No Irish Need Apply I'm a simple Irish girl and I'm looking for a place. I've felt the grip of poverty, but sure that's no disgrace. Twill be long before I get one, to indeed it's hard I try. Fore I read in each advertisement "No Irish Need Apply". Alas for my poor country, which I never will deny How they insult us when they write, "No Irish Need Apply". Then they can't deny us genius with "Sheridan", "Tom Moore"
The late lamented Catherine Hayes and Sam Lover to the fore
Although they may laugh at our "Bulls" , they cannot but admit
That Pat is always sensible, and has a ready whit.
And if they ask for beauty, what can beat their nice black eye
Then it is not a shame to write, "No Irish Need Apply".
Ah, but now I'm in the land of the "glorious and free" And proud I am to own it, a country dear to me. I can see by your kind faces, that you will not deny A place in your hearts for Cathleen, and all Irish may apply. Then long may the Union flourish, and ever may it be A pact unto the world and the home of liberty.
Information Lyrics Variations of this ballad are known in Italy, Romania, Greece, and Poland as well as Southern Europe. It appeared in print in 1828 in Buchan's Ancient Ballads and Songs. Magical transformation was often a subject of folklore. The ballad The two Kinde Lovers; Or, The Maiden's resolution and will To be like her true Lover still was printed at London by the Assignes of Thomas Symcocke before 1630. It contains similar elements to The Two Magicians.
This ballad is Child Ballad (The Twa Magicians).
For a complete list of Child Ballads at this site go to Francis J. Child Ballads.
O She look'd out of the window White as any milk; But He look'd into the window As black as any silk. Chorus Hulloa, hulloa, hulloa, hulloa, You coal black smith! You have done me no harm You never shall change my maiden name That I have kept so long; I'd rather die a maid. Yes, but then she said, And be buried all in my grave Than I'd have such a nasty, husky, dusky, musty, fusky coal black smith A maiden I will die.
Then she became a duck, A duck all on the stream; And he became a water dog And fetch'd her back again. Chorus Hulloa, hulloa, hulloa, hulloa, You coal black smith! You have done me no harm You never shall change my maiden name That I have kept so long; I'd rather die a maid. Yes, but then she said, And be buried all in my grave Than I'd have such a nasty, husky, dusky, musty, fusky coal black smith A maiden I will die.
Then she became a hare, A hare upon the plain; And he became a greyhound dog And fetch'd her back again. Chorus Hulloa, hulloa, hulloa, hulloa, You coal black smith! You have done me no harm You never shall change my maiden name That I have kept so long; I'd rather die a maid. Yes, but then she said, And be buried all in my grave Than I'd have such a nasty, husky, dusky, musty, fusky coal black smith A maiden I will die.
Then she became a fly; A fly all in the air; And he became a spider And fetch'd her to his lair. Chorus Hulloa, hulloa, hulloa, hulloa, You coal black smith! You have done me no harm You never shall change my maiden name That I have kept so long; I'd rather die a maid. Yes, but then she said, And be buried all in my grave Than I'd have such a nasty, husky, dusky, musty, fusky coal black smith A maiden I will die.
To help you plan your Irish vacation; I've have put together some general information about the island of Ireland. Find out more about the Irish weather or about the currencies in use. Geography Climate Currency Banking hours Postage stamps Useful phone numbers in Ireland
Geography
Ireland is the most westerly country of the European Union, separated from Great Britain by the North Channel on the northeast and the Irish Sea on the east. Ireland is an island of 84,288 sq. km (32,544 square miles). Its greatest length is 485 km (302 miles), its greatest width 304 km (189 miles), and its coastline extends for over 5,631 km (3,500 miles).
The highest mountain is Carrantuohill (1,040 mtres/3,414 feet), near Killarney in County Kerry. The longest river is the Shannon (370 km/230 miles).
The largest lake is Lough Neagh (396 sq. km/153 square miles) in Northern Ireland.
The country is divided into four historic provinces. Ulster (9 counties) in the north; Munster (6 counties) in the south; Leinster (12 counties) in the east; and Connacht (5 counties) in the west.
