Tuesday, March 19, 2019

Happy St. Paddy’s Day! By Pat Kinsella Herdeg





 Cliffs of Moher

Okay, so we are a few days late. Still drinking the green beer!

Cousin Charlie Hawkes sent me an Irish joke and said he was thinking about Dad on St. Patrick’s Day and missing him.

So, here are a few pictures from Dad’s trip to Ireland in 1982 that I was lucky enough to tag along with the bunch he called 'The Traveling Angels':

 Dad and the 'Leprechaun King' at
Cliffs of Moher


Dad at Tara, with the Lia Fail, or 
Coronation Stone of Tara

 
Dad with The Traveling Angels
 and the Coffees, far flung cousins!

Driving along the Ring of Kerry

Mom and Dad in front of Kinsella’s Bar in Ferns,
Where Dermot is buried

Dermot's Grave in Ferns, Ireland--April 1982
Dad, Beth, Dan, Pat and Florence 

And Charlie’s Joke:
For my favorite Irish uncle:

Two Irishmen walked out of a bar...........


...........well, it COULD happen.
                                             -Charlie
 
Thanks, Charlie, for the memories of Dad, and the laughter as I think of him.