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| 836.1 | Circumspection. | MACNAS::MHUGHES | | Fri Nov 30 1990 04:55 | 10 |
| Leaprechauns think.
The last Briscoe to be mayor of Dublin was Ben Briscoe of the late
1980's.
The one before that was his father (in the 40's)and as far as I can recall
he too was named Benjamin.
Snake says mazeltof to ye all.
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| 836.2 | exit | NIALL::HURLEY | | Fri Nov 30 1990 09:01 | 4 |
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I believe the father was Robert Briscoe, Lord Mayor during the
50's. I remember him marching in the Boston St. Patrick's Day
Parade
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| 836.3 | | VMSSG::NICHOLS | It ain't easy being green | Fri Nov 30 1990 09:20 | 1 |
| thankyou both
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| 836.4 | More on Ben Briscoe | NIALL::HURLEY | | Fri Nov 30 1990 09:57 | 16 |
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In 1988 when Ben Briscoe the son was in Boston for the St. Pats
Parade, he read the following poem at the Bulger Breakfast.
The snow was blowing out of doors,
The drifts were piling high,
And I could see pedestrians
As they were passing by,
The faces of my Irish friends
Came dimly through the glass
As they trudged the icy streets
To worship at their Mass,
I envy them their strength of heart
The faith that they would view,
On an ice cold soggy morning,
"It's good to be a Jew"
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| 836.5 | | VMSSG::NICHOLS | It ain't easy being green | Fri Nov 30 1990 11:07 | 10 |
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| 836.6 | | DPDMAI::MCQUEENEY | But then I'll have to kill you. | Mon Dec 03 1990 00:54 | 9 |
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...and me name it is Moses Ri-too-re-ly-ay.
The answer to the original question is definitely Robert Briscoe.
McQ
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| 836.7 | RE: .4 | JEREMY::MAURENE | Maurene Fritz, Jerusalem | Sat Dec 29 1990 14:38 | 8 |
| As both an Irishman and a Jew, the poem read by Ben Briscoe was particularly
interesting to me. I'll be sure to think of it the next ice cold soggy morning
that I make my way to the synagogue. But if Ben Briscoe "read" it, who wrote
it, and where can I find a definative copy and proper references? As an
amateur printer, I can visualise a nice broadside of this, published by my
exclusive society: The Tall Irish Jewish Sagittarian Vegetarian Esperantist
Bookbinders.
- Seamas MacFhlaithbheartaigh
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