Americans living in Ireland

KTRIC · 21-03-2012 02:18PM

Millions of them came here during the famine and integrated into society.

Nothingbetter2d · 21-03-2012 02:30PM

when the brits banned fox hunting we exported our resident americans so the british toff's had something big n juicy to hunt.

JONJO THE MISER · 21-03-2012 03:34PM

My neighbours cat is American, Minnie they call her.

veloc123 · 21-03-2012 03:38PM

cloptrop wrote: »

My mate has about 3 yanks a day , he needs glasses and always has a sore wrist.

Harry Palmer is it...

swimming in a sea · 21-03-2012 03:51PM

Americans are full of ****, i knew one a few years ago in NUIG, he was a mature student he used to go on and on about how he was a big shot in America. Made it big in Hollywood and living in Beverly Hills........

Border-Rat · 21-03-2012 03:52PM

Any American I've met here has been courteous and very likeable. Not overbearing as I expected.

The King of Moo · 21-03-2012 03:58PM

swimming in a sea wrote: »

Americans are full of ****, i knew one a few years ago in NUIG, he was a mature student he used to go on and on about how he was a big shot in America. Made it big in Hollywood and living in Beverly Hills........

So based on that single person, all Americans are full of s**t?

I've known a few Americans in NUIG and Galway in general, and by and large they're the opposite of the stereotypical loud American tourists who want to pay in dollars all the time.

They're just regular folk who don't really stand out from the crowd.

Ignore if your post was meant as a joke, seeing as a mature American student who studied in NUIG now is a Hollywood actor.

Rented Mule · 21-03-2012 04:00PM

Killer Wench wrote: »

I'm Black American and I lived in Ireland. I was a student at TCD and there was another Black American in my course. Funny thing is, most Irish thought we were African, but the Africans pointed us out and said that we weren't anything like them.

I think that it was Bob Geldof who said 'Irish Americans are as Irish as African Americans are African'.

pragmatic1 · 21-03-2012 04:08PM

swimming in a sea wrote: »

Americans are full of ****, i knew one a few years ago in NUIG, he was a mature student he used to go on and on about how he was a big shot in America. Made it big in Hollywood and living in Beverly Hills........

Its like everywhere some are some arent. Loads of Irish people are full of it too. I will say the Americans I've encountered in Ireland have been well educated and extremely well mannered.

FTGFOP · 21-03-2012 04:11PM

swimming in a sea wrote: »

Americans are full of ****, i knew one a few years ago in NUIG, he was a mature student he used to go on and on about how he was a big shot in America. Made it big in Hollywood and living in Beverly Hills........

Martin Sheen, a great bunch of lad.

Dravokivich · 21-03-2012 04:12PM

swimming in a sea wrote: »

Americans are full of ****, i knew one a few years ago in NUIG, he was a mature student he used to go on and on about how he was a big shot in America. Made it big in Hollywood and living in Beverly Hills........

Martin Sheen?

The King of Moo · 21-03-2012 04:13PM

FTGFOP wrote: »

Martin Sheen, a great bunch of lad.

Dravokivich wrote: »

Martin Sheen?

I forgot about Martin Sheen! I was away the year he studied, my apologies to Swimming in a Sea.

FTGFOP · 21-03-2012 04:14PM

The King of Moo wrote: »

So based on that single person, all Americans are full of s**t?

I've known a few Americans in NUIG and Galway in general, and by and large they're the opposite of the stereotypical loud American tourists who want to pay in dollars all the time.

They're just regular folk who don't really stand out from the crowd.

Ignore if your post was meant as a joke, seeing as a mature American student who studied in NUIG now is a Hollywood actor.

Nearly said you were trolled but then I read your last sentence. I think your last sentence is cheating, imho.

The King of Moo · 21-03-2012 04:28PM

FTGFOP wrote: »

Nearly said you were trolled but then I read your last sentence. I think your last sentence is cheating, imho.

I'll hold my hands up and admit I put it there to cover my arse!

Something was nagging me, telling me that it was meant as a joke and it was based in reality, but I couldn't figure out who he might be talking about (I thought of Zachary Quinto buy he only became famous after studying in NUIG).

So I had my suspicions, but I bit anyway!

FTGFOP · 21-03-2012 04:45PM

Didn't know about Zachary Quinto. It's mental to me, for some reason, that he worked in a coffee shop in Galway. (Why did they have to wreck Sylar?! That show was brilliant till they did that.)

I think Sheen looks thoroughly Irish whenever he's photographed in Ireland (must be the light). When I see photos of him going around Galway like a regular Joe he reminds me of my uncle.

The King of Moo · 21-03-2012 04:50PM

FTGFOP wrote: »

Didn't know about Zachary Quinto. It's mental to me, for some reason, that he worked in a coffee shop in Galway. (Why did they have to wreck Sylar?! That show was brilliant till they did that.)

