Proud to be Irish

[AwesomeExpress]

I'm only Irish by heritage, but I'm proud of that heritage, damn it! I plan on moving to Ireland someday.

 

[Lolth17]

Black-haired, blue-eyed women are the best. Thank you, Ireland.

Woot! I am a black-haired, blue-eyed woman, and I'm proud to be of celtic ancestry (I'm American, but of Irish descent).

Also, my birthday is St. Patrick's day, so I reckon I should get a few more points of Irish for that at least.

Really!?!? I'm irish aswell... Your birthday is on st patrick's day? no way!! mine aswell!!. ASL? Sigh..

Wrong forum for that I think

 

[Mechanix]

I bet if this thread was "Proud to be American" it would be very different. Just sayin.

 

[Ulquiorra4sama]

How can anyone be proud to be irish after that awful impression you got of irish people from "the Sabouteur"? (Not sure i spelled that right, but who cares) Though, thinking back. If you know anything about the irish you could easily tell that was an awful recreation of an irish man.

 

[Hollock]

My great grandmother came from Ireland, I'm only a quarter Irish. My sister has freckles and green eyes, and my brother has a red beard, but I don't really look Irish. It doesn't effect me.

 

[Boba Frag]

Yay wooohooo. I'm american/irish. My grandfather married a english lady, and his grandfather married a scottish lady. BUT the mother of that scottish lady was irish!!!

Eh... so you're really more British then.
Not a bad thing at all, far from it. Both great peoples.

 

[Boba Frag]

-snipped off the rest of the conversation for my own sanity-

Sorry, I was going for a bit of a generalisation to be fair.

No problems most people think of either California or Texas when they think America. Depending on how positively they are thinking about America. Feel sorry for you about the spray on tan thing though. In the states we have a term that blankets a vast array of terrible people and one of those groups uses a lot of spray on tan.

I present the subspecies of Douche known as "Guidos" mostly native to New Jersey

thanks to Cracked.Com for providing the picture

That has made my fucking day XD

It's sadly more something the younger females seem to fall victim to, but that's fantastic!

We call them Oompa-Lumpas- from Willy Wonka and the Chocolate factory (with Gene Wilder, not the Johnny Depp remake)

 

[Superior Mind]

Proud to say my ancestors hailed from the Emerald Isle although I've never been there myself. Always got to keep something on the to-do list in life.

 

[Boba Frag]

How can anyone be proud to be irish after that awful impression you got of irish people from "the Sabouteur"? (Not sure i spelled that right, but who cares) Though, thinking back. If you know anything about the irish you could easily tell that was an awful recreation of an irish man.

I agree, but it wasn't an Irish actor, production crew or as far as I know have a lot of Irish people attached to it...

We can mercilessly rip it to shreds with impunity for the godawful stereotype the game peddles.
If someone goes away thinking that's what all Irish people are like from one video game, then they clearly need their head examined.

It's like assuming everyone from Sweden is perfectly summarised by The Chef from the Muppets.

 

[Boba Frag]

Language- Irish is a fantastic language. Although only about 5% of the population can speak it fluently. I'm afraid I am not one of those people, although my Irish has improved since I moved to the west. What is amazing about Irish is that no one is quite sure where it comes from. I has no relation to any European language, most of which of course come from Latin. Scholars believe that it is most closely related to some Indian languages. A fascinating, archaic and unique language.

People and Culture- Most who come to Ireland fall in love with it and its people. We in Ireland are probably most famous for our hospitality. This is in no small part due to our huge pub culture. Ireland has a population of less the 4 million yet we are the 2nd highest consumers of alcohol in Europe. People come from all over the world to sample the infamous craic (crack). To set beside a fire in a pub drinking the "black stuff" and listening to a Seanachaí(Story teller) telling dark tales of "na Phua dubh"(The black sprit).

Landscape- Ireland is beautiful. Soft green hill of Connemara in the West. The famous glacial rock beds of the Burren where tropical and cold weather plants grow side by side. To the Bog of Allen in the centre; huge stretches of marshes.

Ireland's contribution to the world- A small Island on the edge of Europe, Ireland was seen as the edge of the world by people for 1000's of years. We have however given the world much to cherish. The Irish gave birth to the Scottish and Welsh nations through invasion/migrations to Britain after the fall of the Roman Empire. Of course we have gone further a field; despite having a population of less the 4 million almost 100 million people worldwide claim to be Irish/Irish roots. During the famine we flocked to the US and England, Irish hands built cities like New York, Boston and London.
Never one to shy away from a fight the Irish have fought in most of the major conflicts such as WW1 and WW2 and the US civil war. Not to mention Spanish Civil war and our own War of Independence. Are armed forces now, while small, are very well trained and one of the leading peace keepers in the world.

