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2012-02-01 Irish Culture - The real meaning behind St.Patricks day:

Dear Erica,   I can do my best.  The closest, since he was Welsh, to his actual name is: Padrig.  The other names by which he might have been called:  Latin: Patricius  Primitive Gaelic: Qatrikias  Old

2012-01-31 Irish Culture - The real meaning behind St.Patricks day:

Dear Erica,    So this is from my assistant, Madame Deng Xiao Mei    "William D. McCann is an American lawyer and author. He is lead counsel  in the cases against JP Morgan Chase challenging its foreclosures

2012-01-30 Irish Culture - The real meaning behind St.Patricks day:

Dear Erica,  Greetings to all in Shelby Township.  The apocryphal St. Patrick was indeed a Romano-Britain from Wales who as  a youth was kidnapped and sent to Ireland, was returned to his homeland,  and

2012-01-27 Irish Culture - Irish Name Question:

My dear Elyse,    Tessa and Tess are both diminutives for Theresa, no doubt derived from  St. Theresa of Avila, a Spanish saint, when the Armada washed up on the  coast of Galway and deposited one or more

2012-01-27 Ireland - driving in Ireland & Scotland:

John,    I am an expert on travel in Ireland. Consequently, I will answer your question in reference to driving in Ireland. Your current US driver's license is sufficient for renting a car in Ireland.