It has been a right minute, but health and life and this pandemic thing has really cut into my blogging capabilities. Not to mention, Texas was hammered by a winter storm, during which I spent 2 nights in a hospital. So things have been fraught!
But, this is a significant day for the Irish, Irish-lovers, and Irishesque, of which I am one. I'm kind of glad the marches are off for today, because there's only so much one can take of stereotypes... Some information out there actually calls Lionel "Irish-American", though I don't think he'd necessarily have said that given dad's very much Englishness (irishamericanjourney.com, I'm looking at you).
So here is some completely unrelated Irish pictures with a Barrymore leaning, including the following ruin of a castle:
Barrymore Castle in Castlelyons Parish (tyvm pinterest)
There are "Earls of Barrymore" from what is now Cork, though unrelated to Lionel and family. It's quite possible earlier ancestors at least were aware of the earls!
And in the same parish, a Barrymore mausoleum--happy St. Patrick's Day!
