Good Morning All: Last night I learned that the Swiss had won the America's Cup a few whiles back. I can understand Australia, New Zealand, England, Canada doing well in that most prestigious sailboat event, but Switzerland! There are thousands of Kerry folk involved with "boating", sail boating included but I've never heard of Ireland as an entry in such a regatta. Has Ireland ever competed in such a race? Love, Jack Sweeney, above the Lehigh River in Palmer, Pennsylvania. [The Swiss?].

Hi Jack, It is an incredibly expensive race to enter. I am sure there are many Irish crew on board a lot of the boats. Maybe there are not enough multi millionairs yet Trish Good Morning All: Last night I learned that the Swiss had won the America's Cup a few whiles back. I can understand Australia, New Zealand, England, Canada doing well in that most prestigious sailboat event, but Switzerland! There are thousands of Kerry folk involved with "boating", sail boating included but I've never heard of Ireland as an entry in such a regatta. Has Ireland ever competed in such a race? Love, Jack Sweeney, above the Lehigh River in Palmer, Pennsylvania. [The Swiss?]. ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to IRL-KERRY-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.476 / Virus Database: 269.10.2/894 - Release Date: 10/07/2007 5:44 PM

Good Morning All: My Fenit contacts have informed me that no Irish America's Cup contender was ever built in the Fenit boat yard. All of Lipton's Shamrock entries were built in either Scotland or England. Evidently, Ireland was considered a part of the U.K. at the time and it was legal to build her entry in any of the "British Isles". This ends the "Ireland an America's Cup contender" topic since no Kerry boat yard built any of the Shamrocks. The crews though, practiced in the Shannon Estuary and were Kerrymen for the most part. Love, Jack Sweeney, taking nourishment in Palmer, Pennsylvania.