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We always celebrated St. Patricks Day where I'm from. We've had a parade for as long as I can remember so I don't know why people think it's a recent thing. I'm 29 and remember them when I was in primary school.
Because it's a bank holiday most people will go to pubs.
But let's take this time to clear up some things.
Most importantly - It is never to be called Patty's Day. Never, ever, ever. If you want to shorten it then it's Paddy's Day. It's very ignorant to just change another countries holiday. Would you tell Mexicans they're now celebrating Seis de Mayo?
We do not have green beer in Ireland, unless that's changed in the 4 years I've been gone.
We don't eat corned beef and cabbage. Corned beef is a deli meat (meat is a loose word) to us. We have bacon and cabbage and the cabbage is cooked completely different to how you cook it in America.
Never order an Irish car bomb in Ireland. I don't know how that name became popular for a drink but it's a very sensitive topic in Ireland. Completely disrespectful. It'd be like hearing we have a drink in Ireland called 'Twin Towers plane' or something. (I'm not good at making up drink names!)
Finally, we know American's like to hold onto their heritage, but don't call yourself Irish and then be ignorant on a lot of facts. You're American with Irish ancestry. Not the same. There's no shame in just calling yourself American!
And I really have no idea why. America is not Ireland.
The US has been having St. Patrick's Day parades since before signing the declaration of independence.
It was started by Irish immigrants, and it's continued as an acknowledgment of the Irish heritage in this country.
It's a celebration, a good natured tradition older than the US itself..And every year we have to listen to unoriginal a-holes repeat the same old "I don't know why America celebrates St. Patrick's Day, durrrr I just don't get it."
The US has been having St. Patrick's Day parades since before signing the declaration of independence.
It was started by Irish immigrants, and it's continued as an acknowledgment of the Irish heritage in this country.
It's a celebration, a good natured tradition older than the US itself..And every year we have to listen to unoriginal a-holes repeat the same old "I don't know why America celebrates St. Patrick's Day, durrrr I just don't get it."
I think it is great that the US celebrates St Patrick's Day. At least it is meant to be a happy and fun event. I think it is an example of the strong cultural and familial ties between the US and Ireland. Long may it continue.
The reason for corned beef is not an homage to Irish food, nor is it intended to be. It is because Irish immigrants were chuffed to be in America where they could afford some meat for the first time in their lives. Granted it was the cheapest bit of beef available, but it made for a nice dinner on a Saints day.
I don't see why some people think that as soon as Irish people came to America they had to stop worshipping Irish saints or honoring their Irish heritage. If anything, the Irish in Ireland should stop being Catholic. Catholicism is based in a semitic, Middle Eastern Hebrew faith. Why can't the Irish just be proud of being Irish Celts. Come to think of it, Celtic culture was imported to Ireland by continental Europeans from the lands north of the Alps. You are all just fooling yourselves.
No, you're an American if you were born/raised in America. If you were born and raised in Ireland, then you're actually Irish.
Sorry to break it to you but if you visit or even live Ireland and you tell an Irishman that you're Irish, they'll definitely not think of you as one of them. They'll consider you a "yank".
They will actually laugh at them. People here always ***** about how annoying americans are when it comes to Ireland.
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