If you're of Irish Protestant ancestry, do you consider yourself Irish American?

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I love my Irish ancestry. Grandparents emigrated here in the 1920s as teens.

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Anonymous wrote:Oh god, people who are hung up on their Irish ancestry are the most annoying ethnic group in America. A typical conversation with them:

Them: “I’m Irish.”
Me: “oh, cool. You don’t have an accent. When did you come over?”

Them: “I was born here.”
Me: “oh. When did your parents emigrate?”

Them: “well, actually they were born here, too.”
Me: “oh. So, your grandparents came over from Ireland?”

Them: “….no.”
Me: “ah.”

And yet you choose to let these folks annoy you.’

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Anonymous wrote:Oh god, people who are hung up on their Irish ancestry are the most annoying ethnic group in America. A typical conversation with them:

Them: “I’m Irish.”
Me: “oh, cool. You don’t have an accent. When did you come over?”

Them: “I was born here.”
Me: “oh. When did your parents emigrate?”

Them: “well, actually they were born here, too.”
Me: “oh. So, your grandparents came over from Ireland?”

Them: “….no.”
Me: “ah.”

My Irish friend visited here and rolled his eyes at all the policemen with their Irish insignia.

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The question is - are they lace curtain Irish or shanty Irish?

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Anonymous wrote:We are of the Ulster Scots and consider ourselves that way. The clan is Scots Irish. I personally say I’m of Scottish descent.

Same here. Located in east TN Smokey mountain area.

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Anonymous wrote:Oh god, people who are hung up on their Irish ancestry are the most annoying ethnic group in America. A typical conversation with them:

Them: “I’m Irish.”
Me: “oh, cool. You don’t have an accent. When did you come over?”

Them: “I was born here.”
Me: “oh. When did your parents emigrate?”

Them: “well, actually they were born here, too.”
Me: “oh. So, your grandparents came over from Ireland?”

Them: “….no.”
Me: “ah.”

My Irish friend visited here and rolled his eyes at all the policemen with their Irish insignia.

Sure they did.

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Anonymous wrote:Oh god, people who are hung up on their Irish ancestry are the most annoying ethnic group in America. A typical conversation with them:

Them: “I’m Irish.”
Me: “oh, cool. You don’t have an accent. When did you come over?”

Them: “I was born here.”
Me: “oh. When did your parents emigrate?”

Them: “well, actually they were born here, too.”
Me: “oh. So, your grandparents came over from Ireland?”

Them: “….no.”
Me: “ah.”

You’re an idiot. There is a difference between Irish ethnicity and nationality. I suppose you only consider Kurds as either Turks or Iraqis. The US is full of different from different ethnicities. Do you deny descendants of American slaves claims to Africa? How about Poles who retained their Polish identity when the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth was wiped off the map of Europe for 125 years?

These annoying people don’t claim to be “of Irish descent.” They claim to be Irish. If you don’t have a passport proving same, GTFO. I don’t know any other group that does this so emphatically. And why? It’s a tiny island with bad food and bad weather.

Not PP, but it’s not a “tiny island”. Have you ever been to a tiny island?

It is not a big country.

The question is whether it’s a tiny island or not. It is not.

It’s all relative.

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Anonymous wrote:Oh god, people who are hung up on their Irish ancestry are the most annoying ethnic group in America. A typical conversation with them:

Them: “I’m Irish.”
Me: “oh, cool. You don’t have an accent. When did you come over?”

Them: “I was born here.”
Me: “oh. When did your parents emigrate?”

Them: “well, actually they were born here, too.”
Me: “oh. So, your grandparents came over from Ireland?”

Them: “….no.”
Me: “ah.”

My Irish friend visited here and rolled his eyes at all the policemen with their Irish insignia.

Sure they did.

The Irish don’t consider Irish-Americans to be Irish. They consider them to be Americans. Which they are.

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Anonymous wrote:Former US Senator from Virginia James "Jim" Webb wrote a book about why the Scotch Irish are prone to violent fights, like with the famous feud of the Hatfields and McCoys.

Born Fighting: How the Scots-Irish Shaped America
by James Webb

I am not Scots-Irish, but third generation Italian American. I grew up with Catholic Irish. Most Irish who celebrate in large cities with huge St. Patrick Day parade are Catholic Irish.

