| The Irish Connection Second Edition February 09, 2007 |
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| Failte! Welcome back to the second edition of the McNamara’s in Ireland. The clan is doing well and has really settled quite nicely in Ireland. We are going about our daily routines just as if we were in the states. For example every morning, I check my e-mail, Becky makes her coffee, Emily and Bridget watch Pokemon, Grace has her Nestle Chocolate Milk (Can anybody really say chocolate milk besides Chris Mac?), and Maeve has her Barn (Barney the lovable purple dinosaur). So as you can see more we change the more we stay the same. |
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| We have been exploring the Greater Dublin area. One of our favorite towns is a small fishing village called Howth, which is located on the end of the DART (train) line. Howth has a long pier that you can take nice long walks on. It is home to many nice restaurants one of which we had dinner at called Casa Pasta. It is also home to one of Ireland’s best golf shops called McGuirks. I purchased some raingear there for the golf outing in September. |
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Speaking
of golf, I have been playing a few courses so far. I played the K
Club, which is the site of the 2005 Ryder Cup. It is Ireland’s
premier golf course and resort. I prefer the links courses myself. I
shot 91, which is fair but was good enough for 15 skins. I also played Luttrellstown
golf course in an Insurance brokers outing. Those insurance guys are
wild and crazy. I will not divulge what I shot for fear of handicap
retribution. The
GSX project is moving along rapidly we have just hired our 14th
person. His name is Paul Jones and is not the Paul Tudor Jones of
trading fame. Everybody we have hired so far has been great. So far we
have hired Americans, Brits, or Irish, so it makes for some great
conversations. July 4th was particularly fun in the office
being Americans. We picked on the Brits for losing and cajole the Irish
for not knowing how to beat the Brits. It is all in good fun. I
had a business trip in London last week and I brought the family with
me. I had meetings in London with some prospective sports traders. One
of them included the infamous Bill “Hoop” Russell. I will include
some pictures in the next update. Needless to say we had a smashing good
time. If you are ever traveling to Europe I would advocate Lastminute.com
for cheap hotel rates at marquee hotels. I
just received my new Digital Camera, Kodak DC280, so will see how that
goes with the pictures for the website. We are off to the Wild West of
Ireland for the week. Update to follow. If
you want to email Becky and the girls, you can email them at celticyanks@hotmail.com
Here are some more pictures I took with the new digital camera. |
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So long America, we miss you. |
