[Little Bill]

I have been working on this since I first spoke to you about it two years ago. I spent an hour on the Phone with her today and finally got her to agree. I was married to a Polack for 27 years and as thick headed as she and my kids can be, getting her agreement was difficult.

To her Black Irish are Protestants. It was tough to convince her that Black Irish are something else genetically

[Jimmy Valentine]

"To her Black Irish are Protestants"

It was always my understanding that the "Black Irish" were descended from those survivors of the Spanish Armada that came ashore after their ships foundered off the Irish coast. They are darker, tend to have black hair and some dark eyes although bright blue eyes are found too.