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Thread #52640 Message #807063
Posted By: Coyote Breath
20-Oct-02 - 02:01 AM
Thread Name: What do the Irish call'Ireland'
Subject: RE: What do the Irish call'Ireland'
I liked the expression: "the wee six" referring to NI. In San Francisco there is a bar (pub) called "Irelands 32" I'm not sure if that was declaritive or possesive.
But of all, "home" sounds best. For some of us here, it was where our ancestors came from, far back enough to include Ulstermen who wept for Ireland's captivity and fought and died for her freedom. For some others, recently enough to have won the right to stay here in long, drawn-out, court battles.