Liz, You're probably right. However, he was over here making a good living. He might not have had anything to fear by saying such a thing to me. Then again, he could have been a IRA wannabe, who knows. Bill ----- Original Message ----- From: Liz Haren <lizharen@gmail.com> Date: Sunday, February 17, 2008 18:15 Subject: Re: [IRL-LIMERICK] Are there certain given names that indicate someone's religion? To: irl-limerick@rootsweb.com > I hope you realize that someone in the IRA would never discuss > such a thing, > right? Every culture has it's village idiot, sounds like > you ran into one > of them. > > Liz > > >>>He claimed he was part of the IRA and would shoot the > Protestants in an > ambush and then sit down and have a pint or two to celebrate. I > only lasted > the summer with him>>> > > On Feb 17, 2008 6:44 PM, <wm.karr@insightbb.com> wrote: > > > Kathy wrote <Helen, pardon the intrusion but saw your > mention that "I > > believe there was a protestant marriage further back, hence > the name > > 'William'" and am curious...is the name William a dead give > away that > > someone was Protestant or something?> > > > > Kathy and Helen, > > > > I was named after my father, William Joseph. However, he did > not want a > > junior, so my middle name is Patrick, having been born on > March 17. I was > > raised Catholic. > > > > However, when I was 16, I worked a summer job for an off-the- > boat Irishman > > that constantly teased me about being named after William of Orange. > > Needless to say, I did not take that too well. He claimed he > was part of the > > IRA and would shoot the Protestants in an ambush and then sit > down and have > > a pint or two to celebrate. I only lasted the summer with him. > > > > Bill Karr in Peoria, IL., USA > > > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > > IRL-LIMERICK-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' > without the > > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to IRL- > LIMERICK-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' > without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >