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Old Posted Aug 26, 2020, 10:34 PM
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Originally Posted by Docere View Post
In Canada, the Conservative Party just picked a military veteran who ran an "angry man" campaign railing against "cancel culture", CBC bias, cracking down on Indigenous protesters etc. named Erin O'Toole to be their national leader.. I don't think I've encountered an American male "Erin" - do men have names like Erin in Irish American communities"? There were actually two male Erins in the last Parliament.
Sure they do. I don't know what you mean by "like Erin" but my nephew is an Aidan, his mother being obsessed with the family's Irish roots.

I just checked, though and "There are 245,868 people in the U.S. with the first name Erin. Statistically the 290th most popular first name." (Source: http://howmanyofme.com/people/Erin_Gray/ ).

But here's the sad part: All over San Francisco there are Irish style pubs shuttered by COVID. Makes you want to cry.
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