When Irish Eyes Are Smiling

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    Wow, @Ina I. Wonder , that lace was beautiful! I've always loved lace.
     
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    @Krissttina Isobe , you're very welcome. I've really been enjoying your St, Patrick's Day Potluck Party over in the Food section! Lot's of YUMMY creative foods there! FUN! Oh, and thanks for the reminder of the Unicorn song…fun to hear that one after so many years.

    @Ina I. Wonder , your post about Irish Lace took my breath away. The photos and your historical account of the cottage industries was delightful. Thank you for sharing that.

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    Consider this list:

    Samuel Becket
    James Joyce
    Brendan Behan
    Sean O'Casey
    George Bernard Shaw
    Flann O'Brien
    Edna O'Brien
    Maeve Binchy
    Roddy Doyle
    Liam O'Flaherty
    Sheridan Le Fanu
    Robert Tressell
    Bram Stoker
    Oscar Wilde
    Jonathan Swift
    Louis MacNeice
    Seamus Heaney


    That's just a few of the brilliant novelists, playwrights and poets that one small country has produced. There are also those like Laurence Sterne and Cecil Day-Lewis that were born in Ireland, but regarded more as English.
     
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    .and William Butler Yeats

    The Fiddler of Dooney

     
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    All changed, changed utterly:
    A terrible beauty is born.
     
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    I've often wondered what dog the Irish claim. I've heard of Irish wolf hounds, but I'm not sure where they come from. Any of you peeps know? I'd liked to see what kind of pup the Irish like to show. I can't remember where the Corgy comes from, but I thought they were Scotland's dog of choice. Here's my little guy Izzy, and I think green just might be his color.

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    Izzy is adorable!
    Irish Setters were born in Ireland and then,
    it is believed that they were bred with an...

    Irish Water Spaniel,
    Irish Terrier,
    Setting Spaniels,
    Pointers,
    and Gordon Setters

    And then there's this little Irishman:

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    This is a Kerry Blue terrier. The independence leader Michael Collins famously owned one of these. He named the dog Convict 224 after the number he was allotted when imprisoned by the British after the 1916 Easter uprising.

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    …and another Irish Terrier ;)

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    When Irish Pies are Smiling:)
    Green Velvet MoonPies...Meat Pies...and Lime Pie


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    Oh, and speaking of Irish dogs…
    Do edible green broccoli/cauliflower poodles count?


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    Now that little poodle is justt too cute! @Lara Moss , and I would love to try that yummy lime pie.

    Here is another myth that I was told was part of me. I'm sure am glad that turned out to be false. Do you remember stories of Changlings. Well here is another Irish myth.

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