From: kehoea@parhasard.net   
      
    Ar an cúigiú lá is fiche de mí Méan Fómhair, scríobh Ross Clark:   
      
    > Irish planter and writer (1700-1796)   
      
   The Dictionary of Irish Biography documents that he “was born in Ireland but   
   there are no details about his early life; indeed the first record of his   
   existence is from 17 October 1750, when he married Sally (or Sarah) Hopkins   
   Osborn, a wealthy heiress with vast sugar estates in Bar(a)bados. Then residing   
   in London, [...]”   
      
   It’s a Presbyterian and Anglican surname in this country, mostly in the   
   North:   
      
   https://www.barrygriffin.com/surname-maps/irish/steele/   
      
   An unusual life, and an unusual interest.   
      
   --   
   ‘As I sat looking up at the Guinness ad, I could never figure out /   
   How your man stayed up on the surfboard after fourteen pints of stout’   
   (C. Moore)   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)