Word: connemara
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...does lend perspective, especially to a son of Connemara. "There's always a hunger, when you're young, to go from peak to peak and avoid the valleys. I had a pretty hilariously gloomy few years in the '70s. But today I'm quite at home wandering those valleys and occasionally climbing a peak." So does he regret anything? "No." An actor's delicious pause. "Well, sure. I'm not a French singer...
...ibbean because it was largely settled by Irish Roman Catholic refugees starting in 1632. Montserrat's blacks, now 90% of the population, have owned their land since the early 19th century. They are very much in command of Erin West, and as cheery as their Connemara cousins...