Summoning the Irish!

[GorramSpaceTrash]

Since the other Irish thread below has long since died, just a mite bit curious is there any other active Irish fans out there on the boards? :)

[GATEGOD]

lol I'm sure there are a few. I'm 1/3 Irish but live in New York :lmao:

Keanoite though, very Irish very much in Ireland :silly:

[Senior Watcher]

im 1/2 irish and 1/2 german...........which means that i cant decide if i want to take over the world or go drink a beer.

*i think maybe i should get drunk then try to take over the world*

[Keanoite]

How did I mis this thread? Shame on me!! Like it was said above I'm Kean (ten guesses who inspired the name??) and apparently very Irish:D

So, where are all the other Paddys?? BEG...get your arse in here!!

[LittleMissLikesToFight]

I'm half irish... but also half dominican lol its an interesting mix. im very proud of my irish side (well, both sides of course!).

[GATEGOD]

I bought an Irish T-Shirt yesterday :lmao: to support my half irishness for St. Patrick's Day. :lmao:

[UlaGan]

Does Irish fan has to be actual Irish?

As for I've got some ancestors from those islands - but I'm not sure were they Irish or not. %)

[Keanoite]

Absolutely!! it's Paddy's Weekend...EVEYONE IS IRISH this weekend!!! well...at least if you want to be

[UlaGan]

That's great! *putting on my Kiss me, I'm Irish shirt* :)

[Keanoite]

That's the Irish spirit we want to see! out of curiosity lads, will ye be celebrating St.Patrick's Day?

[Cangel]

Shame on me, but I don't even know what St.Patrick's Day is :(
Well I'm not Irish at all, in my hereditary (is that a word...I'm not sure, but too lazy to look it up) I only have more or less Eastern European genes...east German (for I was born in the GDR), Polish, and most of all with 50% Russian. So no Irish dor me :(
I do think Ireland is amazing though. We talked about it in my English class back in 9th gradde and I liked what I heard...well, except for all these religious debates
And for some readon people in England (I was there last year) kept asking me if I was Irish. Hehe, maybe I'm irish at heart or I was Irish in a previous life

[Bangelxx]

I'm not in any way irish, although sure, I'll come out and party with ye lads! I'll be celebratin St.Paddys day!

[Keanoite]

St.Patrick's Day is Ireland's National Holiday. It's the feast day of St.Patrick who brought Christianity to Ireland (he was actually Welsh himslef but thats not the point!). Basically it's a HUGE party for anyone who wants to be Irish for the day and a great excuse to get off work!!!

[GATEGOD]

We don't get off here in America.. and yet we still celebrate it! :D

[Keanoite]

We don't get off here in America.. and yet we still celebrate it! :D

I doubt it happens in every part of America but if ye don't get off work and school when do the parades happen?

[GATEGOD]

I doubt it happens in every part of America but if ye don't get off work and school when do the parades happen?

We get a suspension for skipping to go to them. :lmao: I'm serious. :lmao:

[Keanoite]

LOL! thats crazy! especially in places like NY and Boston where there would be a significant Irish presence...what do they think ye will do!

[white avenger]

My grandparents on my mother's side were Irish and Scottish. Does that constitute a culture crash?

[The Chosen]

I doubt it happens in every part of America but if ye don't get off work and school when do the parades happen?

Hey -- you told me when I was writing "One Night Out" that the Irish don't say "ye" all the time, and there you are, being all willy nilly with the 'ye.'

Anywho, I love being Irish. Ireland's always fascinated me, and the famine was interesting to learn about. (Gracias, Kean. Eejit and kiniption! LOMA!) And now I will forever have to correct those that speak of leprechauns as if they were real!

I heard from someone (Kean again) that leprechauns represent a backwards image of Ireland. Is that true?

I can't celebrate St. Patrick's Day. There's corned beef and that makes me throw up... :(

[Black Eye Guy]

They say ye in cork!

Also don't know how I missed this thread, lol! But yep im Irish and living in Dublin.

Although I have had a few people ask me if I was American, which I think really shows I watch way to much American TV!

And yes everyone in Ireland will complain about the image of the leprechaun but come paddy's day there freakin everywhere, stereotypes be damned!

Also we drink allot, thats not a stereotype, more our countries motto.

[Angels baby101]

Honestly I'm Half Irish and Half Polish lol and PROUD OF IT! lol though sadly this St Patty's day i'll be the sober pregnant one lol which is unusual but hey what the hell i like to try new things lol

[LittleMissLikesToFight]

well, i did get off for st patty's in high school because we were a catholic school. Most catholic school around here either choose to get off st pattys or st josephs.

