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Please excuse the mess. I'm in the process of changing over my website to http://proudtobeirish.wordpress.com. Come and visit me!
Come visit my new network at http://keepitirish.ning.com and my Proud to be Irish Blog at http://theladyinthemistmusicblog.wordpress.com
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| Please excuse the mess. I'm in the process of changing over my website to http://proudtobeirish.wordpress.com. Come and visit me! Come visit my new network at http://keepitirish.ning.com and my Proud to be Irish Blog at http://theladyinthemistmusicblog.wordpress.com |
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Cead Mile Failte means ‘One Hundred Thousand Welcomes’ in Irish. This is the Eamonn McGirr website. Here you will learn about Eamonn’s life, his music, his restaurant – “Eamonn’s” and his radio program, Proud to be Irish as well as a calendar of events and a forum. After his death, Eamonn’s wife, Mary and daughter Mareena now host the radio program in his honor. With their unique brand of humour and trivia as well as Mareena’s Pick of the Week, the ‘M and M’ Girls are countinuing Eamonn’s legacy. Also here are links to Mary’s artwork, Irish song lyrics, Irish Top Tens, and links to lots of Irish websites. Please browse around and see everything there is to offer. Feel free to leave a comment here or on our Guestbook. Don’t forget to tell all your friends also! For more information on Eamonn’s last CD, ‘The Bravest’, commemorating the bravery of the New York firefighters on 9/11 click on the Eamonn’s Music page.
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Eamonn McGirr was born in Derry, Northern Ireland. He taught advanced Mathematics in Belfast before becoming a full-time Irish entertainer. With four chart successes under his belt (one of them ‘Up Went Nelson’ sitting in the number one slot for six weeks) he eventually came to America with his wife and daughter twenty years ago. 
In January, 1996, Eamonn broke the World Record for Non-Stop Singing and sang for a total of 11 days 20 minutes. This record will undoubtedly stand for many a day. His efforts brought in thousands of dollars for the Center For Disability Services in Albany. It was not only featured constantly on local television, but also went national and international on the Today Show and Inside Edition.
Then tragedy struck. In November 1996, just over nine short months later after the World Record Eamonn himself became permanently disabled after a terrible fall and is now quadriplegic. After a long and courageous fight, Eamonn passed away on Monday, June 14th, 2004. However, his tremendous spirit lives on. *****
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Be not sorrowful when I die.
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Be not sorrowful when I die.
I have fought a hard, bitter battle.
The peace of rest is mine.
Earned through pain and suffering.
Be not sad, for the prize of peace is finally mine.
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