O'really?
In Chicago Chicago, city, United States
Chicago (shĭkä`gō, shĭkô`gō), city (1990 pop. 2,783,726), seat of Cook co., NE Ill., on Lake Michigan; inc. 1837. , it is believed that politicians with Irish surnames
have long been voters' preferred candidates. But Illinois Illinois, river, United States
Illinois, river, 273 mi (439 km) long, formed by the confluence of the Des Plaines and Kankakee rivers, NE Ill., and flowing SW to the Mississippi at Grafton, Ill. It is an important commercial and recreational waterway. has
recently taken action to deter adept politicians from changing their
surnames to O'Hara O’Hara
Scarlett hot-tempered heroine-coquette who wooed Southern Gentlemen. [Am. Lit.: Gone With The Wind]
See : Flirtatiousness
O’Hara
Scarlett marriages to three other men fail to dim her love for Ashley Wilkes. or Fitzpatrick Fitzpatrick may refer to several different people or places or things: People
- Fitzpatrick (name), a surname of Irish-origin
- Brian Mac Giolla Phádraig (1585-c.
for political advantage. A new
law requires candidates who have changed their names within three years
of an election to include a "formerly known as" line at the
ballot. The law excuses candidates who changed their names due to
marriage, divorce or adoption. Now, those running for office will have
to do so with only the luck of the Irish and not necessarily the name of
them.
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