Any Irish here ?

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Roefisher

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I just realised this evening that i've yet to see another poster located in Ireland, either North or South.

All of a sudden i'm a little creeped out about it.

Is there anybody out there :(
 
Family roots are from Northern Ireland... Ford and Penny clans.... also have Burns in me if you don't hate the Scots.
 
There's definitely been a few from the Republic of Ireland. I'm not too far removed from County Cork myself.

Jack
 
I read once there were ten times as many people of Irish decent in the States as Irish in Ireland.

My maternal Grandmother was a Barnett (her mother and father were born in County Cork), and her husband was of Scot and Irish decent. My other set of grandparents were born in Mexico and the Fort Apache Reservation in Arizona.

It's what we like to call "the melting pot".
 
stjames said:
I read once there were ten times as many people of Irish decent in the States as Irish in Ireland.
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And twenty times that amount that claim it :rolleyes:
 
stjames said:
I read once there were ten times as many people of Irish decent in the States as Irish in Ireland.
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I don't think that is too surprising if you look at the statistics. Roughly speaking, pre-famine Ireland had a population of around 8 million. Population was cut in half by the famine with 2 million emigrating to the States. So you have 4 million Irish in Ireland and 2 million in America. By the early 1960s the Irish population had fallen below 3 million and has only started to significantly rebound within the last 30 years to hit 4 million again. Now think of how the U.S. population has expanded in the 150 years since the famine with all those good Irish Catholic families out building America. :)

Jack
 
Jack, don't forget all the Scotch-Irish who were a major population group at the very beginning of this country. All the Irish aren't Catholic.

s0laris said:
And twenty times that amount that claim it :rolleyes:
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Hey! My grandfather was born on March 17th! Doesn't that count? :D
 
Esav Benyamin said:
All the Irish aren't Catholic.
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I knew as I was typing that it would draw some comments. :) I was really just playing on the Irish stereotype for comic effect. My hats off to the fine Protestant, Agnostic, and Buddhist? Irish that help build America as well. :D

Jack
 
There was an Irish guy in the Sword forums a while back. I don't go in there much so I don't know if he is a regular in there or not. I think he went by the user name Fleadh.
 
Waterford here,Dungarvan,about midway between Cork (bleh) and Waterford City ('mon the Deise) :)
 
And he is proudly a Scott.
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Quote from Braveheart "Alba Gu Bra" Mel Gibson says it, what does it mean?

I think I have the spelling right.
 
BladeGoblin said:
Quote from Braveheart "Alba Gu Bra" Mel Gibson says it, what does it mean?

I think I have the spelling right.
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I don't know and funny I have really listened closely to him, but I really like looking at him. :cool:
 
I'm dragging my Irish-blooded inlaws to Ireland from September 5th through the 18th. I'm the only member of the party with no Irish ancestry so naturally I'll be the tour guide. We're gonna stay in the Boine Valley, Connemara, Dingle, Kinsale, between Waterford and Kilkenny, and Dublin. I'll probably drive through Dungarvan around the 13th. Some of these areas I've seen before, but not Kilkenny or Dublin. We're sure looking forward to the trip.
 
Alba Go Bragh means Scotland Forever, but why are you mucking up a perfectly good Irish thread with your Scots talk? :p

Jack
 
donovan said:
My hats off to the fine Protestant, Agnostic, and Buddhist? Irish that help build America as well. :D

Jack
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Some years ago we had a St. Patrick's Day parade in New York City where the Grand Marshal was the Lord Mayor of Dublin at the time, Robert Briscoe. (Jewish :)) BIG turnout.
 
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