Ian Humphreys
"I was born In Liverpool down by the docks etc.."
For those of you who don't know Liverpool has a rich Irish heritage - Scousers, as Liverpudlians are known, declare the city to be the capital of Ireland, north and south. You don't have to go to a generic "theme-pub" with an Emerald name to find an "Irish House" in the 'Pool.
This is no great surprise as Liverpool has been the gateway into England for the Irish for centuries. Ferries still run regularly between Liverpool and Dublin and Liverpool and Belfast.
Not only was 2008 the United Nations International Year of the Potato it was also the year that Liverpool donned the mantle as European City of Culture.
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