Challenge:
A red-haired woman with the very Irish name of Bridie Flynn arrives in Cork.
In conversation with locals they say, you must be Irish?!
She replies…
The Challenge Response:
‘I am Irish - in my bones, my blood and hair, as you can see. I have the features of my father who has the face and stature of the Flynns.
I come from a line of fighters - fighters for survival.
My Great, great, great grandfather’s family of eight (like others) was struggling with hunger in the ‘Great Famine’ of Ireland.