Robbie Robinson ([email protected])
Sun, 13 Dec 1998 09:03:39 -0800
Hi again,
Yes, very true.
Let's see, If my memeory serves me right, as I understand it:
Larry is Dublin Catholic Irish, but Bono would sometimes
razz him as that damn Viking because the Blond hair gene
in the Irish came from the Viking raiders and settlers.
Bono's father was Dublin Catholic Irish and his mother's
family was Prodestant Irish that had been in Dublin so
damm long it didn't matter.
Edge's family is from Wales (hey, they're a Celtic people, too)
and Prodestant and they brought him to Dublin when he was
less than a year old. Last time I read in, I think, Flanagan's
book, he was going through custom's faster than the other
members entering Britian because he had a British Passport,
so he wasn't an Irish Citizen at that time although that
might have changed by now.
Adam has Irish citizenship because he was put through the
mill at customs like Larry and Bono. His parents were
British, although they spent a lot of time in other countries.
Adam lived in some African country as a small child until
they settled in Dublin when he was about 4 or 5 so he never
really lived in Great Britian and once said he felt not
connection with it.
No matter what their familie's background in religion, they
are all non-denominational when it comes to religion.
>From what I've read, they'll pop into any church that they
come across when they feel a need for a bit of a God fix :)
In the Irish writer John Water's great book, U2-Race of Angels,
he considered U2 as the perfect example of what Ireland is
today. There are many people of not "purely" Irish background
that are Irish and proud to identify themselves as such.
Robbie
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