The Irish have been rich contributors to our culture with great writers, musicians, playwrights and poets.  But what might be considered Ireland’s greatest gift is the most recent example of the peaceful coexistence between Sinn Fein and the Irish Republican Army factions with the unionists and Northern Ireland.  Bitter strife took the lives of many innocent women and children and blood spilled on the streets.  Now there is a brokered peaceful coexistence and a recognition that there is more to life that hating ones brother.  Significant credit can go to our own Congressman Jim Walsh for this.  If the Irish can bridge this gap of hatred, why can’t the Jews and Palestinians, the Sunni and the Shiites. There is an example here that is worth understanding.