Leprechaun Killed!, ..what's worse, on St. Patricks Day!!

My last post was concerning how the Irish were slighted and told that they were not historically significant in the development of Canada.

NOW... police in the U.S. shoot and kill a Leprechaun on St. Patrick's Day, of all days!! Oh the shame!

Read the article here...

Keltic;

I wouldn't say that the Irish contribution to Canada was insignificant. At the time though you must remember most of them were Catholic in a Orange Lodge dominated Province and the Irish weren't to keen on the Monarchy. They along with all the other emmigrants from Britain helped build this country into the great Nation it is to-day and we should all be thankful for it.


Camac.

Hey, it was Tennessee. Your lucky they didn't BBQ him.

CarolinaScotsman;

Is like BBQing a Gremlin? I hear their not bad tasting.


Camac

That's what happens when you try to steal some lucky charms.

Robert Phoenix;

Did you just become a Grandad?If so Congratulations. I envy you.



Camac

Yep! Last Friday. Finally got a boy for a grandkid so natually I'm already browsing the baby kilts. Hisd dad is ex navy so I might get him that one when he a bit older. He won't be able to go regimental untill he is potty trained though.

should be a picture here in the photo gallery

http://www.celticradio.net/php/gallery/dis...pby&cat=0&pos=0

Camac:

The reference to the non-contribution of the Irish wasn't from anything I think but rather gleaned from a newspaper article (read the article in the Ottawa Sun) which I was referencing in another thread. The Irish had a huge contribution in the building of Canada and the U.S., however, some government departments won't recognize the obvious. I live in Ottawa and spent most of my childhood, living just blocks away from the Rideau Canal (known in the winter as the worlds largest skating rink). Over 1,000 people died in the building of this engineering marvel, mostly Irish. The person who designed the canal, Colonel John By, has been honoured... the canal itself has been registered as a UNESCO world heritage site, but apparently, those who built the canal are of no real significance.

Keltic;

It's always the way. Those who head these projects always get the laurels while the people who actually do the backbreaking labour are just so many [ants] bodies
and really don't count. BTW. I read that the Rideau is no longer the worlds largest skating rink. Some place in Manitoba,I believe , took that title by being a kilometre longer.


Camac.

The Rideau Canal is still the worlds largest skating rink. A portion of the Red River in Winnipeg, Manitoba is now the worlds longest skating rink. It is approximately 1.2 km longer than the Rideau Canal but is much narrower. Total skating area of the Rideau Canal is about 100,000 square metres larger than that of the Red River.

Here's an article about the debate about the world's longest/largest rink

Upon searching the dead Leprechaun's apartment, the police didn't find a pot of gold but rather, a Santa suit that he apparently wore during a bank robbery, three days before Christmas.

Banks probably don't have to worry about being robbed by a big pink bunny rabbit in the next few weeks.

The article in the Ottawa Sun