My grandfather on my dad's side was from Dublin. He stowed away on a boat, with a friend of his, at the ripe old age of 14, and settled in Canada. He dropped the O' from the front of his last name, to fit in better, I guess, or so they couldn't find his parents....

His wife was English, and the other two are of German decent, but for some reason (could it be the last name I inherited from the Dublin Grandpa?) I feel more strongly Irish than anything else. It was inevitable that I would end up with a Celtic harp and tin whistle along life's road.....

~black walnut