Historians have argued that the Irish monasteries' dedication to literary culture may very well have been an important influence in the preservation of western culture. Guilt and beer have also been counted among Ireland's great cultural contributions, not necessarily in that order.
Now in the unlikely days of Irish prosperity and European cooperation, our Irish saviours have decided to let their pugnacious character come to the fore and even the fives. Little old emerald isle is standing alone against the continent and their old nemesis John Bull to block the EU's next logical step.
Cathleen Ni Houlihan, Ireland's Uncle Sam was recently channeled by Maude Gonne who was channeled by a cockles and mussels fishmonger in southwest Dublin. Maisie McMurphy told the Blarney Stone News: "Cathleen Ni Houlihan told Maude who told me that the EU is PU!". Might it be the cockles, Maise?
