Here we are, less then six hours of Irish Day left in Califo-nia and

no one has initiated an IRISH / Eire / Gaelic honorary thread.

Okay, it falls on Moi.

I have admired the Irishland since learning of a unique extinction.

Ever hear of extinction by sexual preference?

Well the Lady Irish Elk got to admire the Male head gear so much it

selected so as the male's head gear became too heavy and cumbersome for survival.

It was the Irish who created the Christian concept of, the Trinity.

The recipe is Bacon and Cabbage. THEY learned about corned beef from Jews in the nearby neighborhoods of the ethnic slums of America.

Anyone else with Irish to share.

Moi

Admirer of Maureen O'Hara who spoke fluent Gaelic aka Irish.

I don't own a single item of clothing in the color of green. D: I have a necklace that is kind of green, though I think that's from general dinginess (a gift from an earthy, grungy pothead aquantance.)

Harumph!

moi621 (imported) wrote: Thu Mar 18, 2010 6:50 pm I have admired the Irishland since learning of a unique extinction.

Ever hear of extinction by sexual preference?

Well the Lady Irish Elk got to admire the Male head gear so much it

selected so as the male's head gear became too heavy and cumbersome for survival.

The whole Irish Elk story is a misconception; first of all it isn't particularly Irish, nor an elk (which in Europe is a moose Alces alces; the American elk, the wapiti is Cervus canadensis and thus related to the European red deer, Cervus cervus. Megaloceros is more closely related to the fallow deer and was found across Eurasia as far east as Siberia and China. Because it is found in Siberia and China, the preservation of specimens in Irish peat bogs does NOT demonstrate that the species became extinct because males were weighed down by large antlers and were unable to jump out of peat bogs. While the antlers look impressive, they are not particularly oversized compared to the development of the leg and shoulder muscles and Megaloceros was just one of several outsized cervids (Eukladoceros and Sivatherium being others) that went extinct at the end of the Ice Age. In fact, Megaloceros may have survived until a few thousand years ago in the east and been the last of these Ice Age giants to succumb to climate change, not to sexual pressures.

moi621 (imported) wrote: Thu Mar 18, 2010 6:50 pm It was the Irish who created the Christian concept of, the Trinity.

Faith and Gomorrah, no! St. Patrick (whom the Irish call Cothraig) was a British slave in Ireland, not Irish, and he explained the concept of the trinity to the Irish using the shamrock to illustrate how three parts can be aspects of a unity; the trinity was a Christian concept which Patrick and others got from the Christians of late antiquity and the trinitarian doctrine was established as standard Christian belief at the Council of Nicea by Constantine.

Anyone else with Irish to share.

Barr edin:__________________The Ivied Summit

Tech inna.fera flechod,_______________It never rains on my house,

maigen na.aigder rindi_______________Terror of the spear does not come

soilsidir bid hi lugburt________________It is a garden without walls

os e cen udnucht n-imbi. _____________and here everlasting light shines

Being of Scottish decent, I named my son Pattrick, note the two 'T's in Patt's name, the Scottish spelling, I always wear ORANGE on St P's day.

I ain't Irish, don't pretend to be Irish, never wanted to be Irish, and think the whole green beer thing is just damn right stupid.

River

Riverwind (imported) wrote: Fri Mar 19, 2010 8:48 am Being of Scottish decent, I named my son Pattrick, note the two 'T's in Patt's name, the Scottish spelling, I always wear ORANGE on St P's day.

I ain't Irish, don't pretend to be Irish, never wanted to be Irish, and think the whole green beer thing is just damn right stupid.

River

But you are Irish; Scotus is just a medieval Latin term for Irishman. The Scoti were Irish who left Ireland in the 10th century to invade Pictland; Modern Irish (which is sometimes called Gaelic [also spelled Goidelic]), Scots Gaelic (which is sometimes called Erse [that is Irish]), and Manx are/were all descendents of Old Irish. That means of course that the orange-men of Ulster are returning Irishmen, having lost the true faith.

I just know that when Ireland ran out of potatoes my family ran out of Ireland. We were not fans of famine.

When visiting Quebec City I enjoy seeing the various tributes to the citizens of Quebec for their aid in helping the Irish resettle in the new country. Maybe that is why I feel so at home in Quebec City. In a previous life I was an Irish immigrant.

gareth19 (imported) wrote: Fri Mar 19, 2010 7:48 pm But you are Irish; Scotus is just a medieval Latin term for Irishman. The Scoti were Irish who left Ireland in the 10th century to invade Pictland; Modern Irish (which is sometimes called Gaelic [also spelled Goidelic]), Scots Gaelic (which is sometimes called Erse [that is Irish]), and Manx are/were all descendents of Old Irish. That means of course that the orange-men of Ulster are returning Irishmen, having lost the true faith.

Bravo !

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Gave you a reputation hit.

Stephen Colbert was with the author of History of White People, a black lady BTW, they had a tiff on Scot / Irish.

Colbert did what appeared to be a slam dunk on her by announcing there were no, Scot Irish. They were Scots, who the crown settled on Irish land, displacing Irish people and Colbert's family.

I believe the Irish and Scots and Welsh, don't forget the Welsh, were probably exchanging trade and populations since ancient times.

But, that is my guess. Any idea on what Colbert was talking about?

Moi

gareth19 (imported) wrote: Fri Mar 19, 2010 7:48 pm But you are Irish; Scotus is just a medieval Latin term for Irishman. The Scoti were Irish who left Ireland in the 10th century to invade Pictland; Modern Irish (which is sometimes called Gaelic [also spelled Goidelic]), Scots Gaelic (which is sometimes called Erse [that is Irish]), and Manx are/were all descendents of Old Irish. That means of course that the orange-men of Ulster are returning Irishmen, having lost the true faith.

And if you go back far enough we all came out of Africa and we were all black, and before that we were swinging from the trees.

I know I know I have worked on my family tree and there is even some damn Frenchman in there but that does not mean that I clam to be French.

10 century, give me a break, I would like to see some green drunken Irishman in a kilt, hell they don't even know how to play golf.

River

Riverwind (imported) wrote: Fri Mar 19, 2010 8:44 pm I know I know I have worked on my family tree and there is even some damn Frenchman in there but that does not mean that I clam to be French.

10 century, give me a break, I would like to see some green drunken Irishman in a kilt, hell they don't even know how to play golf.

River

Sorry Riverwind, but it gets worse. It is very likely that a large proportion of the people who populated Ireland, prior to their ethnic cleansing of most of the Caledonian (possibly the oldest recorded settled people of what is now Scotland) warring tribes by the Irish and Vikings, are descended from inhabitants of what is now France. More than one Frenchman in your family tree.

We should settle on what/who we are now, and hang up all the old baggage. Isn't that the point of the EA

x Toni x

PS I've seen many green drunken Irishman in a kilt, green kilts at that.

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Toni (imported) wrote: Mon Mar 22, 2010 5:39 pm PS I've seen many green drunken Irishman in a kilt, green kilts at that.

Kilts are Scottish not Irish.