The American descendants from Scotland celebrate with family clans at the Highland Games festivals, where there are competitions like log throwing.

I always wondered if Scarlett O'Hara was Catholic. LoL.

From the movie? I believe a Catholic prayer is in the movie not sure if other religions use the same

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Anonymous wrote:Oh god, people who are hung up on their Irish ancestry are the most annoying ethnic group in America. A typical conversation with them:

Them: “I’m Irish.”
Me: “oh, cool. You don’t have an accent. When did you come over?”

Them: “I was born here.”
Me: “oh. When did your parents emigrate?”

Them: “well, actually they were born here, too.”
Me: “oh. So, your grandparents came over from Ireland?”

Them: “….no.”
Me: “ah.”

You’re an idiot. There is a difference between Irish ethnicity and nationality. I suppose you only consider Kurds as either Turks or Iraqis. The US is full of different from different ethnicities. Do you deny descendants of American slaves claims to Africa? How about Poles who retained their Polish identity when the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth was wiped off the map of Europe for 125 years?

Are you saying an American whose great grandparents were born in Ireland and who says they are Irish is actually ethnically Irish?

African-Americans are racially different. They have African genes. I doubt they claim to be ethnically African though.

Yes, they are ethnically Irish but not by nationality. American really isn’t an ethnicity but if you’d like you could say whatever-American.

American expats of all/varied races identify as Americans ethnically in some of the countries I have lived.

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Anonymous wrote:Oh god, people who are hung up on their Irish ancestry are the most annoying ethnic group in America. A typical conversation with them:

Them: “I’m Irish.”
Me: “oh, cool. You don’t have an accent. When did you come over?”

Them: “I was born here.”
Me: “oh. When did your parents emigrate?”

Them: “well, actually they were born here, too.”
Me: “oh. So, your grandparents came over from Ireland?”

Them: “….no.”
Me: “ah.”

My Irish friend visited here and rolled his eyes at all the policemen with their Irish insignia.

Sure they did.

The Irish don’t consider Irish-Americans to be Irish. They consider them to be Americans. Which they are.

American citizens who won’t easily qualify to become Irish citizens but who have Irish ethnic roots. Again, American is not an ethnicity.

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Anonymous wrote:Interestingly Barack Obama's Irish immigrant ancestor was an Irish Protestant.

An Irish Protestant from Kenya?

You think both Obama's parents were Kenyan?

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Anonymous wrote:Oh god, people who are hung up on their Irish ancestry are the most annoying ethnic group in America. A typical conversation with them:

Them: “I’m Irish.”
Me: “oh, cool. You don’t have an accent. When did you come over?”

Them: “I was born here.”
Me: “oh. When did your parents emigrate?”

Them: “well, actually they were born here, too.”
Me: “oh. So, your grandparents came over from Ireland?”

Them: “….no.”
Me: “ah.”

My Irish friend visited here and rolled his eyes at all the policemen with their Irish insignia.

Sure they did.

The Irish don’t consider Irish-Americans to be Irish. They consider them to be Americans. Which they are.

np True but, when I am in Ireland they always ask if I have Irish ancesters. Perphaps if the famines didn't happen there would be more of us over there.

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Anonymous wrote:Interestingly Barack Obama's Irish immigrant ancestor was an Irish Protestant.

An Irish Protestant from Kenya?

You think both Obama's parents were Kenyan?

Obama's dad is Luo and from Kenya. Obama's mom was an American of English, Welsh, German, Swiss, and Irish descent.

Obama is a biracial kid from Hawaii.

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Anonymous wrote:Oh god, people who are hung up on their Irish ancestry are the most annoying ethnic group in America. A typical conversation with them:

Them: “I’m Irish.”
Me: “oh, cool. You don’t have an accent. When did you come over?”

Them: “I was born here.”
Me: “oh. When did your parents emigrate?”

Them: “well, actually they were born here, too.”
Me: “oh. So, your grandparents came over from Ireland?”

Them: “….no.”
Me: “ah.”

My Irish friend visited here and rolled his eyes at all the policemen with their Irish insignia.

Sure they did.

The Irish don’t consider Irish-Americans to be Irish. They consider them to be Americans. Which they are.

Interesting. I guess if you are born and raised here you are American only. Nobody can be a hyphenated American because people from the old country don’t accept you. Does this go for everyone or only European descendants?