But now, nope, public college, no getting off. which sucks. id like to have tuesday off so i can go drinking! but apparently everyone celebrated last night since its unfortunately on a monday.

[luckystar]

hmmm, i wonder have all the irish vanished and if im the only one left, il see anyhow by posting, for the record im a dublin gal born and rest in ireland, semi fluent gaelic but im a traitor as ive been living in argentina the last yr hehe, im going home shortly though, i consider myself partly latin american now cause my missus is an argentinian :love14:

anyhow conas ata tu? to any irish in the house :)

[Keanoite]

Tá me go maith! Go raibh maith agat:) Conás atá tu?

Don't worry we Paddys are still here in force. I'm a Limerick lady myself but I'm spending a semester in the States. Great to see more Irish on BB! Fáilte:)

[luckystar]

yipee irish in the house :grouphug: hehe so i see you and i both abondoned the emerald isle this yr for the foreign soil
what part of the states u in currently? im learning spanish nowdays so while i do that my gaelic seems to have been pushed from my brain, im sure it will hit me again once i travel air lingus home lol

[Keanoite]

yipee irish in the house :grouphug: hehe so i see you and i both abondoned the emerald isle this yr for the foreign soil
what part of the states u in currently? im learning spanish nowdays so while i do that my gaelic seems to have been pushed from my brain, im sure it will hit me again once i travel air lingus home lol


LOL...I'm in a little town 20 miles outside of Boston. It's part of my study abroad for U.L. Are you in college yourself? What brought you to Argentina?

[SC7 Fan]

I'm half irish but I wanna be full irish. Ireland rules!

[Darling]

I want to be Iriiiish!!

Adopt me, please :cheering:

[Keanoite]

LMAO @ SC7 Fan and Darling! I'm not sure if Ireland is recruiting at the moment but I'll let ye know if positions become available:D

[Mr. Pointy]

LMAO @ SC7 Fan and Darling! I'm not sure if Ireland is recruiting at the moment but I'll let ye know if positions become available:D

Sounds like there are a couple of temporary vacancies with Keano and luckystar being away for a while :) ;)

[Lily]

oooh Irish over here, well 2nd generation, so i've never actually been to the emerald isle, but I want to, there's a town named after my family apparently, which is kinda fun :D

[Darling]

Nobody wants be :crying2:

Don´t you guys have a empty room, a basement? lol

[Keanoite]

Lily? Really what's the town's name?

Ok Darling, we can't have you crying, I'm sure we can squeeze one more in:)

[Darling]

Lily? Really what's the town's name?

Ok Darling, we can't have you crying, I'm sure we can squeeze one more in:)


Yay Kean!! :cheering: She is my host!


*taking a plane*

Truly, I was supposed to go there in early 08, but... didnt work out. I´m thinking about some vacation now, but here everything is so expensive... need real money to travel from here to there >.<

Please, teach me gaelic! SO chic!

[luckystar]

hehe, the irish have a fanclub lol, ::you know the trick to been irish is a strong sense of humour and a touch of charm, u have that and we will adopt all you as one of our own, were gonna have to teach u a lil bit of gaelic though, i may leave the lessons to Keanoite as shes a limerick lass and down there they speak gaelic better than a dub like me :graduate:

[Keanoite]

My Irish isn't great but I know enough to get by...so what do you want to know?

[Darling]

Do you really learn it there? Or is something just for "fun" and culture?
I know there are some cities and stuff that speak the language but... I don´t get the signs on both languages >.< What are they for?

[Queen Mum]

im 1/2 irish and 1/2 german...........which means that i cant decide if i want to take over the world or go drink a beer.

*i think maybe i should get drunk then try to take over the world*

Mh, I am the same, but I would consider myself to be genetically engineered to drink alcohol ;)

[atticus]

Conas ata tu? Lads and Lassies.

[Keanoite]

Do you really learn it there? Or is something just for "fun" and culture?
I know there are some cities and stuff that speak the language but... I don´t get the signs on both languages >.< What are they for?

Totally missed this question...sorry hun.

We learn Irish from the age of 4 or 5 until 17 or 18 depending when you start and finish school. Considering we study it for so long we really should be fluent, sadly that is rarely the case.

Ireland is technically a dual language country, that's why all our signs-traffic, street signs, government buildings, schools etc-are in both Irish and English.

There are sections of the country where Irish is the only language spoken, they are called Gealtechts, the signs in these areas are only in Irish. Very confusing for tourists.lol

[luckystar]

kinda sad that were not all more fluent though because i actually really like the language, its very unique and doesnt sound like any other language

[Spuffy78]

I'm half Irish, the other half is Italian.

[luckystar]

thats the best combination, my great grandparents were from italy so i have some italian blood