God must have intended me to be Irish.  I have always felt a special affinity to the Irish people.  I don't know why.  I just did.

Also, I arrived in North America from Europe on March 17, 1970 - St. Patrick's Day.  I was clueless about what the day meant.  But I learned quickly. And I have been celebrating St. Patrick's Day ever since.  Again, I don't know why.  I just did.  It felt good.    Forty years later, I was still celebrating it as my Irish and American birthday. 

Check out the rest of my Irish experiences...

• Bob's "Irish Roots" story (1970-present)

• St. Patrick's Day 2008 in London

• St. Patrick's Day 2009 (moving day from Arizona to Hawaii)

• St. Patrick's Day 2010

• St. Patrick's Day Adventure 2011

(The photo on the right was taken in 1998 - Bob hugging a Celtic Cross in Drogheda)

Tour of Ireland 1998

Photos                        e-mails

Dublin                                                Kilkenny

Countryside                                      Galway

Belfast                                              Belfast-1,  Belfast-2,

Unpublished                                      Belfast-3,  Drogheda

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