OT: How many of us aren't Irish?
OT: How many of us aren't Irish?
The "How many of us are Irish?" thread got me thinking. I'm not Irish even by descent, that I know of. I was wondering how many other non-Irish folks there were here. (I feel kind of left out, not being Irish at all. )
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I think am a Heinz 57 US citizen. I never have traced my ancestry, but I know there are English, Scottish and German surnames involved. My other grandparent was an Autry, spelled like the cowboy's name and I don't know what that is.
I have been drunk on Saint Patrick's day, so I am Irish. I can't stand Guinness, though.
I have been drunk on Saint Patrick's day, so I am Irish. I can't stand Guinness, though.
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i never had an irish passport, lived in belgium most of my life.
i have a kerry accent, that's the only dialect i know, i can't speak dutch with an accent. i thought one time, a belgian passport might be an advantage in finding a house or flat for rent in ireland, but people didn't believe me and thought i was a traveller (hidden fact of irish racism). actually, i could not convince anybody who didn't knew me long that i was a belgian. (even roger o'keeffe wouldn't believe me now, after 13 years of living here). so i squatted a house in the most depraved estates in the whole of ireland," mitchells crescent, tralee". that's where my relatives live, they are all settled travellers. i lived there for 2 years, and i'll be going back, i live in 2 worlds, in belgium for the money, in ireland for a family (i've no wife or kids). would people from india, (i think they're lovely people), with an irish passport, be more irish then myself?
i have a kerry accent, that's the only dialect i know, i can't speak dutch with an accent. i thought one time, a belgian passport might be an advantage in finding a house or flat for rent in ireland, but people didn't believe me and thought i was a traveller (hidden fact of irish racism). actually, i could not convince anybody who didn't knew me long that i was a belgian. (even roger o'keeffe wouldn't believe me now, after 13 years of living here). so i squatted a house in the most depraved estates in the whole of ireland," mitchells crescent, tralee". that's where my relatives live, they are all settled travellers. i lived there for 2 years, and i'll be going back, i live in 2 worlds, in belgium for the money, in ireland for a family (i've no wife or kids). would people from india, (i think they're lovely people), with an irish passport, be more irish then myself?
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on topique: not Irish here either. Lot's of dutch and bit of german. No danish (as far as I know)...
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None here, at least not in any recent history. I know I have Scottish blood through my maternal grandmother, but that's as close as I'll get. The rest is a mix of various German bits (including a British-hired Hessian mercenary named Burtz from the revolutionary days on my maternal grandfather's side, if that explains anything about my temperament Also my paternal grandfather's family at least partially comes from the region that used to be called Prussia.), Froinch, English, and Sicilian.
I guess you could say I'm "Generic European" at this point.
I guess you could say I'm "Generic European" at this point.
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No Irish blood ancestors (I'm Polish, Lithuanian, and German) but my stepfather adopted me when I was 10 and he is West Side Chicago Irish. So I am Irish by adoption. And I'm Irish by Music.
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I guess I must be a funny pink satin shoe.
I was adopted and haven't the slightest idea from whence I came.
I look Irish, so I'm told.
I can talk with an Irish accent....but only after watching The Quiet Man. What fun!
Mostly, I feel Irish. From the little bit that I know of Irish history, I can identify with the culture.
I have the luck of the Irish....mostly all bad, but able to make the best of life anyways.
Mike
I was adopted and haven't the slightest idea from whence I came.
I look Irish, so I'm told.
I can talk with an Irish accent....but only after watching The Quiet Man. What fun!
Mostly, I feel Irish. From the little bit that I know of Irish history, I can identify with the culture.
I have the luck of the Irish....mostly all bad, but able to make the best of life anyways.
Mike
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Slowair - I've also been told I look Irish, by an Irishman no less. It's funny how that goes.
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Irish ancestors came here during the famine. I also have scottish, german, dutch, and english ancestors. Some of the german and dutch ancestors left the US for Canada at about the time of the Revolution. Their children came back to the states in the mid 1800s. That makes me a rather common variety American.
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Well, funnily enough I'm an American Jew who obsessively plays Irish music (although I did hear that there may have been an illicit liaison with a pink satin shoe somewhere way back when the family was still in Lithuania--but we don't talk about these scandals). But you can blame it on an old buddy of mine of Scottish descent who got me going on the Bothy Band back in the 80s.
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