"Always make that connection..." Top 5 Page for this destination Ireland Local Custom Tip by sourbugger

The irish just love making a connection between Ireland and anything that is happening in the world - there always seems to be an Irish connection somewhere. Whilst President Obama's roots would appear more african than celtic a strong case has been made for some of is ancestors hailing from County Offlay.

A more tenuous recent example is the claim of the Caherragin Village choir. They claim that they have a recording (locked in a bank vault) of Michael Jackson singing with them on a charity Christmas single. The song is that Irish anthem 'the fields of Athenry'. If they can prove it was Whackos last recording ever made then it could be worth a cool 20 million euro. That should keep the choir solvent for about the next eight thousand years !