tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6574308.post-56665492229737138912008-01-11T13:45:00.000-08:002008-01-11T13:49:42.976-08:00Pete Hamill on Ireland, John Kennedy, and FathersNovember 22, 1963
By Pete Hamill
That day I was in Ireland, in the dark hard Northern city of Belfast, with the fine wire of the winter rain driving in sheets from the roiled sea. Along the Falls Road, women in shawls bent into the punishing November wind, like damp mobile bundles. The men stood in the beery warmth of the BeeHive pub, or the Rock Bar, their faces raw, caps pulled down hard, Mikehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01260312051785408816noreply@blogger.com