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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Clavdivs, post: 6840132, member: 93702&quot;]My mother and father are from Dublin... moved to Canada after their marriage in 1963. They also named me &quot;Sean&quot; - so they saw something in me....<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>As per the usual plan I have the 18th booked off work to recover after the celebrations <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />. Our Pubs just opened a couple of weeks ago - so we&#039;re all ready for the big day!!</p><p><br /></p><p>I grew up in Toronto - which has an incredible Irish history. In 1847 alone 38,000 Irish men, women and children arrived at the city&#039;s port - fleeing the Irish Famine.</p><p>To put this event into perspective the population of Toronto in 1847 was 20,000.</p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ireland_Park" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ireland_Park" rel="nofollow">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ireland_Park</a></p><p><br /></p><p>My favorite hockey team is the Toronto Maple Leafs... they used to be called the Toronto St. Pats - Stanley Cup Champions exactly 100 years ago - in 1921.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1272486[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>As for a Saint on a coin.. I will show my St. Helena (with a green patina!) - which is also my Mother&#039;s middle name:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1272490[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>OBV: FL IVL HELENAE AVG</b></p><p><b>REV: PAX PUBLICA</b></p><p><b>Mint of Constantinople</b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p>Things are going a lot better over there over the last 20 years or so...</p><p>So just for fun.....a couple of Beatles memories..</p><p><br /></p><p>[MEDIA=youtube]V5il1gXFmEY[/MEDIA]</p><p>[MEDIA=youtube]zRXiz8_5F6g[/MEDIA][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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