The population of the 32 counties of Ireland is approximately 5 million.
Climate
Winters in Ireland are mild and summers temperate due to the prevailing southwesterly winds and the influence of the warm waters of the North Atlantic Drift. Ireland has a mild climate all year-averaging 35°-45°F in winter and 65°-75°F in summer. May and June are the sunniest months with an average of over 7 hours of sunshine per day.
Currency
The currency of the Republic of Ireland is euro (€). Euro notes are in seven denominations: 5, 10, 20, 50, 100, 200 and 500 euro. There is 100 cent to the euro and coins are in eight denominations: 1, 2, 5, 10, 20 and 50 cent, and 1 and 2 euro. As Northern Ireland is part of the United Kingdom, the pound sterling (Stg£) is in use and denominations are similar to that of the euro.
Euro currency should only be used in the Republic and sterling currency in Northern Ireland.
Banking hours
Most banks in Ireland are open from Monday to Friday from 10.00 a.m. to 12.30 p.m. and from 1.30 p.m. to 3.00 p.m. Of these, some branches are open through lunch. There is extended opening until 5.00 p.m. on one day per week (the choice varying from place to place). In Northern Ireland the opening hours are 10.00 a.m. to 3.30 p.m. Monday to Friday. In some places, the banks close for lunch 12.30 p.m. to 1.30 p.m.
In the Republic and Northern Ireland, in very small villages, banking services may be provided only on two or three days per week. Therefore, it is advisable that you make arrangements to get cash in the bigger centers. Cash dispensers have become more widely available in recent years and post offices can also provide limited cash services.
Postage Stamps
You should use Irish postage stamps on letters posted in the Republic and British postage stamps on letters posted in Northern Ireland.
A Few SuperBowl Commercial Facts Sixty-nine SuperBowl commercials were aired during the 2001 game. Each 30-second ad cost $2 million just for airtime, who knows what production costs were. Of these 69 commercials, just 17 were captioned for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing. That means that 52 commercials were not accessible to millions of people around the world. After spending millions of dollars to produce and air their ads, 52 companies chose not to spend a couple of hundred more to caption them. Last year is also known for its lack of branding. While almost everyone remembers a commercial with a cowboy herding cats across the American badlands, almost nobody could tell you what they were advertising, or even who the company was! This was of course in part due to so many dot-coms who didn't necessarily have a product to advertise in the first place trying to get their name out there, but forgetting the bit about their name. This year's SuperBowl commercials will be a bit of a reversion back to the big names and players. Expect to see a lot of familiar brand names, a lot of celebrity faces, and chances are, a lot of heavy branding.
This is a dangerous idea I've put on the table: my God vs. your God, their God vs. our God. vs. no God. It is very easy, in these times, to see religion as a force for division rather than unity.
And this is a town - Washington - that knows something of division.
But the reason I am here, and the reason I keep coming back to Washington, is because this is a town that is proving it can come together on behalf of what the Scriptures call the least of these.
This is not a Republican idea. It is not a Democratic idea. It is not even, with all due respect, an American idea. Nor it is unique to any one faith.
"Do to others as you would have them do to you." (Luke 6:30) Jesus says that.
"Righteousness is this: that one should. give away wealth out of love for Him to the near of kin and the orphans and the needy and the wayfarer and the beggars and for the emancipation of the captives." The Koran says that. (2.177)
Thus sayeth the Lord: "Bring the homeless poor into the house, when you see the naked, cover him, then your light will break out like the dawn and your recovery will speedily spring fourth, then your Lord will be your rear guard." The Jewish scripture says that. Isaiah 58 again.
That is a powerful incentive: "The Lord will watch your back." Sounds like a good deal to me, right now. A number of years ago, I met a wise man who changed my life. In countless ways, large and small, I was always seeking the Lord's blessing. I was saying, you know, I have a new song, look after it. I have a family, please look after them. I have this crazy idea.
And this wise man said: stop.
He said, stop asking God to bless what you're doing.
