I could tell about myself. I could tell you of the wars, emigration, pain and suffering my people have faced. I could tell you about the first time I saw my brother smile. I could tell of the pain and abuse I suffered at the hands of the Church. My time as a country has been short when compared to many of my counterparts. But were it not for the pain, were it not for the abuses suffered, of the injustices served, I would not be here as I am, or at all.
I am Ireland, the 26 county republic lying to both the North and South of the region of the U.k. known as Northern Ireland. I am not, nor was I Hibernia, Eiru or a "United Ireland". That was and is my Father. Though finding him is quite the task, last I heard, he was knocking about a late bar somewhere in Scotland. I'm not here to talk to you about him though. I could tell you about him, but that's not for today. I'm the only girl in the British Isles and the only one to gain full independence from the U.k. which makes me the black sheep of these isles simply because I'm as British as Canada is American.
All you need to know is that right now, I'm not doing well economically. And that the weather is really fecking shite here. Seriously, it's April and I had to defrost m car this morning. It snowed on Saint Paddy's day and me brothers losing sheep and livestock. I spent most of last week helping him feed his sheep from a helicopter. It was unbelievable. I mean lads it's spring for Christs sake you'd expect the world to keep with the calender.
My human name's Elbha-Mary Kelly. To most I'm simply Ireland, friends call me Molly and enemies call me misfortune. There are many things I could let you know about me, but you're not gonna find out any sort of straight answers so I'm afraid you're just going to have to put up with that. I do have reddish blonde okay gingerish hair and I burst into flames with exposed to the sun for any length of time, well that's at least what it feels like. My eyes are blue to the left and green to the right. Recently I seemed to have developed a fear of real estate agents and I refuse to go for walks in the country side with out some sort of branch to break in case badger crosses my path.