Comments on: The results from the Ballybunion caucus… http://www.irishtimes.com/blogs/presenttense/2008/01/30/the-results-from-the-ballybunion-causus/ Just another irishtimes.com weblog Wed, 15 Oct 2008 18:58:18 +0000 By: europhile http://www.irishtimes.com/blogs/presenttense/2008/01/30/the-results-from-the-ballybunion-causus/#comment-4618 europhile Sun, 03 Feb 2008 11:10:49 +0000 http://www.irishtimes.com/blogs/presenttense/2008/01/30/the-results-from-the-ballybunion-causus/#comment-4618 And then there was this one. Hope it's not linked to any of the links. [quote]Donegal people urged to get US relatives to vote for McCain Cronan Scanlon Donegal people have been urged to get their relatives in America to rally behind a Republican Party nominee in the presidential primaries. Stranorlar man Ivan Knox is a ninth cousin of US senator John McCain. Mr McCain's ancestors came from the Drumboe area of Stranorlar. According to Mr Knox, Mr McCain is a direct descendant of the "Drumboe McKanes" who emigrated to America in search of a better life in the early 1700s. Many of the American and Canadian McCains are very aware of their Finn Valley connections and have visited the area in recent years. Mr Knox, whose mother was Sarah Jane McKane, published a book about the McKanes in 2000. He put the book together with the help of an American genetic researcher called Barra McCain, an eighth cousin of the senator. Mr Knox told the Donegal News yesterday that he was always aware of the link with the veteran Republican senator and would like to see him at a future "clan reunion" in the Finn Valley. "My mother's people came from Drumboe and they owned a shop in Stranorlar. It was through Barra McCain that we finally established the US side of our link with Senator McCain. I researched the Irish side of the link," Mr Knox explained. "The McKanes originally came from Scotland, then they moved to Antrim and from there up to Derry, St Johnston and finally the Finn Valley and Castlederg areas. The link has already been established with Senator McCain and I'm proud to be his ninth cousin." He continued: "Wouldn't it be something else if someone with relatives in the Finn Valley became president of the United States of America? Look what that would do for business and tourism in this part of Donegal. He [ Mr McCain] would be all for that and would be a big help for the illegal Irish immigrants in America. There are thousands of Irish stranded out there who cannot come home - they include some of my own people." Mr Knox said the more Irish people that voted for Mr McCain the better. It would be good for this country in the long run. "It would give the Irish a better chance of getting a green card so they can travel and work freely," he added. © 2008 The Irish Times[/quote] And then there was this one. Hope it’s not linked to any of the links.

[quote]Donegal people urged to get US relatives to vote for McCain

Cronan Scanlon

Donegal people have been urged to get their relatives in America to rally behind a Republican Party nominee in the presidential primaries.

Stranorlar man Ivan Knox is a ninth cousin of US senator John McCain. Mr McCain’s ancestors came from the Drumboe area of Stranorlar.

According to Mr Knox, Mr McCain is a direct descendant of the “Drumboe McKanes” who emigrated to America in search of a better life in the early 1700s. Many of the American and Canadian McCains are very aware of their Finn Valley connections and have visited the area in recent years.

Mr Knox, whose mother was Sarah Jane McKane, published a book about the McKanes in 2000. He put the book together with the help of an American genetic researcher called Barra McCain, an eighth cousin of the senator.

Mr Knox told the Donegal News yesterday that he was always aware of the link with the veteran Republican senator and would like to see him at a future “clan reunion” in the Finn Valley.

“My mother’s people came from Drumboe and they owned a shop in Stranorlar. It was through Barra McCain that we finally established the US side of our link with Senator McCain. I researched the Irish side of the link,” Mr Knox explained.

“The McKanes originally came from Scotland, then they moved to Antrim and from there up to Derry, St Johnston and finally the Finn Valley and Castlederg areas. The link has already been established with Senator McCain and I’m proud to be his ninth cousin.”

He continued: “Wouldn’t it be something else if someone with relatives in the Finn Valley became president of the United States of America? Look what that would do for business and tourism in this part of Donegal. He [ Mr McCain] would be all for that and would be a big help for the illegal Irish immigrants in America. There are thousands of Irish stranded out there who cannot come home - they include some of my own people.”

Mr Knox said the more Irish people that voted for Mr McCain the better. It would be good for this country in the long run. “It would give the Irish a better chance of getting a green card so they can travel and work freely,” he added.
© 2008 The Irish Times[/quote]

]]> By: Dan Sullivan http://www.irishtimes.com/blogs/presenttense/2008/01/30/the-results-from-the-ballybunion-causus/#comment-4443 Dan Sullivan Wed, 30 Jan 2008 16:19:01 +0000 http://www.irishtimes.com/blogs/presenttense/2008/01/30/the-results-from-the-ballybunion-causus/#comment-4443 I'm not at all sure that the smartness or otherwise of my rear is truly a matter of theological argument. And Brock leave your coat, you can have a scoop on me for that one. I’m not at all sure that the smartness or otherwise of my rear is truly a matter of theological argument.

