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...same time, however, souvenir hunters rushed into the outback by Jeep, Land Rover and even chartered aircraft. Some were quick to claim they had found debris from the fallen craft, including a large cylindrical object and several small fragments. Old-timers were reminded of the giddy days when Irishman Paddy Hannan found gold nuggets near Kalgoorlie just before the turn of the century, touching off a similar treasure hunt...
...Among the best: Inter-Continental's La Perouse (where the resident harp player is truly named Holly Angel), Wailea Beach's Raffles, Robaire's, Kimo's and Chez Paul, a French bistro in a beat-up storefront near Lahaina that is owned by a Boston Irishman named Paul Kirk (fortunately, his French wife Fernanda presides over the stove...
...also got rid of the snakes that plagued the farmers in the rocky Irish countryside, and the way he did that also showed some imagination. He brought in pigs--everyone knows snakes are afraid of pigs, or at least every Irishman knows that. And now you'll seldom see a snake in Ireland, except maybe at the bottom of a few glasses...
...have to worry too much abou feeling out-of-place. Leprechaun Imports sells most of its stock of shot glasses decorated with maps of Ireland and kelly green track sneakers to tourists, and the lady behind the counter swore she had just gotten off the phone with an Irishman in Los Angeles who was interested in a South Boston warm-up suit...
...middle-aged Irishman bids his father's ghost adieu, but the ghost kicks up his heels in witty, wise and mischievous ways. A medal should be struck for every member of a marvelous cast headed by Barnard Hughes...