I'm a male. I'm 19 ys old, and I'm a 1st generation Irish American. Both my parents r from Ireland & r both ethnically Irish. I love only one country though & that country is America. I have no political or national loyalty 2 Ireland only 2 America. I understand that Americans intermarry w/people of different ethnic origins (like German, Polish, & English 4 example) & races (Asian, Black, Hispanic etc.), but since I have pure origins I don't want 2 break that apart (and people don't tell me about how the Irish are made up of Celts, Danes, Anglo-Saxon etc. because i know and thats what makes the Irish irish---those combinations made what we know as the Irish so there is such a thing as being pure Irish). Like I said though i won't break that up. I will only marry and produce someone who is of 100% Irish origin . I'm an American only but I want to carry on this Irish ethnic pureness. R there any pure Irish-Americans out there or other pure ethnic Americans who wish to do the same thing?
2007-10-07 16:35:10 · 19 answers · asked by Anonymous in Travel ➔ Ireland ➔ Other - Ireland
To the 4th post: Well you aren't ethnically Irish then. You may be nationally Irish, but I don't consider you ethnically Irish and obviously never will. I'm not trying to insult you either. I know Ireland has had some great contributions from Jews like Gerald Goldberg, who was Lord mayor of Cork. I also realize that eamon de valera, possibly the most famous Irish statesman other than my hero Michael Collins, was half cuban apparently. You are obviously more nationally Irish than I, but my blood is Irish and that is the difference. Blood wins out. Just because you are accepted in Ireland does not make you a true Irishman though like I said, politically you are more Irish than me.
2007-10-07 23:56:50 · update #1
I'm an American of Irish heritage.
I don't see anything wrong with your feelings.
We were all Visigoths also.
2007-10-07 16:45:27 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 6⤋
I'm not completely Irish, I'm half on my mother's side, but both of my grandparents and my great uncle are from Ireland. I can see why you'd want to carry on your Irish heritage, and have it be a pure line through your family, but the problem is, is that so many Americans have more than just Irish in their blood, my suggestion would be to have brought a girlfriend over from Ireland with you and continue the line that way lol, but the only problem would be, what if your kids didn't want to make the same decision?
2016-05-18 21:27:43 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
What a ridiculous thing to say. I hope you don't ever land yourself someone from my country. (Ireland, where I am ethnically from. My blood is Irish also, as far back as my family tree can be traced, which is the 1100's. I thought I'd put that in before you start harping on about blood and whatnot).
Pure Irish-American? That sounds a bit like referring to a mongrel dog as pure Dalmatian-Labrador. It doesn't make sense. You can call yourself American, American with Irish roots, or whatever, but don't expect anybody to respect you for including 'Irish' in your title.
And as for refusing to marry anybody except the Irish...that statement defies belief. You know, Hitler had a similar plan for the Aryan people not that long ago.
2007-10-11 05:50:06 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Can I just tell you that only an "Irish American" would carry on with this sort of nonsense. God help the girl you pick - in my book you are supposed to marry for love. No I am not racist I am 100 per cent Irish as far back as I can trace but I would never marry someone with such a biased attitude.
2007-10-08 09:19:52 · answer #4 · answered by stitcherkf 4 · 7⤊ 0⤋
yeah well im 25 born reared in ireland, all catholic, family all in irish army, u said u feel obligated towards america and u want to marry someone of similar backround such as a girl in the same situation yourself, well thats wierd, because u said u only love one country...america. well whats your problem with marrying an american since u are so american yourself then. the only thing i will agree with is that ill keep it to my own country, i would prefer to marry a true irish, and for that fact i'd prefer to keep it to a dub guy also.
as for is there such thing as being a true irish..ahem ahem..yes there is..i know we had vikings and all that crap but american has only been around since poor old christopher found it, what the heck nationalitys have all americans got in there, america was only a fart in the eye of ireland its not even around as long as most places, actually what was discovered after that, i think it might have just been the last place to be found and if anyone owns any right to the place its the spanish because it was the spanish king and queen who sponsered good old chriso (lol) to go over
2007-10-08 02:23:36 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 1⤋
Both of my parents are irish and tracing back their ancestry has me with danish, scottish, english, and french somewhere in there each grandparent has a different lineage but all agree they are irish (i'm also first generation, but canadian) I have thought a little about what you said (about marrying someone who is irish) but only because i find that i am the strange one among my friends and other people i know because everyone else i know can name 5 to 10 countries that their ancestors are from and i only have the one but i dont think the onus is on you to carry on the irish "race" my boyfriend is a little irish, native canadian, english and french and his race doesn't factor into my thoughts for our future, but I also wouldnt say you're being racist because of your point of view because i see where you're coming from I think that when you have first generation parents they can be really nationalistic and pass that on to you, ps irish people who are jews are irish people
2007-10-08 16:18:59 · answer #6 · answered by zzz311 3 · 4⤊ 0⤋
You've got to lose this xenophobia in my opinion. So what happens for instance if you do get married to an "ethnically 100% Irish person"? And then say you have kids. Are you going to be upset if they marry someone who is not ethnically Irish?
Also, like Roisin said in her answer, how can you be sure that 12 generations ago, some foreign blood didn't enter your ancestry?
Your desire to stick exclusively to one ethnic race recalls memories of Hitler, so my advice would be to make sure that no one you know hears this kind of talk from you.
2007-10-08 09:53:27 · answer #7 · answered by the_chosen_one 3 · 8⤊ 0⤋
Ethnically Irish .... my god, no one is more uptight about their pedigree than Americans. I too am 100% Irish, was born and reared in Ireland, and I know that I have Jewish ancestry in both sides of my family, from either Spain or Portugal or possibly even Morocco. How 'genuine' do you think this makes me? Before you dare to answer that, I should tell you that I have red hair and green eyes, and am a very good singer.
Ah sure, you're 19. You still haven't a clue.
2007-10-07 20:59:00 · answer #8 · answered by Orla C 7 · 12⤊ 0⤋
Ethnically Irish... 100% Irish-American.... that is just plain retarded. Do you even know how many different people have settled Ireland in the past? The Normans, the vikings, the french, the spanish, Jews and the list goes on. What you wrote is not only stupid but racist as well.
Grow up.
2007-10-08 10:42:05 · answer #9 · answered by Chuck M 3 · 8⤊ 1⤋
I'm also an American citizen of Irish descent (my mom's family came from Galway to Boston, where I was born), but I'm not a bigot. So my answer is no.
2007-10-11 16:26:18 · answer #10 · answered by SoBox 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
What a gobshite thing to say.
There is no such thing as a 'pure breed'. Whether you believe we decended from Adam and Eve or whether you believe we were monkeys who shed our hair, we all have a common ancestor - and it is highly unlikely that happened in Ireland. I would also guess that if you traced back 12 generations, you'd find someone from Scotland, Wales, England or France in there somewhere.
2007-10-08 02:25:41 · answer #11 · answered by Anonymous · 9⤊ 1⤋