Why are people proud to be Irish?

In fairness their personalities never seem to extend much beyond this so it's all they've got to go on. And by jove do they go on.

I thought it was the "the luck of the irish"

Im Irish and if ever a country loved backslapping themselves its us....

The cringefest whenever a US president turns up in town is cringe. The desperation of trying to claim no matter how vague he has some Irish in him is truly embarrassing

90% of the population claim to have Irish roots.

It would have been 95 per cent if Conor had won.

Why would anyone be proud of where they were born?
It's not an achievement, just a random occurrence.

You might have a point RQ.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EADUQWKoVek

well you look around and then you decide, so where you are born does matter and who you are born with.

The cartoon version is better.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HplZ_taHXLM

of course you don`t have to be proud of a country just because you were born in that country.
it will depend on the country.

it is best not to be part of any country as far as possible, in todays world.

do not worry about being proud of your country, its too much trouble.

To Barack, being a proud Irish man helps when you are looking to appeal to the 40 million plus white Irish diaspora voters in the US.

bbc 4 documentary can explain all

1 fro clickbait

Because we're better than you.

Cheers.

All small nations population wise have a closer sense of community I guess, them against the world.

We can be proud of England tonight...4 teams in two European football finals

Yes, well done Manchester.

London, Liverpool and Manchester we salute you.

Rotherum could also be there in the future if only they would return to the espousal of traditional British values.

Yes, well done Manchester.

mouse

Rotherham 22nd in Championship still some way to come,  would also prefer considerably better behaviour form some of the citizens as well

CUT IT OUT

CUT IT OFF might be a better idea

Not a bad idea Denzil

Rotherum still more likely to qualify for Europe before Cov

mouse

You need Jimmy Hill....oh I remember he has passed on

Its partly because of their history - same as the Scots.  They (very reasonably) felt put upon (invaded).

Robbed of their land.  Starved (Potato Famine).  Discriminated against.

This breeds a culture of solidarity.

The English were robbed of their land as well, plenty of invasions from the continent that lasted hundreds of years, and the Germans dropped a bomb or two.

May 10, 2019 -- 10:18AM, scandanavian_haven wrote:

The English were robbed of their land as well, plenty of invasions from the continent that lasted hundreds of years, and the Germans dropped a bomb or two.

The Swedes are currently suffering too might be a Why are people proud to be Scandinavian thread? in a few years time.

We'll all be putting up flat-pack memorials.

Maidin go maith, mo chairde.

the shuttershock logo, lines going through the hand, website address and some random numbers take the edge of that pic somewhat tbh.

I think they add to it.

Thanks MM, there was a lot more lines in the British flag btw.

you don't think that

And who are you to tell me what I think?

I am your mindreader, you agree with me.

Bloody thought polis all over chit chat now.

MM 12.47, that is such an "Irish" reply,i heard that so often and it is a beaut.

SH, you could have codded me you were an expert on Irish one handed imagery,you are in fact a philistine,while the green is vibrant and the hand image portrays the message,the orange is totally lacking clarity(even a blur) and detracts from the object d'art, always good to have one in the portfolio just in case anyway.

"Any of you girls out there got any Irish in you? Any of you want some?"

Phil Lynott, gone but not forgotten!

The real question should be why is anybody proud of being Scottish?

It's SHEITE being Scottish! We're the lowest of the low. The scum of the ****g Earth! The most wretched, miserable, servile, pathetic trash that was ever shat into civilization. Some hate the English. I don't. They're just wanekers. We, on the other hand, are COLONIZED by wanekers. Can't even find a decent culture to be colonized BY. We're ruled by effete arseh*les. It's a SHEITE state of affairs to be in, Tommy, and ALL the fresh air in the world won't make any ****g difference!

you don't believe that pa lapsy.

Looking through my rose tinted spectacles with my lazy eye i sometimes don't know whether the glass is half full or half empty SH.

With any nation and its people there is always the good,bad and ugly amongst them.

phil lynott slept on my sofa one night,a long long time ago,nice guy and a good friend of mine at one time.funny how the world turns.

Ireland a small population like Scotland so should be rightly proud of its achievements

Yep gave us Guinness. Don't need anything more than that.

Coachbuster,

May I refer you to my earlier post

It's SHEITE being Scottish! We're the lowest of the low. The scum of the ****g Earth! The most wretched, miserable, servile, pathetic trash that was ever shat into civilization. Some hate the English. I don't. They're just wanekers. We, on the other hand, are COLONIZED by wanekers. Can't even find a decent culture to be colonized BY. We're ruled by effete arseh*les. It's a SHEITE state of affairs to be in, Tommy, and ALL the fresh air in the world won't make any ****g difference!


I will give the Irish Guinness, poets and writers and of course Willie John!

Gravel voiced jockey sized runts that start fights outside the Coogee Bay Hotel at 2am. That's what comes to mind when I think of Irishmen.