Americans living in Ireland

wilkie2006 · 04-05-2012 01:13PM

I love AH! A random thread has turned into an audit of all the Americans living in Ireland. This might be the least precise census ever. It's brilliant!

Eh, yea, we've got one here in the village and my sister's husband saw one in Dublin. Eh... right, so that's two. Ah, don't worry we'll count them all. So who else found some?..."

tiredcity wrote: »

We have a few in college.

MarkR wrote: »

I'm here. With a job. And an Irish wife. Put that in your pipe and smoke it.

minidazzler wrote: »

A Barman in the Bodhran in Cork is American, he's sound. My friends mam is American and he and his sisters all hold passports so that's 6. I know a Psychologist working here who is American. A fair number of staff in American Multi-nationals are Americans living here.

I know dozens of American students from the last 3 years or so.

I Heart Internet wrote: »

I know a black american guy in the place where I work. .

Killer Wench wrote: »

I'm Black American and I lived in Ireland..

Orando Broom wrote: »

My wife is an American. BOO YAH!

housetypeb wrote: »

My kids are American,as was my late wife.

grundie wrote: »

My wife is American.

Balmed Out · 04-05-2012 01:25PM

I come accross loads of American's, nice people. I wonder how many of the 15000 are really just Irish people who spent the first few years living in the States.

oden · 04-05-2012 01:28PM

eth0 wrote: »

They came over here for a bit of peace and quiet. Let them be

Exactly :pac:

oden · 04-05-2012 01:29PM

wilkie2006 wrote: »

I love AH! A random thread has turned into an audit of all the Americans living in Ireland. This might be the least precise census ever. It's brilliant!

Eh, yea, we've got one here in the village and my sister's husband saw one in Dublin. Eh... right, so that's two. Ah, don't worry we'll count them all. So who else found some?..."

I gave 2 directions earlier,don't forget them

Duggys Housemate · 04-05-2012 01:38PM

So we have counted about 10 Americans, in this thread who live, or have lived in Ireland.

Obviously the 15,000 number is bollocks. Where are they? Why are they not on this thread? Sure not all Americans understand the internet and modern stuff like that, but at least 50% of them do. Taking into account that not all internet savvy americans would be on boards on a Friday, and half don't understand the internet, that still leaves us with 36/37 Americans in Ireland, maximum.

fishy fishy · 04-05-2012 02:51PM

Balmed Out wrote: »

I come accross loads of American's, nice people. I wonder how many of the 15000 are really just Irish people who spent the first few years living in the States.

they'd be the ones with the deepest american accent ya??

rossie1977 · 04-05-2012 03:02PM

Duggys Housemate wrote: »

that still leaves us with 36/37 Americans in Ireland, maximum.

are you serious?? when i did a course in a small town in roscommon back in the late 1990s there was 2 american born women in my class and they still live in ireland to this day

Duggys Housemate · 04-05-2012 03:04PM

rossie1977 wrote: »

are you serious?? when i did a course in a small town in roscommon back in the late 1990s there was 2 american born women in my class and they still live in ireland to this day

No

Beefy78 · 04-05-2012 03:06PM

rossie1977 wrote: »

are you serious?? when i did a course in a small town in roscommon back in the late 1990s there was 2 american born women in my class and they still live in ireland to this day

Yeah Duggys Housemate. You've made a fool of yourself here.

FergusODowd · 04-05-2012 03:07PM

Duggys Housemate wrote: »

that still leaves us with 36/37 Americans in Ireland, maximum.

There's one up the road from us, I'm not sure that you would know about, so that's 38 so far.

Duggys Housemate · 04-05-2012 03:08PM

Alright. I up my estimate to 40. What with the two in Roscommon and the other one.

uncle_sam_ie · 04-05-2012 03:36PM

Duggys Housemate wrote: »

So we have counted about 10 Americans, in this thread who live, or have lived in Ireland.

Obviously the 15,000 number is bollocks. Where are they? Why are they not on this thread? Sure not all Americans understand the internet and modern stuff like that, but at least 50% of them do. Taking into account that not all internet savvy americans would be on boards on a Friday, and half don't understand the internet, that still leaves us with 36/37 Americans in Ireland, maximum.

I've been here since 1997, wife and son are Irish. Except for the weather, I don't miss the US

Wompa1 · 04-05-2012 04:03PM

I was born in America, moved to Ireland when I was 1. Lived there for 26 years and moved to America 3 months ago. I was a c*nt though, the whole time I was there

B0jangles · 04-05-2012 04:03PM

My brother in Law is American and has lived here for about 10 years, so thats 41.

Martyn1989 · 04-05-2012 04:08PM

I've an american uncle aswell so its 42.

I wonder if we've counted any americans twice?

DEFTLEFTHAND · 04-05-2012 04:16PM

A regular in my local 'Cowboy' Jimmy Jack Johnson is from Tennessee so that makes 43.

mikeym · 04-05-2012 04:19PM

My girlfriends daddy is american but hes lost the accent.

Stiffler2 · 04-05-2012 04:29PM

FergusODowd wrote: »

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 ?

What's your fetish with the Irish accent ?
I didn't mention this in any of my posts on this thread.

FergusODowd · 04-05-2012 04:37PM

Stiffler2 wrote: »

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

Maybe thats because they are Irish, as I said, you don't have to have an Irish accent to be Irish.

Martyn1989 · 04-05-2012 04:38PM

Now that I think of it there was an American guy who used to drink in a pub I worked in, at the time his wife had thrown him out so he was living in a camper, with no fixed abode can we still count him?

Nah seriously I think we've got 45

Stiffler2 · 04-05-2012 04:42PM

FergusODowd wrote: »

Maybe thats because they are Irish, as I said, you don't have to have an Irish accent to be Irish.

Ahh - so you're the one that brought up the whole accent thing.
I never said that you see...

muddled1 · 16-02-2014 06:26PM

I'm Irish American - literally. Born and raised in USA and moved to Ireland nearly 20 years ago. I have an Irish passport as my granny was originally from Ireland. Ho do we get counted?

I've been told my accent is mixed, am fair-skinned and ginger with a "non-Irish name"; I confuse people.

Overheal · 16-02-2014 06:36PM

I heart thread.

JONJO THE MISER · 16-02-2014 06:40PM

muddled1 wrote: »

I'm Irish American - literally. Born and raised in USA and moved to Ireland nearly 20 years ago. I have an Irish passport as my granny was originally from Ireland. Ho do we get counted?

I've been told my accent is mixed, am fair-skinned and ginger with a "non-Irish name"; I confuse people.

No wonder your muddled.

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