Thank you. Same to you. In regard to my grandma, I find it interesting that even though she lived in the early eighteen hundreds, she was married to a white man. Wouldn't think that was too common back then. I also wonder how well they, and their children, were received in the community, and if the fact that she was a "free woman" from Ireland made any difference as to whether or not she was the victim of racism.
If she lived in Ireland it is probable she was considered a curiousity and not treated too badly. There were none of the factors which fueled racism here present there. No economic threat to the lower classes since there were few blacks there, no fear of miscegenation on a large scale, probably no great cultural differences, etc.