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Why do Americans want to be Irish?

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  • #32
    Dudess
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    owenc wrote: »
    They all do..
    Wow, you know what every single American claiming Irish ancestry thinks?!


  • #33
    WindSock
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    Dudess wrote: »
    I was giving it as a sample of something that's yawnsomely trotted out by those with an inferiority complex over and over and over and over 'round these parts...

    Whatever...Dudess has the painters in! :p


  • #34
    Biggins
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    Sykk wrote: »
    So why do Americans want to be Irish?

    A small percentage a number of years back (from the era of terrorist "Carlos" onwards) wanted to be Irish from a security point of view alone.
    Those with Irish passports used to be safer than those with American passports if they were kidnapped, held hostage on a plane or otherwise at risk security-wise.


  • #35
    owenc
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    Dudess wrote: »
    Wow, you know what every single American claiming Irish ancestry thinks?!

    Yes because when you talk to them about the troubles they blame the unionists and praise the ira!:mad:


  • #36
    Lux23
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,134 ✭✭✭Lux23


    Because its slightly better than being Italian.


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  • #37
    moonpurple
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    WindSock wrote: »
    Whatever...Dudess has the painters in! :p



    is that a code for something? I don't follow


  • #38
    youllneverknow
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 417 ✭✭youllneverknow


    because they are of irish ancestry does not make them irish. have they a birth cert from ireland, have they a passport, can they find ireland on the map, can they speak irish no i dont think they can do that.

    because there great great great granda was irish doesnt make them irish


  • #39
    soundbyte
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 445 ✭✭soundbyte


    In a bar in Mexico ...

    American girl overhears me talking.

    Her: Hey, you're Irish.

    Me: I am to be shuuure.

    Her: I'm Irish too.

    Me: Ya, whereabouts are you from?

    Her: Iowa.


  • #40
    Dudess
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    owenc wrote: »
    Yes because when you talk to them about the troubles they blame the unionists and praise the ira!:mad:
    Wow, you've met every single American claiming Irish ancestry ever?! :eek:


  • #41
    Snowie
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    welll a lot of rish did go over there, i think its do with lack of there own history/culture....


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  • #42
    moonpurple
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    WindSock wrote: »
    Whatever...Dudess has the painters in! :p

    are you redecorating dudess?


  • #43
    Speak Now
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,774 ✭✭✭Speak Now


    It's probably a lot easier for an American to claim Irish descent than native american Indian descent :pac:


  • #44
    danbohan
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    owenc wrote: »
    Yes because when you talk to them about the troubles they blame the unionists and praise the ira!:mad:


    yes , its one area of history that americans have got correct !!!. maybe they do it because they have a inbuilt sense of justice and like to oppose biggoted prehistoric and rasist ideas you spout on a regular basis ??


  • #45
    owenc
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    Snow-Monkey wrote: »
    welll a lot of rish did go over there, i think its do with lack of there own history/culture....

    and apparently germans are the most common ancestry to have their, but i don't see many claiming to have german ancestry.


  • #46
    owenc
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    danbohan wrote: »
    yes , its one area of history that americans have got correct !!!. maybe they do it because they have a inbuilt sense of justice and like to oppose biggoted prehistoric and rasist ideas you spout on a regular basis ??

    YOUR EVIL! how dare you praise that horrible organisation!:mad:


  • #47
    stovelid
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    To mod feedforward?


  • #48
    recylingbin
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    Because they're not from D4.


  • #49
    Snowie
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    owenc wrote: »
    and apparently germans are the most common ancestry to have their, but i don't see many claiming to have german ancestry.


    thats true, but i beleave a lot of irish, moved there in the famon so thats were my post came from....


  • #50
    admiralofthefleet
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    i was watching wife swap last week (the girlfriends idea, not mine) and there was an american bint that loved her irish roots, she was embarrasing. she was showing the crew around the house at the start and showed them a failte sign, she said to them 'this means welcome and is pronounced felt'. i shuddered


  • #51
    CrackisWhack
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    Identity Crisis!


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  • #52
    Killer Pigeon
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    Because Americans have no culture.


  • #53
    owenc
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    admiralofthefleet wrote: »
    i was watching wife swap last week (the girlfriends idea, not mine) and there was an american bint that loved her irish roots, she was embarrasing. she was showing the crew around the house at the start and showed them a failte sign, she said to them 'this means welcome and is pronounced felt'. i shuddered

    Yeah and the funny thing is their family have been their 400 years, i mean if i started doing scottish things i would look really stupid and feel like an idiot so why do they do it.


  • #54
    owenc
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    Killer Pigeon wrote: »
    Because Americans have no culture.

    Yes they do native americans.


  • #55
    fontanalis
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    Does anyone think this might be down to the irish people themsleves that emigrated in the first place? Go to any of the major cities and you'll see irish areas that look like they were dropped in from ireland so it may be down to Irish people instilling into their children where they're from and it gets passed down the generations. And it's no more embarassing than some Irish people claiming JFK was Irish.


  • #56
    danbohan
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    fontanalis wrote: »
    Does anyone think this might be down to the irish people themsleves that emigrated in the first place? Go to any of the major cities and you'll see irish areas that look like they were dropped in from ireland so it may be down to Irish people instilling into their children where they're from and it gets passed down the generations. And it's no more embarassing than some Irish people claiming JFK was Irish.

    true
    why would anybody have a problem with it ?


  • #57
    The_Kew_Tour
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 34,748 ✭✭✭✭The_Kew_Tour


    Lets just go to war with the Americans is what I say

    Oh wait a minute.

    EVENFLOW



  • #58
    bonerm
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    adrian280582 wrote: »
    Lets just go to war with the Americans is what I say

    You don't go to war with America. America goes to war with you. That's why they have a $680billion "defence" budget.


  • #59
    The_Kew_Tour
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    bonerm wrote: »
    You don't go to war with America. America goes to war with you. That's why they have a $680billion "defence" budget.


    about same amount we are in debt.

    EVENFLOW



  • #60
    BumbleB
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,599 ✭✭✭BumbleB


    adrian280582 wrote: »
    Lets just go to war with the Americans is what I say

    Oh wait a minute.

    With bilhooks and supersoakers?.


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  • #61
    fontanalis
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    danbohan wrote: »
    true
    why would anybody have a problem with it ?

    Because alot of the time the reaction to Americans being interested in their Irish roots is laughed off as stupid Americans where the issue arises with irish people in the US.


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