Zed
08-19-2011, 10:51 PM
This fellow seems to have divided loyalties
http://www.irishcentral.com/news/Larry-Donnelly-An-American-view-from-Ireland--128041583.html
"They were outdone as Irish-American politicians, however, by my uncle, former Congressman Brian Donnelly. For my Uncle Brian, despite being a representative of the people of Boston neighbourhoods and cities and towns south of Boston, became Ireland’s man in the United States House of Representatives. In addition to pushing what became known as the Donnelly Visa through the Congress, Uncle Brian was the “go to guy” for Irish diplomats on Capitol Hill on everything that mattered to Ireland in the 1980s and early 1990s."
"I soon realised that law practice was not for me and began to investigate the possibility of making use of the Irish passport I’d held since childhood and living and working in Ireland for a time."
"It will also periodically examine the extraordinary, ever-evolving and, to me, sacred relationship between Ireland and the United States, the two countries I will always be proud to call home."
I'd be frankly amazed to find an Englishman who did the same for his homeland as this fellow's Uncle Brian.
http://www.irishcentral.com/news/Larry-Donnelly-An-American-view-from-Ireland--128041583.html
"They were outdone as Irish-American politicians, however, by my uncle, former Congressman Brian Donnelly. For my Uncle Brian, despite being a representative of the people of Boston neighbourhoods and cities and towns south of Boston, became Ireland’s man in the United States House of Representatives. In addition to pushing what became known as the Donnelly Visa through the Congress, Uncle Brian was the “go to guy” for Irish diplomats on Capitol Hill on everything that mattered to Ireland in the 1980s and early 1990s."
"I soon realised that law practice was not for me and began to investigate the possibility of making use of the Irish passport I’d held since childhood and living and working in Ireland for a time."
"It will also periodically examine the extraordinary, ever-evolving and, to me, sacred relationship between Ireland and the United States, the two countries I will always be proud to call home."
I'd be frankly amazed to find an Englishman who did the same for his homeland as this fellow's Uncle Brian.