Get involved in what God is doing-because it's already blessed.
Well, God, as I said, is with the poor. That, I believe, is what God is doing.
And that is what He's calling us to do.
I was amazed when I first got to this country and I learned how much some churchgoers tithe. Up to ten percent of the family budget. Well, how does that compare the federal budget, the budget for the entire American family? How much of that goes to the poorest people in the world? Less than one percent.
Mr. President, Congress, people of faith, people of America:
I want to suggest to you today that you see the flow of effective foreign assistance as tithing.. Which, to be truly meaningful, will mean an additional one percent of the federal budget tithed to the poor.
What is one percent?
One percent is not merely a number on a balance sheet.
One percent is the girl in Africa who gets to go to school, thanks to you. One percent is the AIDS patient who gets her medicine, thanks to you. One percent is the African entrepreneur who can start a small family business thanks to you. One percent is not redecorating presidential palaces or money flowing down a rat hole. This one percent is digging waterholes to provide clean water.
One percent is a new partnership with Africa, not paternalism towards Africa, where increased assistance flows toward improved governance and initiatives with proven track records and away from boondoggles and white elephants of every description.
America gives less than one percent now. Were asking for an extra one percent to change the world. to transform millions of lives-but not just that and I say this to the military men now - to transform the way that they see us.
One percent is national security, enlightened economic self interest, and a better safer world rolled into one. Sounds to me that in this town of deals and compromises, one percent is the best bargain around.
These goals-clean water for all; school for every child; medicine for the afflicted, an end to extreme and senseless poverty-these are not just any goals; they are the Millennium Development goals, which this country supports. And they are more than that. They are the Beatitudes for a Globalised World.
Now, I'm very lucky. I don't have to sit on any budget committees. And I certainly don't have to sit where you do, Mr. President. I don't have to make the tough choices.
But I can tell you this:
To give one percent more is right. It's smart. And it's blessed.
There is a continent-Africa-being consumed by flames.
I truly believe that when the history books are written, our age will be remembered for three things: the war on terror, the digital revolution, and what we did-or did not to-to put the fire out in Africa.
History, like God, is watching what we do.
- Bono, speaking at the National Prayer Breakfast, Feb. 2, 2006
After years of telling my mother we were going to take her to Ireland we finally decided to make the trip in September 1983. My mother was 80 years old at the time and in pretty good health.
We left Portland, Maine early in the morning and arrived at Newark, New Jersey, where we took a helicopter (a first for the three of us) to JFK. We left for Shannon at 9.00 p.m. and arrived at daylight. Without any plans or reservations we rented a car and headed for Galway. My mother turned on the radio and got a French station. She looked at me and said 'are you sure we're in the right country.'
When we got to Spiddal I pointed to a building across the street and asked my mother if she remembered it? It was the Spiddal Post Office and my mother used to tell us about sending letters to Ireland care of the Spiddal Post Office.
We visited several relatives on our first full day in Galway. My mother's cousin Joe Coyne asked to stop in and see Granny Coyne in Creduft. We couldn't find Creduft on the map so we stopped at a store. The teenage girls didn't know were Creduft was, but the father came in and confirmed we were in Creduft and Granny Coyne lived across the street. He also gave us directions to Nora Naughton's house down the road towards Galway. We met Nora and her granddaughter Luisne later the same day. I met Luisne again 13 years later when she and her family was staying at my brother Dave's place on Little Diamond Island in Casco Bay in Maine. Luisne and her sister Aisling are both teachers in Ireland and their father is an author and appears on a television program. Their uncle Padraic is a priest in South Africa.
Later the same day we found where Nora Faherty lived in Darrylaughan East. This was the original homestead of the Flaherty family where my mother's father grew up. The original house looked awful small for such a large family, but Nora pointed out that they had a loft.
We stayed at Park Lodge Spiddal for the first few days and went to Ashford Castle in Cong, County Mayo. Later we drove over to Connemera and visited Kylemore Abby, a private school for girls. We talked with an Indian girl and a girl from Kenya.
