Re: [Pen-l] for Obama fans

[Bill Quimby <wquimby@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

This is in line with Joyce's reference in Ulysses (the Cyclops chapter)
to the character "the citizen" whom Bloom meets in a pub. The citizen
is described as wearing images of the many Irish heroes and heroines
of the past, including Christopher Columbus, Charlemagne, The Last of
the Mohicans, Bonaparte, Caesar, Muhammad (sic), Patrick W.
Shakespeare, Herodotus, the Queen of Sheba .....

- Bill

Jim Devine wrote:
> Moneygall is a small village in County Offaly , Ireland , It has a
> population of approximately 300 people.  Moneygall has a Roman
> Catholic church, five shops, a post office, a national school, a
> police station and two pubs (of course).
>
> President-elect of the United States of America Barack Obama's great
> great great grandfather, Falmouth Kearney, emigrated from Moneygall to
> New York City at the age of 19 in 1850 and eventually resettled in
> Tipton County , Indiana . Kearney 's father had been the village
> shoemaker, then a wealthy skilled trade.
>
> And now for the SONG... Click on the link below and you'll have to
> smile and also admire the new US president also for his sense of humor
> that we catch glimpses of in the video....
>
> http://www.oneeyedparrot.org/obama.html
_______________________________________________
pen-l mailing list
pen-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l