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Originally Posted by Roryanimations
H the people he writes about, his friends and family in West Virginia,
Rory
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I'd like to point out that Winchester, Joe Bageant's home town, is in western Virginia, not West Virginia which is a completely separate state. West Virginia was part of Virginia prior to the American Civil War but broke off from Virginia in 1863. They stayed with the Union rather than join the Confederacy.
There are lots of Irish in West Virginia, Rory. Part of my own family moved there from County Cork back in the 1850s. If you ever get a chance to see an art film called "The Songcatcher" it's a great film about the Irish and their folk music in WV back in the 1920s.