We then made a cross-country trip to Dublin hoping to stay a few days there. We only stayed one day because we couldn't find a room. Someone told us they had an international conference taking place in Dublin. With no reservations we had to find a place to stay so we went to Wicklow for a few days. We visited Mount Usher Gardens; Glendalough, the Meeting of the Waters; and the home of Charles Stewart Parnell (Avondale).
We stopped in Gorey for a few hours where my father's father lived before he came to the United States. There were an awful lot of Redmonds in Gorey if you went by the names on the storefronts. At Wexford we spent a few days at White's Hotel, whose original owners daughter married Thomas Moore. One night as we were heading back to our hotel we met some people coming out of a pub. My mother said to them 'the top of the morning to you' and one of them replied 'and the rest of the day to you'.
As we were leaving Wexford heading for Waterford we came to a crossroad with no signs. I asked my mother to roll down the window and ask that guy on the corner if he knows the road to Waterford. When she rolled up the window I asked her what he said. She replied 'he said he was from Philadelphia.'
Before heading for Shannon we visited The Rock of Cashel, JFK Park in New Ross, Reginald's Tower in Waterford and Bunratty Castle.
In all we spent 10 days in Ireland and we never met a disagreeable person. My mother lived for another 17 years after this trip and she never tired of talking about the great time she had.
03 February 2006 Ireland being considered for Narnia Ireland is in competition with New Zealand as the location for the filming of 'Prince Caspian', the next film in 'The Chronicles of Narnia' series.
"Disney scouts are here checking out locations in several counties for Prince Caspian," according to the Irish Independent.
An industry source said: "The location scouts have been here for two weeks. They have also been looking at sites in Britain."
'Prince Caspian' is the sequel to Christmas blockbuster 'The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe', which has already grossed €600m worldwide since its December release.
More than €200m was spent on the production of 'The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe' in New Zealand.
This was sent to me I thought you might enjoy the thoughts
THE HAND THAT ROCKS THE CRADLE ============================== by Anthony Valentino
In my years of studying the Irish language I have become more and more convinced that preserving a language is at the heart of saving a culture.
It is more important than wars, legislation or even self-governance (even though those are important). People sometimes doubt they can be effective patriots in their quiet, daily lives - but those who realize they can are the most effective saviors of their own culture.
Go raibh maith agat, Antaine
An Lamh a Luascann an Cliabhan
Bhi an fear og ag troid Leis an gclaiomh 's leis an ngunna. Dhishealbhaigh se an ri gallda Ach fuair se bas.
Ta an seanfhear ag troid Leis an vota 's le focail. Cuireann se a fhear don Dail Anam an Phobail a shabhail.
Ach is fearr an ogbhean a dheanamh Le focail Ghaeilge a ra i gcogar le leanbh Na na claimhte 's na gunnai go leir 'S dlithe 's oraidi morga.
The Hand that Rocks the Cradle
The young man fought With the sword and the gun. He evicted the foreign king But gave his life.
The old man fights With the vote and words. He sends his man to the Assembly To save the country's soul.
But the young woman does more With Gaelic words whispered to a babe Than all the swords and guns And laws and lofty speeches.
Near a misty stream in Ireland in the hollow of a tree
Live mystical, magical leprechauns who are clever as can be.
With pointed ears, turned up toes and little coats of green,
The leprechauns make their shoes, trying hard to ne'er be seen.
Only those who really believe have seen these little elves.
If you believe and look with your heart, you can see them yourselves.
I am a Irish Pastor interested in laughter and reaching deep into my Heart to share not only my thoughts but to invoke a response from your spirit.
My background Ph.D.,Th.D., D.D., D.Litt., MRE.
Linguist, Pastor/Teacher Theological Historian Archaeologist Philosopher.
Employing a research-laden approach to the analysis of God's Word in the Old and New Testaments, unfolding and presenting teaching in context with history and the sciences. A Biblical Historical linguist with command of twenty languages, I dig deeply into numerous collection of ancient manuscripts to find and communicate the purest understanding of what the original inspired writers of the Bible had to say.
