Proud to be Irish?

Question

I'm half Irish and I am very glad to say that I have Irish roots in my heritage. One day I'd like to go to Ireland to see just how much culture the Irish have that I didn't know about so that I can know more about that part of who I am. Is there anyone else out there who's Irish and proud of it? What reasons would you give that you SHOULD be proud that your Irish? Do you hate when people say that being Irish is no big deal? ect. I'm just interested to see what everyone else thinks on the subject. Thanks guys!

Answer 1

I was born and raised in Ireland.
Today I'm proud to be Irish but there were times in the past, for various political reasons, that I was less proud.
Don't misunderstand, I have always loved my country. I always will, but the innocent victims that were buried and the children that grew up without a daddy because of our struggle for freedom, sometimes made it hard to walk tall.

We seem to be inherently proud and this is the case with most races that lived through oppression.
We're a paradoxical lot, often as happy fighting as we are writing...
We also have a very peculiar sense of humour. An example of this would be the fact that we invented both the Uillean pipes and the Bagpipes. The humour comes in when you learn that we exported the bagpipes to Scotland and they still haven't got the joke yet...!
Shure come on over and chase yer roots... Ye never know, I might even buy ye a pint...!

Answer 2

Hey, I too am a little over half Irish. I do think I feel proud to be so , but not really sure why. I think it is just nice, especially in the U.S. to feel that you have SOME sort of cultural roots. I feel that Ireland is a beautiful place and do hope to go there some day. I know, like many other cultures, who emigrated here in previous generations, that our ancestors worked hard and wanted to make a good life for there children and made plenty of sacrifices to do so... I don't know if I 've heard anyone say being Irish is no big deal, but it is fine. I have friends of other nationalities, and they are what they are and I am what I am, and we should all be proud of the good things that came out of our cultures. I am sure we all have things in our collective pasts to be ashamed of as well, but unfortunately, people are people and all we can do is look back on it and try to keep it from happening again...

Answer 3

I have English, Scottish, Irish, Welsh, French, German, and probably Italian, Portuguese, Moorish, and Native American ancestry. I'm proud of everything that makes up the Mutt I am. But I'd think one should be proud of who/what they are no matter who/what they are.
In the long run, one's ethnicity doesn't really have anything to do with who one is!
One can also appreciate and celebrate all cultures even if they don't fit one's background!
~P.S. The Irish did not invent Beer! It has been around at least as far back as ancient Sumer!

Answer 4

I grew up being told I was Irish/Native American and I was very Proud of it. I learned all I could about Ireland and the trail of tears.

As an adult I built my tree and found out I am AMERICAN going back to 1600's, with 4 ancestors from different European countries between 1700 - 1800, No direct Irish or Indian ancestors.

This didn't change who I am, and my studies were not waisted.

I do think that one of America's problems is that we don't think of ourselves as plain Americans. A lot of people are Irish-American, Native-American, African- American etc., when other countries ie. Mexico call themselves simply Mexicans when they are actually Native American - Spanish.

No matter where you or your family is from we are all just MUTTS and we should be proud to be human and Learn all we can about ALL cultures. If that ever happens then maybe Ms Universe will be able to "Bring about WORLD PEACE"

Answer 5

When they say that, that is because so many Americans have some Irish.

My father was Irish, orange and green. My grandfather was mostly orange with some green and my grandmother was mostly green with some orange.

My grandmother use to sing "Let Erin Remember," and she would sing "ere the emerald gem of the western world was set in the claw of a stranger." She would hold her hand up like a claw and say, "That's England."

I can understand Irish D. My grandmother had people who left Ireland after the Rebellion of 98. There were 3 brothers in the family. One due to family circumstances had to fight for the crown and he was killed.
The other 2 fought for the rebels. They were heartsick of all the violence. They were for the rebels in 1916. My grandmother was a cousin of Terrence McSwinney. The family was always bewildered that after the Treaty was signed
the Irish started killing each other. It pained them greatly!

Answer 6

The Irish aren't the only ones that do it. Its human nature to be proud of where you came from. I can't wave my hand where I live without hitting a Polish, Puerto Rican or Mexican flag... During the Dark Ages when people through-out Europe were being raped and killed by barbarians, dying of disease and hunger. Ireland flourished, they kept the light of learning aflame and produced the most beautiful manuscripts ever made, they kept history, art and literacy alive until the rest of Europe was back on its feet. Specifically it was Irish monks who copied almost all of Western classical poetry, history, oratory, philosophy and commentary. When stability returned in Europe, these Irish scholars were instrumental in re-educating all of Europe, becoming not only the conservators of civilization, but also the shapers of the medieval mind, putting their unique stamp on Western culture. In fact without Ireland - Europe would have remained in the Dark Ages for much longer.

Answer 7

I'm around half Irish too, of course I'm proud! Just like you, I wanna go there, maybe live for a small part of my life. It just looks like my kinda place. Must be the Irish in me! Hahah I have to do quite a bit of defending of the Irish around a couple of my friends. I'm Irish, so they call me ginger lol, but I'm not a carrot top. If you've seen South Park lately, I'm what they'd call a daywalker. lmao Darker red hair, and I can actually tan. Well my friends are German and Dutch, so any potato famine joke they have for me, I have two kraut/clog-wearer jokes for them. Oosh! The Irish in me makes that possible.

Answer 8

i have Irish roots from long back in my fam. so it not rly there anymore. or at least people tell me im not.
w/e then its adopted
i wanna go to Ireland also, too
and hopefully live there, in a little house where there's more sheep than people......nothing but rain....
i'm fascinated with Celtic culture, and i wanna learn Gaelic, the old Irish language

go Phil Lynnott from Thin Lizzy! he was black and Irish!

be proud, be proud

Answer 9

I part Irish, but I'm also part Scottish, English, Welsh, German, Dutch, Swiss, Norse, Italian, and French, as well as having ancestry from (at least) three different Native American tribes (Cherokee, Chickasaw, and Choctaw). I am not so much "proud" of any of them as I am simply interested IN them. They are all cultures that helped, whether in large or small measure, to make me who I am - and being who I am is what I AM proud of :-)

Answer 10

I get along well with Irish people.