Tag: Mary Downey

Luck of the Irish: Drunken Lass Survives Being Run Over By Three Subway Cars

There’s an old Irish proverb that states, “God invented whiskey so the Irish wouldn’t rule the world.” Well, it also looks like God invented whiskey to help drunk Irish women survive getting run over by subway trains as well. Early Sunday morning, 22-year-old Irish immigrant Mary Downey fulfilled nearly every archaic stereotype about the Irish as she drunkenly staggered into the 49th Street… Read more →