ive heard this more than once know!why would you pretend to be something your not?talk about living a lie if you could pretend to be from somewhere why would you pick ireland?
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I don't consider myself to be of Irish descent, although I probably have more Irish ancestors than a lot of people. (My region was settled mainly by Irish immigrants "back in the day.") Face it, people want to have some kind of ethnic heritage other than just generic American, whatever it may be. Hmmm, I don't really know, so I'll make an educated guess. Mexican? Nah, I don't look Mexican. Or Italian, for that matter. German? I think my name's too normal. Normal? Hey, it's probably from somewhere in the U.K. or Ireland! And didn't great aunt Mildred mention something about someone coming over from Dublin in 1902? Why, I bet...\n\nI'm probably overstating a little, but you get the point.
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having the same heritage, I think I can say, for myself, yes, it is right.  it is not right if you take your own ancestry over your 'now' native country.  If American, you are American first, if Canadian or any other, it is the country to whom you were born or swore allegiance to first.  I am proud of my celtic heritage.  this is both Irish and Scot.  Ireland and Scotland were the final resting place for a barbarian group, called the Celts.
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Let me tell you a story. This question was set to a knight who was very unhappy becouse he couldn't solve it, until he met an ugly old crone who said she would tell him the answer if he married her. Reluctantly he agreed, she told him the answer and the mystery was solved. When the crone arrived at his castle the knight was astonished to find her transformed into a beautiful maiden, she told him she was cursed to be a crone only half the day. He requested she be beautiful at night, which made her angry as people would mock her if she was a crone all day. He changed his mind and said be beautiful by day, which made her angry as she thought he didn't care what she looked like. So he said " I can't decide, you choose " At that moment the curse was broken as he had given her what every woman wants, HER OWN WAY.  (Of course every womans way is subtly different, and the exact details are something you will have to figure out. Mostly we wan't men to be able to read our minds and know what we are thinking)
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shouldn't it be Celtic?\n\nIn any case, take a picture of it, upload to http://www.imageshack.us/ , post link here
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Personally, I wouldn't pretend I was anything usually, but if there's money saving involved, sign me up!  I don't know if that's true or not - and I wouldn't do it unless I was positive.  Sorry I can't help more.  You may want to ask this also on the city pages (NY, or other cities in the area).\nHave a pleasant day.
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It is an excellent idea. I am from Ireland and living in Dublin I have alot of non national friends, who have studied or who are studying english in Dublin.\nThey are all getting on really well. If you have any questions on accomadation or part time work etc. ( if you do decide Dublin is for you) save my name and get in contact. Dublin is a great place, the people are lovely, but it can be very expensive . Good Luck
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so i guess we should tell the irish and italians and all those other people that immigrated in the past maybe they should go to. sorry you are so fixated.  hopefully some day you will make a friend with an alien and hear their story.  good luck
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With your Irish accent people will be intrigued and want to know about your country and will find you charming and sweet. Don't be surprised if they tell your b/f he needs to marry you.
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Let me declare an interest before I post my answer to your question. My grandmother, a young girl with eight sisters, were sent from Mayo by their family to the safety of England. They lived in a workhouse in Oldham, Lancashire. \nMy father was brought up catholic and became an altar boy. He married my mother, a protestant. My mum and dad were shunned by dad's side of the family until 12 years after teh wedding when, in 1958, I was born.\nMost of us in England only took an interest in Irish / Ulster affairs when the bombing and terror came to 'the mainland'. As a young child, accompanying my dad's family to the Irish Land League club in Oldham, i was accustomed to seeing the shamrock of Sinn Fein. It was an image that held no fear for me.\nTo me, one thing is clear. We stole Ireland from the Irish and we can never give it back. Our countries were different places at the time of partition. The time in which a United Ireland my have explored its new 'Irishness' has passed. The age has already dawned of 'the global village.' Where i live now, fellow mancunians oriniginate from Poland and eastern europe, from all points of Africa and Asia; from South America and Australasia. What was 'Englishness' has gone and some mourn; and with it the era in which a United irishness might have been explored and culivated.\nI love Ireland: i love its music and liteature, i love its people and its landscape. I am truly sorry, as a born and brought up Brit, for all that my mother country perpetrated upon my father's mother's country.\nI feel at home in Mayo, but i know it can never be my home. It is a comfort to know I can go there any time I like and have a beer or two at Molloy's.\nIreland, like England, belongs to the world now. It's yours, but it's mine, too.\n\nWith respect and warm regards\n\nScannan
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I don't know why.  You have a good point. I usually state that I am a New Yorker.  If I answer a question and they ask if I am an American I will answer yes but I always state that I am a New Yorker.  My g/f is from Holland.  My family has a tendency to state shes European.  No she's Dutch first. Europe is a big place.  Just as America is.  Need to be more specific in my opinion. People have been known to generalize.  And I for one dont like to be generalized so I help clarify where I am from.
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If you can claim EU citizenship then it is easy. IE if you have a parent or grandparent born in Ireland, you are an Irish Citizen.  This gives you the right to live/work anywhere in the EU. Otherwise it is bloody near impossible. You might be able to find domestic work (An Au pair) A friend of mine has done that. Otherwise it's very very difficult.
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ireland has always been expensive,i don´t think there has been a 360 turn on the racist front.and pretentious is not a word i would use to describe the irish either.
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I'm Irish and lived in NL for six years, and it was a great experience - people thought that Irish had some odd customs, like having a party when someone dies, it's called a 'wake' ... likewise I thought the Dutch had some funny ways, but most of the time I enjoyed our differences.\n\nHow odd that your friends find you being proud of your native culture to be 'uncomfortable'. What's wrong with that? What's wrong with THEM?
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When we flew over Ireland we could distinguish its borders by its verulant green shadings thus the emerald isle.  I have always loved the Irish and own a lots of Irish music.  I truely believe that in another life I was Irish and did you know that here in Israel we have the Irish Israeli Friendship Club to whitch I can proudly say I belong.  God save Ireland
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use a proxy that fakes u being into the country u want to be in.
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Samhain, my favorite holiday would be a joy spent in Salem Mass. not Salem Missouri. I am of a mind to avoid Stonehenge as I would have to tolerate the effeminate sissy boys whose dream from childhood is to become a queen.  Guess I’ll have to stay in the states for this holiday.
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Ha ha that was a "Grand" joke\n\n\nI am from an irish background and no offence was taken it is just a joke, "Top of the morning to ya!!"