And Brock leave your coat, you can have a scoop on me for that one.

]]> By: Brock Landers http://www.irishtimes.com/blogs/presenttense/2008/01/30/the-results-from-the-ballybunion-causus/#comment-4439 Brock Landers Wed, 30 Jan 2008 14:44:31 +0000 http://www.irishtimes.com/blogs/presenttense/2008/01/30/the-results-from-the-ballybunion-causus/#comment-4439 Was Elizabeth (the Virgin Mary's sister or something) known as the Auntie Christ? I'll get my coat. Was Elizabeth (the Virgin Mary’s sister or something) known as the Auntie Christ?

I’ll get my coat.

]]> By: Shane http://www.irishtimes.com/blogs/presenttense/2008/01/30/the-results-from-the-ballybunion-causus/#comment-4438 Shane Wed, 30 Jan 2008 14:39:28 +0000 http://www.irishtimes.com/blogs/presenttense/2008/01/30/the-results-from-the-ballybunion-causus/#comment-4438 Dan - You and your smart-arsed theological arguments. I believe there are several candidates for anti-Christ - the Pope, the EU (as personified by Dick Roche), George W Bush, Louis Walsh... (the latter, of course, is from a small town in Ireland) Dan - You and your smart-arsed theological arguments. I believe there are several candidates for anti-Christ - the Pope, the EU (as personified by Dick Roche), George W Bush, Louis Walsh… (the latter, of course, is from a small town in Ireland)

]]> By: Dan Sullivan http://www.irishtimes.com/blogs/presenttense/2008/01/30/the-results-from-the-ballybunion-causus/#comment-4435 Dan Sullivan Wed, 30 Jan 2008 14:33:55 +0000 http://www.irishtimes.com/blogs/presenttense/2008/01/30/the-results-from-the-ballybunion-causus/#comment-4435 Anti-Christs have to be candidates for Evil Overlord, I thought it was an inherited position. What is the nomination process? Anti-Christs have to be candidates for Evil Overlord, I thought it was an inherited position. What is the nomination process?

]]> By: Ivor http://www.irishtimes.com/blogs/presenttense/2008/01/30/the-results-from-the-ballybunion-causus/#comment-4431 Ivor Wed, 30 Jan 2008 13:38:50 +0000 http://www.irishtimes.com/blogs/presenttense/2008/01/30/the-results-from-the-ballybunion-causus/#comment-4431 Brock - that deserves an "Arf!" Brock - that deserves an “Arf!”

]]> By: Enda http://www.irishtimes.com/blogs/presenttense/2008/01/30/the-results-from-the-ballybunion-causus/#comment-4430 Enda Wed, 30 Jan 2008 13:28:55 +0000 http://www.irishtimes.com/blogs/presenttense/2008/01/30/the-results-from-the-ballybunion-causus/#comment-4430 Now to be fair Shane, the Antichirst did do a lot of good work for his local constituents,,,, Now to be fair Shane, the Antichirst did do a lot of good work for his local constituents,,,,

]]> By: Brock Landers http://www.irishtimes.com/blogs/presenttense/2008/01/30/the-results-from-the-ballybunion-causus/#comment-4428 Brock Landers Wed, 30 Jan 2008 12:57:51 +0000 http://www.irishtimes.com/blogs/presenttense/2008/01/30/the-results-from-the-ballybunion-causus/#comment-4428 Better than 'erection' I suppose. Better than ‘erection’ I suppose.

]]> By: Shane http://www.irishtimes.com/blogs/presenttense/2008/01/30/the-results-from-the-ballybunion-causus/#comment-4427 Shane Wed, 30 Jan 2008 12:56:29 +0000 http://www.irishtimes.com/blogs/presenttense/2008/01/30/the-results-from-the-ballybunion-causus/#comment-4427 Ivor - It is a word to describe a vote which has no actual impact in the campaign but which takes place on a bar stool in a corner of a separate continent. I used in preference to the other equally-apt words Prinary, Eleption or Vole. Ivor - It is a word to describe a vote which has no actual impact in the campaign but which takes place on a bar stool in a corner of a separate continent. I used in preference to the other equally-apt words Prinary, Eleption or Vole.

]]> By: Daddy Dec http://www.irishtimes.com/blogs/presenttense/2008/01/30/the-results-from-the-ballybunion-causus/#comment-4426 Daddy Dec Wed, 30 Jan 2008 12:40:49 +0000 http://www.irishtimes.com/blogs/presenttense/2008/01/30/the-results-from-the-ballybunion-causus/#comment-4426 Ivor, A caucus is a foot condition similar to a calluses or (bally)bunions. Ivor,

A caucus is a foot condition similar to a calluses or (bally)bunions.

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