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  • Astonb6
    Astonb6 reacted to lmr3103's post in the thread Birmingham Irish with Appreciate Appreciate.
    Since Brexit it must have been very useful to have the Irish passport. My son who was living in Spain most of the time up until then had...
  • Astonb6
    Astonb6 reacted to Donbogen's post in the thread Birmingham Irish with Appreciate Appreciate.
    Yes i have a Irish Passport as well
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    Birmingham1965 reacted to catmum's post in the thread Henrys Stores with Appreciate Appreciate.
    Does anyone remember Henrys, a shop that was around in the '60s. It was where W.H.Smiths is now. Did anyone on the forum work there...
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    Donbogen replied to the thread Birmingham Irish.
    Yes i have a Irish Passport as well
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    Donbogen reacted to Astonb6's post in the thread Birmingham Irish with Appreciate Appreciate.
    Just before Brexit (we lived in Spain, and I thought it would be useful to have), I applied for an Irish passport, and I'm pleased and...
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    Donbogen replied to the thread Birmingham Irish.
    Got me Thinking now:rolleyes:
  • Astonb6
    Astonb6 replied to the thread Birmingham Irish.
    Just before Brexit (we lived in Spain, and I thought it would be useful to have), I applied for an Irish passport, and I'm pleased and...
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    Donbogen reacted to lmr3103's post in the thread Birmingham Irish with Appreciate Appreciate.
    Don I wonder if your DNA would be 50 /50..? It can’t be as simple as that I suppose.
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    Donbogen reacted to Astonb6's post in the thread Aston Villa May 2026 with Appreciate Appreciate.
    Given the short notice, that was a great turnout in town. I almost forgot what it was like to see Villa win some silverware, so I'm...
  • Astonb6
    Astonb6 reacted to Donbogen's post in the thread Birmingham Irish with Appreciate Appreciate.
    Im a Plastic Paddy Mum English Dad Irish/Cork
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    Donbogen replied to the thread Birmingham Irish.
    Im a Plastic Paddy Mum English Dad Irish/Cork
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    Donbogen reacted to Astonb6's post in the thread Birmingham Irish with Appreciate Appreciate.
    Born in Aston in 1954 to my Irish parents, who were married at Saint Chad's Cathedral in 1948, a few months ago I did the Ancestry DNA...
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    Donbogen reacted to lmr3103's post in the thread Birmingham Irish with Appreciate Appreciate.
    You’re definitely a pure bred! I’ve never heard of anyone that was 98 per cent anything! Apparently I’m a real mish mash from 8...
  • Astonb6
    Astonb6 replied to the thread Aston Villa May 2026.
    Given the short notice, that was a great turnout in town. I almost forgot what it was like to see Villa win some silverware, so I'm...
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    Donbogen reacted to Astonb6's post in the thread Birmingham Irish with Appreciate Appreciate.
    I think the 2% left is my English accent:laughing:
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