Can someone tell me why a dubliner is called a jackeen?
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Jackeen is a mildly pejorative term for someone from Dublin, Ireland. The most likely origin of the word comes from the personification of England, John Bull. Due to its proximity and long historical ties to Britain, Irish people outside of the Pale thought that Dubliners wanted to be English. John Bull became Jack Bull and, using the Irish suffix -ín meaning small, Jack became Jackeen. Therefore, Jackeen literally means Little Jack.\n\nAnother source of the term stems from Dublins close ties to Britain in the late 18th and early 19th century. During the state visit of Queen Victoria to Dublin in 1900, the Union Flag or "Union Jack" was flown by enthusiastic Dubliners leading to native dubliners being known as Jackeens by the rest of the Irish population.\n\nToday, Jackeen is often used to describe Dublin GAA players and supporters. The term is also shorten back to Jack or the plural Jacks.
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I know of a Dublin,OH but I don't live there.\n\nHope this helps, and good luck!
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There are two kinds of people in this world, the Irish and those who want to be Irish.
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they're called leprichans!!  and they love a good Irish Reel!!
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I've forgotten the exact details of the story,but once there was a man who for one reason or another was being unjustly hanged in Dublin.The hangman didn't tie the noose properly and instead of breaking his neck,the man slowly choked,hanging there.His wife begged for him to be released,but the only thing that the cruel judge would allow was for her to pull on his leg,speeding up his choking,and killing him faster.That's where the term comes from.
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The term "Black Irish" is sometimes used in the United States to refer to Irish people possessing dark skin and hair, purportedly due to Iberian ancestry. Numerous popular theories have been devised to explain the provenance and historical background of the "Black Irish."\n\nThe term is used differently in different places.
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im irish and ive been called charmin. it seriously comes naturally to us, but i think it has something to do with confidence
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The name Dublin comes from Dubh Linn meaning 'Black Pool'. Dublin Castle was built on a ridge where the River Liffey and its tributary the Poddle met. The Liffey is estimated to have been at least four times wider than at present and was liable to flash flooding . The junction formed a large pool, where the present gardens of the Castle are, and was the ancient anchorage for the Viking Longships.  The waters of the Liffey were then, and are still, tinged a deep brown by a subterranean peat bog, which underlies the foundations of the city. The river Poddle still runs under the Olympia Theatre.
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I think it's a euphemism for "jacksh-t"\nSo now the question is, where did THAT phrase come from?
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Rory Emerald is a looser who splashes his name around public places like Yahoo Answers in an attempt to get the public to recognize it.\n\nIt is too bad that you don't put that effort into doing something that would benefit your fellow humans.
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No, all leprechauns live in Ireland because everywhere else they're known as dwarves, midgets, or little people (I have no idea which of those if any is the PC acceptable term).
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Well it does come from the song Yankee Doodle Dandy but the question is where does Yankee come from. You Yanks called us Limeys and that is because our sailors used to eat limes to protect against scurvy on their long sea voyages.\nBTW the Cockney (London Dialect) for a Yank is a  "Septic" from "Septic Tank" which in true Cockney rhyming slang  form the "Tank" rhymes with Yank but the first un-rhyming part is used, Apple and Pears meanind Stairs becomes Apples, Currant Bun meaning Sun becomes Currant,Frog and Toad meaning  Road becomes Frog.\nSo 'the Septic went up the Apples and had a Lemon' translates to 'the Septic Tank went up the Apple and Pears to have a Lemon Squash' i.e. 'the Yank went up the stairs and had a wash!'. Whole conversations can be had using Cockney rhyming slang!!\nGuess it doesn't answer your question but goes to show how bizarre our language is!
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isnt he the irish guy\n\nyeah i dont know anything about him
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Apart from the Scots, the Irish are the friendliest, prettiest, sexiest, funniest and they're the best people on the planet to have a pint with! Cheers!
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I'm not from Ireland but I have a rich breed of Irish blood in my tribal veins. Grandparents of both sides were born there and my maternal grandmother was born there. She was booked on the "TITANIC" to come over to Canada but traded in her ticket for some obscure French liner because her boyfriend was a steward on that ship! Often wondered about that! You know? the what if? question!?\n It is a wonderful land and when you go there do enjoy yourself. If you ever get to the blarney stone? Don't kiss it!
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Hi Dotti! I got your message, thanks for contacting me. \nIf you're interested here are some other bits of info I've gathered. The stone of scone is also known as the lia fail which is Irish for the stone of destiny, it's believed that Jeremiah brought it with him to Ireland from Israel before the Irish monks took it to the Scottish island of Iona etc.\nOllamh Foladh was the Irish name given to Jeremiah and is mentioned in several places in the annals of Ireland. Now there are two Scotias mentioned in the Irish annals - one of them was the daughter of the pharoh Hectonibus/Nectonibus so that's just something to watch out for when you're researching. You mentioned the flag, another interesting thing is that in Northern Ireland, okay... how to explain this... Ireland is made up of four provinces, three of them are in the republic of Ireland and one of them, Ulster is ruled from Westminster and is part of the United Kindom. The symbol for the province of ulster is a red hand - remember Zarah and Pharez and the midwife tieing a red thread on the hand of one of the babies? The symbol of Ireland is the harp of David which is also on the queen of Englands coat of arms, at one point the king of England was also the king of Ireland which is why the harp is on their coat of arms. And of course the lion of Judah, symbol of Scotland. One last thing, Scotia is the ancient name for Ireland. In the time of Jeremiah Scotland was a province of Ireland and ruled by the Irish high king in much the same way as Northern Ireland is now ruled from England.The Scots retained the name Scotia when the Romans renamed Ireland as Hiberia. The romans often referred to the Irish as the Scotti. Scotland was also mainly populated by Irish migrants. The native language of both the Irish and Scots is Gaelic, the Scots speak an older version of the language but there are still amazing similarities right up to the present day. Scotland also had a native people called the Picts. I hope you find this helpful and I'll try to dig up some of my old notes and web sites over the next few weeks and I'll get back to you if you like. Gb Esther.
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Yeah, there once was an Irish gang that went by the name Westies. They operated in a New York neighborhood called "Hell's Kitchen" They were tied with Italian organized crime groups for a period. Extortion and theivery were there businesses of choice, and the first two founding leaders of the Westies  also developed a  very brutal and profficient method of killing and disposing of bodies. There mob came crumbling down when people started ratting eachother out to save their own skin. The loyalty disappeared and with it the gang.