Ireland has been since medieval times a centre for academic thinking, it was not called the land of Saints and Scholars for nothing. Ireland has produced many of the world?s finest writers and thinkers.

Lastly, the earliest farming settlements in the world are to be found in Ireland.

We are truly a nation that punches above our weight.

You left out the coastlines, the beaches of the south west, the mountains, the Shannon... Good grief man!
Bord Failte won't be paying you much after forgetting those!

It's kind of true, though. When we stop looking inwards all the time and involve ourselves in the wider world, we really do punch above our weight.

Also, is it me or is this thread being overrun (I mean that in a nice way) by people who are actually not inhabitants of the island?

To be honest, I was kind of hoping to network with actual Irish gamers, North or South, as opposed to Irish-Americans I'll never meet.

 

[DoctorWhat]

I wish I was Irish. I'd love to be able to see the countryside of Ireland. I'd be willing to bet it's beautiful. Also, I want to learn Gaelic.

It's called Irish! or Gaelighe! Get it right!

Ahem... "Gaeilge."

I'm Irish. And I guess I'm proud of it. And I do hate when people but her our culture, whether by misrepresentation (drunkards/unable to defend the language ;] ) or by diluting it. If you're half Irish, great. If you're a quarter Irish... OK. But please, if your only connection to Ireland is that your 14th cousin twice removed once had an affair with the photgrapher of a guy whose sister's best friend gave birth in the same hospital as a girl whose husband who got an Irish Wolfhound for his nephew, don't try to claim you're Irish. For the sake of my sanity...

 

[Giest4life]

Irish smirish. Get over it.

 

[enzilewulf]

Irish are awesome! Raise our glass in salute Ireland!

 

[The Warden]

In this thread:

 

[benoitowns]

I'm Irish/Mexican from America! Woot!

 

[Peteron]

I am American but most of my ancestry came from Ireland. And PROUD of it.

 

[enzilewulf]

I'm sorry for crashing this little party of yours but aren't we supposed to break free of the chains of patriotism and eventually unite under a single flag where everyone is simply proud to be from Tera and not from a place on it? There I go, rambling again...

Lol mate its still okay to love your heritage, I am almost full Irish and I am very proud to be an American at that.

 

[Ulquiorra4sama]

How can anyone be proud to be irish after that awful impression you got of irish people from "the Sabouteur"? (Not sure i spelled that right, but who cares) Though, thinking back. If you know anything about the irish you could easily tell that was an awful recreation of an irish man.

I agree, but it wasn't an Irish actor, production crew or as far as I know have a lot of Irish people attached to it...

We can mercilessly rip it to shreds with impunity for the godawful stereotype the game peddles.
If someone goes away thinking that's what all Irish people are like from one video game, then they clearly need their head examined.

It's like assuming everyone from Sweden is perfectly summarised by The Chef from the Muppets.

People shouldn't publish work based on things they don't know. That's like going to an oral exam and spen 15 minutes talking about how much Hitler loved the jews.

As for the Muppet comment. It certainly would make it a lot more fun to go on vacation in Sweden if there were people like that there, now my vacation there is mostly just me oggling brunettes as i'm walking through the streets. (Yes, i do prefer brunettes over blondes. Sue me if you must)

 

[RewardMe]

Yay wooohooo. I'm american/irish. My grandfather married a english lady, and his grandfather married a scottish lady. BUT the mother of that scottish lady was irish!!!

Eh... so you're really more British then.
Not a bad thing at all, far from it. Both great peoples.

Hehe.

Damn, that is a shame. God blesss my great great irish scottish grandma.

 

[Captain-Giggles]

Ah to be Irish, tis great and all. Lived all my life in Dublin, although I don't drink, so often this conversation arises:
"Oh so you're irish? Well let me buy you a drink!"
"Thanks but I actually don't drink"
"But you said you're irish"
"Yes and?"
"You guys drink, a lot"
I even get this from Irish bartenders, claiming I'm some outcast, still, I love the place and I can't see me leaving it anytime soon.
And for all you part irishers here's a useful phrase to you to impress your friends "Nil aon Ceaprai sa Speir"