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Irish_Dem

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12. Yes the Boston Irish had a refinement.

Reply to ananda (Reply #11)

Fri Apr 4, 2025, 09:10 PM

Apr 4

And sophistication. Attended Catholic schools with strict academic standards.
And their immigrant parents and grandparents had been British subjects before Ireland became a Free State. There was a concern about being proper.

My father was in the military and traveled the world.
But in his mind there was no place on the planet like his beloved Boston.

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