.
...the cognitive dissonance overwhelms me. Those are Boston teams.
Little help?
I still can't believe all of Ireland was brought to its knees...by potatoes.
Picky picky eaters.
"aye me belly...i'm starving. If only I had a potato. St' Christopher please let it rain potatoes."
"How about you try this corn?"
"Yeah I don't like corn all that much."