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A brief note on the history of the McCormacks:

McCormack is a common surname in Eire and is distributed widely throughout the four provinces. Although there was a small sept of the name in County Longford, in most cases the name appeared independently where individuals took their fathers' christian name, "Cormac." In the sixteenth century the McCormacks were leading gentry in Cork. During the Elizabethan Wars a McCormack raised a large force to help Desmond or the Munster branch of the Fitzgeralds.

Sample a wee bit of Irish culture:

• Teach yourself Irish Gaelic
• Learn to sing an Irish Tune or two
• Read some traditional Irish Blessings or some Irish Toasts
• Try some Irish Recipes
• Take a tour of Virtual Ireland, for it may be as close as you ever get to that blessed isle!

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May the sun shine warm upon your face,
And rains fall soft upon your fields.
And until we meet again,
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