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Drahthaardogs

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21. Actually,

Reply to Boudica the Lyoness (Reply #6)

Sun Mar 18, 2012, 06:06 PM

Mar 2012

He was a Roman. His father was Calpurnius and his mother Conchessa. His father was a Roman army officer, his mother was the niece of St. Martin of Tours and grew up near what today would bet the Austrian border with Italy.

So, if he was anything, he was an Italian (like most good things in life)

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Wont happen OPOS Mar 2012 #2

I disagree. It may take the next 100 years but Ireland will be united. Loudmxr Mar 2012 #3

100 vs. 800 OPOS Mar 2012 #18

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Again... OPOS Mar 2012 #22

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ironic a English person telling people to butt out. Sea-Dog Mar 2012 #11

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