Thursday, January 15, 2009
It was more than luck that Maddy O’Connor and Bill Murphy met in Ireland just about a year ago on O’Connor’s study abroad semester in Ireland.
The local pub, the Old Oak, set the scene for the Irish couple, O’Connor says Murphy roped her in with his Irish accent. O’Connor and Murphy, both juniors at the time, laughed off the cultural differences by examining Murphy’s pronunciations and his use of slang terms.
Kansas City native and senior O’Connor considers herself Irish because of her great ancestors, but Murphy tells her otherwise. Having Irish ancestors doesn’t make you Irish per se, but who’s really checking, Murphy tells her.
Both families have welcomed the idea of a long distant relationship and are happy for the couple, but the logistics of what would happen if the two were to marry scares them: Who would live where? How do you get a Visa?
For now, the couple talks every day through Skype, web cams, and their cell phones, just as much as most couples do, O’Connor says. Every three months the two visit each other; the last visit was in Ireland over Christmas break.
It must be the luck of the Irish.
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