I think Sheen looks thoroughly Irish whenever he's photographed in Ireland (must be the light). When I see photos of him going around Galway like a regular Joe he reminds me of my uncle.

Martin Sheen is one of the most Irish-looking celebrities ever. It's hard to believe he was christened Ramón Antonio Gerardo Estévez

!

Zachary Quinto is harder to imagine studying in NUIG as he doesn't look like the type of person you'd see on Shop Street on an overcast, blustery, drizzly Thursday afternoon!

Orando Broom · 21-03-2012 04:54PM

swimming in a sea wrote: »

Americans are full of ****, i knew one a few years ago in NUIG, he was a mature student he used to go on and on about how he was a big shot in America. Made it big in Hollywood and living in Beverly Hills........

Agreed, I've never met a bullshítting Irishman. Ever.

Orando Broom · 21-03-2012 04:56PM

The King of Moo wrote: »

I always see lots round Galway, particularly round college, and in particular during the summer when they come to study. There was a Californian guy in my class when I did my masters here.

Zachary Quinto, who plays Spock in the new Star Trek and was Sylar in Heroes, studied in Galway a few years back and worked in Java, a coffee shop in the city centre.

Bon Iver, singer-songwriter, also lived here a few years back (not sure if he was studying) and worked in a Vodafone shop in the Eyre Square Centre.

Bon Iver are a band, FYI. Perhaps it was Justin Vernon you refer to.

The King of Moo · 21-03-2012 04:58PM

Orando Broom wrote: »

Bon Iver are a band, FYI. Perhaps it was Justin Vernon you refer to.

It is. I call him personally Bon Iver as he has a bonny head and looks like an Ivor.

He also reminds me of that guy Jamiroquai...

muddled1 · 04-05-2012 12:00PM

Hazys wrote: »

What do you expect them to be doing? Running up and down the street chanting U-S-A! U-S-A! America No1! while firing their guns into the air or something?

Because you know some are not like that and most would likely fit easily into Irish society unnoticed except for a strange accent.

Cripes! You read my mind.

Oh yeah, count me in. Some of us are very quiet. That's why stereotyoes don't work. :eek:

Stiffler2 · 04-05-2012 12:50PM

uln wrote: »

It came up in conversation with some friends recently that Americans in Ireland live a very quiet existence. Apparently there may be up to 15,000 of them here but we struggled to name more than a handful beyond Des Bishop.

Who are we forgetting about?

The reason we don't know who they are is because they are probably going around telling everyone they're Irish........

FergusODowd · 04-05-2012 12:54PM

Stiffler2 wrote: »

The reason we don't know who they are is because they are probably going around telling everyone they're Irish........

Since when did you have to have an Irish accent to be Irish ?

BraziliaNZ · 04-05-2012 12:57PM

I'd imagine there are tonnes of nerds on boards who's weirdo American wives/girlfriends come from America having met in a World of Warcraft chatroom or something?

PrincessLola · 04-05-2012 01:00PM

FergusODowd wrote: »

Since when did you have to have an Irish accent to be Irish ?

Out of curiosity what is the criteria for being Irish?

Stiffler2 · 04-05-2012 01:00PM

FergusODowd wrote: »

Since when did you have to have an Irish accent to be Irish ?

Oh you don't

ROFLMFAO ?

did I mention I am japansese ?

In fact, just stick an X on my birth cert and I can be from where ever I choose

again - lol

if that's the case then we're all africans, simple as....

PrincessLola · 04-05-2012 01:02PM

Stiffler2 wrote: »

Oh you don't

ROFLMFAO ?

did I mention I am japansese ?

In fact, just stick an X on my birth cert and I can be from where ever I choose

again - lol

if that's the case then we're all africans, simple as....

PEOPLE CAN IDENTIFY WITH WHATEVER NATIONALALITY THEY LIKE.

I, for one, am Swedish.

biko · 04-05-2012 01:06PM

PrincessLola wrote: »

Out of curiosity what is the criteria for being Irish?

It's more than getting an Irish passport anyway.

Kolido · 04-05-2012 01:06PM

Ronan O'Gara?

FergusODowd · 04-05-2012 01:08PM

Stiffler2 wrote: »

Oh you don't

ROFLMFAO ?

did I mention I am japansese ?

In fact, just stick an X on my birth cert and I can be from where ever I choose

again - lol

if that's the case then we're all africans, simple as....

I was born in Ireland, I have Irish citizenship, I was brought up abroad, I now live in Ireland and pay Irish taxes, but I don't have an Irish accent.

So I'll ask again, why do you have to have an Irish accent to be Irish ?

dlofnep · 04-05-2012 01:10PM

I love the auld Yanks. A great bunch of lads.

Americans living in Ireland

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