An ex Irishman you say. I thought once an Irishman always an Irishman??? With a surname like I have what else would else would I say but a big congrats to him. Helen MCNAMARA NZ ----- Original Message ----- From: "Chris Goopy" <cgoopy@optusnet.com.au> To: "Y-ireland" <Y-IRL@yahoogroups.com>; "Clare" <IRL-CLARE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, November 27, 2006 9:17 PM Subject: [IRL-CLARE] Irish not only beat Aussies at Rugby,now Australian Idol > Some of you may have been watching this contest or noted my posting a > week or so ago, but it's actually happened... > > Damien Leith from Miltown, Co Kildare, has last night, taken out the > title of Australian Idol...not bad for a 30 year old ex Irishman, > married with a young baby! > > His voice is absolutely wonderful, almost hypnotic in some songs... > > If you want to read about him or claim him as kin see > http://www.news.com.au/entertainment/idol > > > Chris > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > IRL-CLARE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

Helen McNamara wrote: > An ex Irishman you say. I thought once an Irishman always an Irishman??? > With a surname like I have what else would else would I say but a big > congrats to him. > Helen MCNAMARA > NZ > Hi Helen, that was the bait to get a response... and it did! :-) To be perfectly honest, Damien is still and always will be an Irishman, but he had announced his intention to become an Australian citizen next year... I call myself an Aussie with Irish and Greek heritage... or Irish Stew, as I told my then small children! His voice entranced me from the start...can't wait for the first album. Chris