Its kind of boring, and most of you probably know how it begins. But hey, its a story, its midnight, and I'm a blogger. Hence, story.
So, several generations back, there is a man. I don't know how many generations back from me he is, I just know he's there. He, Thomas J. Clarke, was one of the signers of the Irish declaration of independence. And that's not all he did, either. He was an Irish revolutionary! Standing up to the oppressive (to the Irish at the time) British, working to free his country and his people.
Sounds like a guy to be proud of, right? There's just one problem. I barely know anything about the guy. I know his birth and death dates. I know he was executed by the british for his revolutionary actions. I know he had three kids, and he married his wife in 1901. I know all this from a wikipedia page and a six-paragraph article on an irish independence website.
I don't know what he liked to do, what he thought about, well, anything. Hell, I don't even know how far back he is! I've been trying, for the last few days, to get some kind of info on this guy, but beyond his role in the Easter Uprising, or Easter attack, or something, there's almost nothing about the guy. I want to know who he was, not what he did.
So yeah. Thats the story. How was it?
Anyway, I saw Public Enemies today. Meh. Not quite suckish, but I wouldn't reccommend it or see it again. Johnny Depp, wee. I just didn't like the flick.
I really want to see District 9, who's with me? And of course Holmes and Iron Man 2 (only article I could find, sorry) look great as well.
So, uh, yeah! Be sure to check out the ol' twitter, where I tweet away at least each half hour.
Monday, July 20, 2009
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3 comments:
I'm Irish! You better be damn proud of that guy, even if you don't know what he was like. I'm sure he was a great guy, as any Irishmen must be!
Damn proud I am! Of course I am! Hardly be irish if I wasn't proud of one of the signers of the irish declaration of independence!
Both of my parents are 100% irish, and both moved here after they met eachother in ireland. I go there every other year to see family. its fun to be irish :D i went to some major sites from the irish revolution too btw
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