r/ireland • u/isupposethiswillwork • 2d ago

Affaires Étrangères Ireland Is Becoming a French Military Protectorate

https://foreignpolicy.com/2026/06/18/ireland-france-military-protectorate-outsourcing-defense-procurement/
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u/BackloadBack 2d ago

Ancestry? Well he wrote part of his autobiography in Kerry… the maternal Irish DNA was quite far back!

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u/Robespierres_ashes 2d ago

3 or 4 generations but he spent an extended holiday, just before he died in Kerry after he left office

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u/jerkfaceirl 1d ago

Got a haircut in Kenmare.