I am American born and still reside in the US, but am of Irish heritage. When I started to research my family roots, I began to feel a strange almose ethereal pull to Ireland and all things Irish. Finally, two years ago I was able to make my first trip there. I didn't want to come home. Anyway, I will eventually go back to "Mother Erin." For now the research continues and I hope to make many friends with the same interests as myself. My days are spent working and hanging out w/my two teenage kids who have turned into the best friends I could ask for. Their taste for all things Irish is also unquenchable. In what little other spare time I have I play drums (haven't been playing long but it's fun).