A Little Bit of Everything

Daily writing prompt

What aspects of your cultural heritage are you most proud of or interested in?

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My family came to America from Ireland, and there’s nothing about Ireland I don’t want to see in the coming years. The music and food calls to me, and I have Fanagans across the country. How? I don’t really know. But thanks to the magic of WordPress stats, I know that Ireland loves me as much as I love it. 🙂

One of Angela’s patients told me that Lanagans are from county Wexford, but I don’t know if that’s where my grandfather tracked our family or not. I just remember her lovely Irish lilt when she said it.

I know that I’d want to go to Trinity College and see all the sights, but what really interests me about Ireland is just fitting into life for a few days. Going up to the pub and finding people with interesting stories. Singing with everyone to wind down the night.

It just sounds like a very chill vacation to go to Ireland and live like a local. Relax and soak in the social history of the place, perhaps seeing the same people every night so as to get to know them well.

I used to work in a pub, and I’m eager to find that atmosphere again. Perhaps I could bring “Lanagan’s Pub Chili” to Ireland the same way I brought it to Oregon…. by getting my name on the menu.

As I have always said, “the fact that my last name is Lanagan is really what sold it. I don’t think it would have worked out so well for me if my last name was Smith.”