Tuesday, March 25, 2014
Friday, March 21, 2014
Monday, March 17, 2014
TO THOSE OF YOU WHO ARE A "WE BIT IRISH"
Wednesday, March 12, 2014
HUNGARIAN + IRISH? HERE'S SOME HISTORY!
MFA GOV - HUNGARIAN-IRISH RELATIONSHIPS EMBASSY OF HUNGARY IN IRELAND
"It is not widely known that Irish Hungarian relations date back to the Middle Ages, a surprising fact even though in those times one can talk about sporadic contacts between individuals rather than inter-state relations. In the 14th and 15th centuries two Hungarian pilgrims visited Saint Patrick's Purgatory at Lough Derg. The accounts of their visions in the Purgatory are exciting document of their times. In the mid 17th century Bishop Walter Lynch of Clonfert fled the Cromwellian troops and after a long journey through the Continent he found refuge at the Diocese of Győr in Hungary. A religious painting he gave to his host is still in the Cathedral of Győr and is respected as an important religious relic..."
"It is not widely known that Irish Hungarian relations date back to the Middle Ages, a surprising fact even though in those times one can talk about sporadic contacts between individuals rather than inter-state relations. In the 14th and 15th centuries two Hungarian pilgrims visited Saint Patrick's Purgatory at Lough Derg. The accounts of their visions in the Purgatory are exciting document of their times. In the mid 17th century Bishop Walter Lynch of Clonfert fled the Cromwellian troops and after a long journey through the Continent he found refuge at the Diocese of Győr in Hungary. A religious painting he gave to his host is still in the Cathedral of Győr and is respected as an important religious relic..."
Monday, March 3, 2014
I COULD KISS JUDY GUTH'S HUNGARIAN-AMERICAN FEET - SHE ONLY RENTS TO PEOPLE WITH PETS!
NORTH HOLLYWOOD PET LOVING LANDLORD STRIKES A CHORD full article including picture of Judy (where you can send good wishes, blessings, and love.)
Excerpt:
"I felt like Queen for a Day,” Judy Guth says, nailing the feeling exactly.
Last week’s column on this landlord who rents her North Hollywood apartments only to people with pets hit a nerve. More than 43,000 people from all over the country responded with a thumbs-up “like” online, and some 400 tweets and comments — with another hundred or so emailing after reading about Judy in their local paper.
All because the diminutive, soft-spoken 84-year-old Hungarian-born landlady has found in the 40 years she’s owned her 12-unit apartment building that people with pets make the best tenants...."
Excerpt:
"I felt like Queen for a Day,” Judy Guth says, nailing the feeling exactly.
Last week’s column on this landlord who rents her North Hollywood apartments only to people with pets hit a nerve. More than 43,000 people from all over the country responded with a thumbs-up “like” online, and some 400 tweets and comments — with another hundred or so emailing after reading about Judy in their local paper.
All because the diminutive, soft-spoken 84-year-old Hungarian-born landlady has found in the 40 years she’s owned her 12-unit apartment building that people with pets make the best tenants...."