Do people hate the Irish?

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when i saw this thread i couldnt post here :) I am living in ireland now nearly two years by the way i am from Lithuania.I would say irish are friendly nation but when they start to speak about british you see how big rasists they are and then feeling comes to break theyr teeth out :splat: also irish like to speak a lot about religion-again you see how desparate they are.Also irish are worst on drinking 2-3 points and they are out of coverage.but not of them are like i described because some are really helpfull and understanding.
 
EmptyForceOfChi said:
does mac mean son of? i thought if your name is adams, then your sons name would be mac,adams?

or am i wrong i dont know,

peace.
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Mac does mean son of, that's another mistake. People with Irish names in English-speaking countries always call the girls mc-something too. The female of mac is nic or daughter of. e.g. before my mum married she was Caitlin nic an Tuile, which means Caitlin daughter of the Flood because their family arrived in Ireland during the time of a huge flood.
But in Ireland the last name isn't that important in the Gaelic-speaking areas. I only ever use my last name for formalities like signing things etc. People call me Aoife (my name) Padraig (my dad's name) Cathal (my grandfather's name). Aoife Padraig Cathal which means Cathal's Padraig's Aoife. Usually girls use their mother's and grandmother's name but my mother isn't from the area so people don't know her, so I got stuck with the male names.
 
EmptyForceOfChi said:
the irish down in kilburn and cricklewood north west london mostly drink alot in pubs and own jewlery shops,

good fellows when they are sober, that means they are assholes because when is an irish person sober?


joking ofcourse, we love the irish here in england

peace.
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Own jewellery shops? That's wierd. Are they Irish Protestants? I'm not racist or anything but it's just that the jewellery trade in Ireland is completely controlled by Protestants. There are 3 jewellers near me: McCallion, McCullagh, and Ball. Hardly Catholic.
 
Regarding my statement that prejudice against the Irish was widespread in earlier times... In today's Washington Post, columnist Gene Weingarten leafs through some old books.

The Ladies' Guide to True Politeness and Perfect Manners (1864) by Miss Eliza Leslie:
If it is necessary for "a woman of breeding and character" to "chastise Irish servants" for their "inevitable slovenliness and negligence," they must strive to "do so without any reference to their country."
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Also, at a time when slavery was disappearing and one might encounter free "coloured men," these ladies were advised to treat them "with respect"
Quote none of their laughable sayings when they are present.
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Anti-Irish sentiments were apparently mainstream in England more recently. Capt. Francis Goose's A Classical Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue (1931) discloses that an "Irish beauty" is "a woman with two black eyes."

Today, Irish-Americans and Italian-Americans are unhyphenated Americans like the rest of us who celebrate St. Patrick's Day and regard pizza as our national cuisine. America's prejudices are focused on more recent waves of immigration, especially Mexicans and Muslims. I hadn't heard the phrase "drink like a Mick" in forty years, but it popped up in Kid Rock's rap tune "Cowboy." However, it seemed to me that it was meant as a compliment!
 
A large portion of America is from Irish descent. At the time of heavy Irish immigration there was probably a negative attitude that started towards them that maybe continued, I don't know. The drunk jokes are all that there is now a days afaik. I think they're funny too, and often propagated by Irish Americans :p

I can't stand the Irish accent though. Just personal taste... I think it sounds like some awful whining, too much of it actually causes me pain.
 
Really? I find the irish accent quite appealing, well not exactly sexy but definitely appealing, and the language quite musical. I think we like the Irish in general here in Greece, maybe because we are both small countries.
And they are famous for their musical charisma and here they have a reputation for being passionate people in general even though they come from northern Europe. Maybe they are all just labels though, don't know.
 
My Dad was a rapid hater of all things Irish. He wouldn't even let us wear green to school on St Pat's Day. He said we were to wear orange??? WTF?? Mom snuck something green in our packs that we could change into. Us kids never cared adn still don't. We thought he was being a nutter.
He was from Paisley Scotland. Our thinking it had something to do with that.
 
Orleander said:
My Dad was a rapid hater of all things Irish. He wouldn't even let us wear green to school on St Pat's Day. He said we were to wear orange??? WTF?? Mom snuck something green in our packs that we could change into. Us kids never cared adn still don't. We thought he was being a nutter.
He was from Paisley Scotland. Our thinking it had something to do with that.
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Priceless. :)
 
Orleander said:
My Dad was a rapid hater of all things Irish. He wouldn't even let us wear green to school on St Pat's Day. He said we were to wear orange??? WTF?? Mom snuck something green in our packs that we could change into. Us kids never cared adn still don't. We thought he was being a nutter.
He was from Paisley Scotland. Our thinking it had something to do with that.
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Orange!:mad: Green is considered the republican colour, and orange is considered the loyalist colour. Every year the Protestants in the North get together in the North and have the 'Orange Parade' celebrating their Protestantism. They even march through parts of the republic. It's to encourage the 'unity of Protestants', in other words, to rub it in our face.
 
Then apparently my dad was a Loyalist sympathizer. Now I know.
Being Scottish I wonder why it mattered to him???
 
EmptyForceOfChi said:
the irish down in kilburn and cricklewood north west london mostly drink alot in pubs and own jewlery shops,

good fellows when they are sober, that means they are assholes because when is an irish person sober?


joking ofcourse, we love the irish here in england

peace.
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it all depends on what part of England your in, here in Blackpool they hate them, i am welsh and i also get anti welsh jokes and jibes aswell, the english people here just love the english and thats it!
 
Orleander said:
Then apparently my dad was a Loyalist sympathizer. Now I know.
Being Scottish I wonder why it mattered to him???
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You might look into the history of Scottish settlers in Ireland for a clue as to his sentiments.
 
Killjoy said:
You might look into the history of Scottish settlers in Ireland for a clue as to his sentiments.
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I'll explain. Irish people nowadays tend to be closer to the Scottish than people from any other country. Basically everyone I know has a bit of Scottish blood in them - that's because all the older generation went to Scotland to get work when they were young. It also helps that the Scottish speak Gaelic, not the same as Irish Gaelic, but similar.

But, during the Plantations of Ireland during the 16th/17th centuries, vast numbers of native Irish people were forcibly removed from their lands and huge estates were given to English/Scottish Anglican/Presbyterian settlers. In the Northern province of Ulster, the English and the Scots formed a close alliance to defend themselves against the native Irish. This feeling of unity lasts up until the present day, so most Scottish Catholics will be deeply sympathetic with the Republican side, while Scottish Protestants tend to be loyalist.
 
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Some Orangemen. Yesterday.
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im harf english harf irish and live in ireland but i have a london Accent so in alot of the pubs and clubs as soon as i speak the men pick on my and want to fight me even the girls have chip on ther shoulder it so bad that now i hate my irish roots they are nothing but racists the make me so mad cos i am one and they are many i cant fight them all :) iv gota nazi hatred toward them now:) eney ideas how i can stand up to them wane they are racist to me thax:confused:
 
Isn't it just humiliating how their sashes have 'lol' written on them? It stands for Loyal Orange Lodge or something stupid like that but isn't it so funny? Especially since they take themselves so seriously . . .

lol
 
FreeThinkers said:
I'm getting the impression from this forum that people in America don't like the Irish. People on the continent love us, so I don't know why Americans wouldn't. Is this true? Be honest.
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After Germans, Irish make up more of the population than any other ancestry. They even surpass the English.

~String
 
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