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Chick O'Brien

Goodreads Author

Born

in Flushing, New York City, The United States

Website

http://publishedauthors.net/deirdreawomanfromcl...

Genre

History, Literature & Fiction, Romance

Influences

Many Irish writers, poets, shanachies.

Member Since

August 2009

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Born/raised in the same house in Flushing on "The Hill" near the World's Fair Grounds.
Spent 4 years in the Navy, every day a holiday, every meal a banguet.
Attended Queens College, sold vacuum cleaners and real estate.
Married 7/11/59, 50 years of unarmed combat,not a scratch on either of us.
Four children, ran for public office.
Moved to Ireland in '69. Fed up with Viet war. 1&1/2 years living/touring Europe.
Back in US, to Anna Maria Key,Florida.
Then to Va. Beach. Bought & fixed an old hunting lodge, w/20 acres on Back Bay. Created/ran LISHEEN, a Retreat and Seminar Center for 7 years.
To Gainesville, Fl. We had a double store where I sold real estate, wrote stories & Grace created artificial flowers & foliage. Moved to Orlando, Helped b ...more

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Chick O'Brien's Blog

ON THE PASSING OF TEDDY KENNEDY

He is in the ground and my time of weeping is almost over.
It's Sunday morning and the talk shows are playing the interviews all over again.

For me it began in 1960 with John Fitzgerald Kennedy running for president. He was one of us. Or more properly, I was one with him. We were American patriots. We were fierce Irish and we shared a Catholic faith handed down to us from our family. And we were D Read more of this blog post »

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Published on September 06, 2009 13:01 • Tags: kennedy, sen, ted

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	Deirdre: A Woman from Clare it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2009 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Deirdre: A Woman from Clare: it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2014 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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