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Derry City, Ireland

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A Sunny Sunday Stroll in March 2007

Arbour Hill Cemetery -

Burial site of the leaders of the

1916 Easter Rising

Connolly's execution site

Kilmainhaim Gaol

Painting by Grace Gifford

in her cell at Kilmainham

Kilmainham Chapel where Grace Gifford and

Joseph Mary Plunkett were married

the night before he was executed

The Irish Shrine

Lemmon Street

Dues

Are

Due!!!

A Gaelic Anti-war Song

Eric Bogle

a Scotsman living in Australia

(sung by

The Furey Brothers)

The Story of Grace

Memorial to "The Big Fellow"

Sam's Cross, Co. Cork,

last stop before Beal na Blath

Achill Island - They forgot the center stripe!

Irish Burial at Sea.

Mick and Paddy had promised their Uncle Seamus who had been a seafaring gent all his life, to bury him at sea when he died.

Of course, in due time, he did pass away and the boys kept their promise.

They set off with Uncle Seamus all stitched up in a burial bag and loaded onto their rowboat.

After a while Mick says, 'Do yer tink dis is fer enuff out, Paddy?'

Paddy slips over the side only to find himself standing in water up to his knees. 'Dis'll never do, Mick. Let's row some more.'

After a bit more rowing Paddy slips over the side again but the water is only up to his belly, so they row on.

Again Mick asks Paddy, 'Do yer tink dis is fer enuff out Paddy?'

Once again Paddy slips over the side and almost immediately says, 'No dis'll neva do.' The water was only up to his chest.

So on they row and row and row and finally Paddy slips over the side and disappears.

Quite a bit of time goes by and poor Mick is really getting himself into a state.

Suddenly Paddy breaks the surface gasping for breath.

'Well is it deep enuff yet, Paddy?''

'Aye it 'tis, hand me dat shovel.'

Paddy was working at the fish plant in Cork when he accidentally cut off all 10 of his fingers. He went to the emergency room in Cork's hospital. The doctor looked at Paddy and said, 'Lets be havin' da fingers and I'll see what oi can do'. Paddy said, 'Oi haven't got da fingers.' 'Whadda ya mean you haven't got da fingers? Lord Tunderin' Jesus, it's 2008! We's got microsurgery and all kinds of incredible techniques. I could have put dem back on and made you like new! Why didn't ya bring da fingers?!?' And Paddy said, 'How da fook was I 'spose to pick dem up?'

Division 5 Members

Archbishop Edwin F. O'Brien &

William Cardinal Keeler

THE IRISH DIESEL FITTER

Paddy and Mick were both laid off, so they went to the unemployment

office. When asked his occupation, Paddy answered, "Knicker Stitcher. I sew da

elastic onto ladies' knickers and thongs."

The clerk looked up Knicker Stitcher on his computer and, finding it

classified as unskilled labour, he gave him 80 dollars a week

unemployment pay.

Mick was next in and when asked his occupation replied, "Diesel Fitter."

Since a diesel fitter was a skilled job, the clerk gave Mick 160 dollars

a week.

When Paddy found out he was furious. He stormed back into the office to

find out why his friend and co-worker was collecting double his pay.

The clerk explained, "Knicker Stitchers are unskilled labour and Diesel

Fitters are skilled labour."

"What skill?" yelled Paddy. "I sew da elastic on da knickers and thongs,

then Mick puts 'em over his head and says: 'Yep, diesel fitter."

Once upon a time in the kingdom of Heaven God went missing for seven days. Eventually, Michael the Archangel found him. He enquired of God "Where were you?"

God breathed a deep sigh of satisfaction and proudly pointed downwards through the clouds. "Look son, look what I'm after making."

Archangel Michael looked puzzled and said "What is it?"

God replied "It's another planet, but I'm after putting Life on it. I've named it Earth and there's going to be a balance between everything on it. For example, there's North America and South America. North America is going to be rich and South America will be poor, and the narrow bit joining them will be a hot spot. Now look over here I've put a continent of whites in the North and another one of blacks in the South."

Then the Archangel said "What's that green dot there?"

"Ahhh, that's the Emerald Isle," God said, "that's a very special place. That's going to be the most glorious spot on Earth, beautiful mountains, lakes, rivers, streams and exquisite coastline. These people here are going to be great craic and they're going to be found travelling the world. They'll be playwrights and poets, singers and songwriters And I'm going to give them his black liquid, which they're going to go mad on, and for which people will come from the far corners of the Earth to drink."

Michael the Archangel gasped in wonder and admiration, then seemingly startled, he said, "Hold on a second, what about BALANCE, you said there was going to be balance..?"

God replied wisely, "Wait until you see the wankers I'm putting next door to them!"

Irish

Blessing

The Burren, Co. Clare

Charlie Kerins

as always with

a smile, a story and a song

AOH 5 2009 Pool Party, Otterbein Swim Club

The Clancy Bros.

w/Tommy Makem

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Johnson's Motor Car