All Discussions Tagged 'Kildare' - The Wild Geese2024-03-28T23:03:56Zhttps://thewildgeese.irish/forum/topic/listForTag?tag=Kildare&feed=yes&xn_auth=noAn Irish Wake -- For the Living! Great idea, or Premature?tag:thewildgeese.irish,2013-04-25:6442157:Topic:180622013-04-25T16:12:51.003ZGerry Reganhttps://thewildgeese.irish/profile/ger_regan
<blockquote><p><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Mo4S9GtGKuY/Tz5gSlPdLJI/AAAAAAAAHXQ/gVV2V17q87M/s1600/021812_Irish_wake.jpg" target="_blank"><img class="align-left" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Mo4S9GtGKuY/Tz5gSlPdLJI/AAAAAAAAHXQ/gVV2V17q87M/s1600/021812_Irish_wake.jpg?width=300" style="padding: 5px;" width="300"></img></a> Tom Mee (87), a Colorado man whose family trace their roots to County Cork, had heard a lot about traditional <a href="http://www.irishcentral.com/roots/The-truth-about-the-Irish-wake-lewd--songs-pranks-were-part-of-the-tradition-174087771.html">Irish wakes</a> from his grandparents and had always wished he could be present at his own. On…</p>
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<blockquote><p><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Mo4S9GtGKuY/Tz5gSlPdLJI/AAAAAAAAHXQ/gVV2V17q87M/s1600/021812_Irish_wake.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Mo4S9GtGKuY/Tz5gSlPdLJI/AAAAAAAAHXQ/gVV2V17q87M/s1600/021812_Irish_wake.jpg?width=300" width="300" style="padding: 5px;" class="align-left"/></a>Tom Mee (87), a Colorado man whose family trace their roots to County Cork, had heard a lot about traditional <a href="http://www.irishcentral.com/roots/The-truth-about-the-Irish-wake-lewd--songs-pranks-were-part-of-the-tradition-174087771.html">Irish wakes</a> from his grandparents and had always wished he could be present at his own. On Monday night, Clancy’s pub in Athy, County Kildare, made his dream come true, he attended his own “<a href="https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=177220562433483&set=a.102695719885968.4791.102682206553986&type=1&theater" target="_blank">fake wake</a>”, casket, musicians and all. (Picture left, courtesy of IrishCentral, in not a depiction of Tom Mee's 'wake.')</p>
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<p><span>Read more: <a href="http://www.irishcentral.com/news/-Irish-American-family-host-a-fake-wake-for-father-during-fun-filled-vacation-204651641.html#ixzz2RUXYxtD9">http://www.irishcentral.com/news/-Irish-American-family-host-a-fake-wake-for-father-during-fun-filled-vacation-204651641.html#ixzz2RUXYxtD9</a> <br/></span><strong><br/>What do you all think about Tom Mee's party? If money was no object, would you go this route at some point -- while you are in a position to better enjoy your own 'wake'?</strong></p>