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Just the other day I designed a poster (drink Menu) for a very popular Irish pub here near Washington. One of the drinks listed was a Car Bomb. I asked my sales rep "what kind of drink is that" and was slightly disturbed by it. By the way, he had no answer to what a car bomb is. So I'm assuming its related to the IRA planting bombs in cars?
Thats not very funny at all. Infact its disgusting.
Most of them are of partial Irish descent and have other ancestries as well. I think the Irish ancestry in the US is very overstated as a lot are of Scot-Irish descent.
Yes they do that. My family in PA tell everyone that they are irish but they are actually ulster scots. Nothing Irish at all. They have this romance that they are irish and keep trying to connect our family to like galway. Our ancestors would be furious.
It is only in the last 10 years that Dublin has a big parade. St Patrick's Day in Ireland used to be very low key. People would go to church in the morning and have a dinner afterwards.
St Patrick's Day and Halloween while originally Irish culture have spread to a lot of countries through the US. It's quite strange when you think about it.
Dublin has had a big parade for at least thirty five years , not as big as the one in new York but everything comes to a stand still none the less
Most of them are of partial Irish descent and have other ancestries as well. I think the Irish ancestry in the US is very overstated as a lot are of Scot-Irish descent.
the funny thing about the " scots irish " is that not only were they not irish , they despised Ireland and the irish , they lived on the island of Ireland but were staunchly british , which is of course why they were placed in Ireland in the first place
the " scots irish " were however the first peoples from the island of Ireland who emigrated to the usa , they first arrived in America at least 150 years before the catholic irish
how come you take issue with irish americans celebrating their heritage yet you align yourself with a population who although living in Ireland , look to Scotland culturally
your one to talk , you live in Ireland yet you call yourself british
No dear I call myself NORTHERN IRISH.
I am not foolish to call myself British. I am not British I am a British citizen but I was not born on Britain. I just let the Protestants think that (which they have every right to) but I think in my head 'oh goodness, get over it'.
how come you take issue with irish americans celebrating their heritage yet you align yourself with a population who although living in Ireland , look to Scotland culturally
the funny thing about the " scots irish " is that not only were they not irish , they despised Ireland and the irish , they lived on the island of Ireland but were staunchly british , which is of course why they were placed in Ireland in the first place
the " scots irish " were however the first peoples from the island of Ireland who emigrated to the usa , they first arrived in America at least 150 years before the catholic irish
Well they do that but I think its more the culture has phased out in america and being ignorant about their heritage they just call it Irish.
As i've said before one of our cousins who's far out is adamant that we are Irish.
Yes they do that. My family in PA tell everyone that they are irish but they are actually ulster scots. Nothing Irish at all. They have this romance that they are irish and keep trying to connect our family to like galway. Our ancestors would be furious.
How distant is that relation? I thought Scots-Irish came to the US almost two centuries ago.
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