Donal wrote:
"katy" wrote in message
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Donal wrote:

"Scotty" wrote in message
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"Maxprop" wrote


Like Ypsilanti, Onancock, Arapaho, Cheyenne, and Seminole?

or were you


referring to Susquehanna, Gogebic, or Huron?

Or Indianapolis, Denver, Albuquerque, Poukeepsie, Bean Blossom,

Fort Wayne,


or Seattle?


Blue Ball, Intercourse, Virginville, Bird in Hand, Paradise,
Wagontown, Sinking Spring, Stony Creek ,all in my area of PA.


You are all too stupid to realise that the Virginia in Ireland was named
*AFTER* the Virginia in the USA.

I was confident that none of you knew anything at all about history, ...

and

I was absolutely correct!


Regards


Donal
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Don't be so obtuse and sanctimonious, Donal.


Really!!!!

Can't you see that my post about Virginia *proved* that Americans are the
most sanctimonious race on Earth?


Wjhy should we
reiyterate the obvious? I've been to Manteo and the Roanoke
colony's landing place and live in the state of VA. Virginia Dare
was the child of British parents so therfore was named after
something British, not American.


Virginia was named by Sir Walter Raleigh in honour of Queen Elizabeth the
First.

On his way back from America, he passed through Ireland ... and the village
of Baile Atha Lir. He renamed Baile Atha Lir "Virginia".

I come from the only town in Europe that is named after a place in America.

Irony is a foreign word in America .....


Regards


Donal
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And if the Irish had been smarter, they would have renamed it as
soon as they got rid of British rule.
Do you think the average Canadian would have known that? Or
Australian? It is an obscure factoid...and means nothing in the
scheme of things except to show that your obsessive compulsion to
denigrate Americans is running away with you.
For some reason, you feel that British history is the end all and be
all of the world. Well, maybe it used to be, but it isn't anymore.
Get over it.

"katy" wrote in message
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And if the Irish had been smarter, they would have renamed it as
soon as they got rid of British rule.

Actually, the most important thing was *peace*. The infant Irish government
did not make any efforts to demonstrate their independance.

The British landowners didn't understand that the Irish only wanted peace.
Many of them(the British) sold their land after independance because they
thought that their land would be confiscated. History shows that they sold
cheap.

To this day, the Irish have not tried to exact revenge.

Regards


Donal
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Donal wrote:
"katy" wrote in message
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And if the Irish had been smarter, they would have renamed it as
soon as they got rid of British rule.


Actually, the most important thing was *peace*. The infant Irish government
did not make any efforts to demonstrate their independance.

The British landowners didn't understand that the Irish only wanted peace.
Many of them(the British) sold their land after independance because they
thought that their land would be confiscated. History shows that they sold
cheap.

To this day, the Irish have not tried to exact revenge.

Regards


Donal
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Really? So what are Fenians all about?

"katy" wrote in message
...
Donal wrote:
"katy" wrote in message
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And if the Irish had been smarter, they would have renamed it as
soon as they got rid of British rule.


Actually, the most important thing was *peace*. The infant Irish
government
did not make any efforts to demonstrate their independance.

The British landowners didn't understand that the Irish only wanted
peace.
Many of them(the British) sold their land after independance because
they
thought that their land would be confiscated. History shows that they
sold
cheap.

To this day, the Irish have not tried to exact revenge.


Really? So what are Fenians all about

"are"???

The Fenians were last seen in the 1920's.

I don't know where you are getting your information from, but you can takr
it from me that the "Fenians" do not exist any more.


Regards


Donal
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Donal wrote:
"katy" wrote in message
...

Donal wrote:

"katy" wrote in message
...


And if the Irish had been smarter, they would have renamed it as
soon as they got rid of British rule.


Actually, the most important thing was *peace*. The infant Irish

government

did not make any efforts to demonstrate their independance.

The British landowners didn't understand that the Irish only wanted

peace.

Many of them(the British) sold their land after independance because

they

thought that their land would be confiscated. History shows that they

sold

cheap.

To this day, the Irish have not tried to exact revenge.



Really? So what are Fenians all about


"are"???

The Fenians were last seen in the 1920's.

I don't know where you are getting your information from, but you can takr
it from me that the "Fenians" do not exist any more.


Regards


Donal
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Well, I'm here to tell you that in the US they are....we get
postcards soliciting for gun money from a concert we went to at one
time...albeit they are in Northern Ireland and thereabouts....

"katy" wrote
And if the Irish had been smarter, they would have renamed it as
soon as they got rid of British rule.


They *did* rename a heck of a lot of places.

Donal wrote:
Actually, the most important thing was *peace*. The infant Irish government
did not make any efforts to demonstrate their independance.


Also, they wanted to start shooting at each other almost
immediately after the English left.


The British landowners didn't understand that the Irish only wanted peace.
Many of them(the British) sold their land after independance because they
thought that their land would be confiscated. History shows that they sold
cheap.

To this day, the Irish have not tried to exact revenge.


One of the things I admire about the Irish people is that
very few of them seem bitter about the past... and that
seems to have been the case even before the current era of
prosperity.

DSK

"DSK" wrote in message
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One of the things I admire about the Irish people is that very few of them
seem bitter about the past... and that seems to have been the case even
before the current era of prosperity.

You haven't been listening to any Irish traditional music, apparently.

Max

One of the things I admire about the Irish people is that very few of them
seem bitter about the past... and that seems to have been the case even
before the current era of prosperity.


Maxprop wrote:
You haven't been listening to any Irish traditional music, apparently.


Like what?

DSK