The 70 Million Project

Riddle101

I was just looking this up on the internet today, apparently there is this thing called the 70 Million project and what it does is, it get people with Irish heritage in their veins to connect up with others around the world. I guess it's because there is an estimate of 70 million Irish people or at least people with irish in them in the world, don't quote me on that. Anyway I was reading the comments left on the site, and someone claimed that people who live in Ireland, don't see people who live in other countries like America who have an Irish backround as being real Irish. So it got me thinking. If an American ever came up to you and said his grandparents were Irish, would you see him as being Irish despite never lived or been to Ireland?

I have to admit, I never really think of things like that. I always believed unless you were Irish yourself, and not just from your grandparents, you weren't truly Irish. But hey I guess if people are really that serious about it, maybe we should accept them as being Irish. Anyway what do you think?

My name is URL

Riddle101 wrote: »

there is an estimate of 70 million Irish people or at least people with irish in them in the world, don't quote me on that.

Ok

I like the plastic paddies. It would be a lot worse if everyone hated us tbh.

Mr.Lizard

I think if they're so fond of claiming they're Irish then they should donate 1% of their income for life to Irelands Dept of Finance in order to prove it. Talk is cheap.

That'll sort out the men from the boyo's!

mike65

http://www.seventymillion.org/

Apparently there's a 60 year old male living on Rockall.

Daroxtar

When someone tells me they're 1/8 irish i say " which part, your arse?"

Rented Mule

I'd start being much nicer to the 'plastic paddies' as their tourism dollars are going to be one of the very few 'investments' left in this country.

Soby

36,495,800 Irish-American in the US in 06. about 6 million here.Where the hell are the other 28,000,000??

Terry

mike65 wrote: »

http://www.seventymillion.org/

Apparently there's a 60 year old male living on Rockall.

He's keeping watch for us in case the Brits or the Danes decide to come back.

Terry

Soby wrote: »

36,495,800 Irish-American in the US in 06. about 6 million here.Where the hell are the other 28,000,000??

Britain, Canada, Australia, Korea, China, The islands of the Carribean, Spain, France, Outer Mongolia, Inner Mongolia and many more countries.

LordSutch

This whole 70 Million project > I just dont get it . . .

So lets say there are x million people in the States with an Irish ancestor, does that mean that they all qualify for the project? bearing in mind that they will also have many Scottish, Danish, English, German, French ancestors too!

Why is it the the Irish ancestor that's always so special?

Mr.Lizard

Camelot wrote: »

Why is it the the Irish ancestor that's always so special?

Because most other nationalities have the intelligence to know nobody cares and the good manners to keep it to themselves.

BrokenArrows

Riddle101 wrote: »

I was just looking this up on the internet today, apparently there is this thing called the 70 Million project and what it does is, it get people with Irish heritage in their veins to connect up with others around the world. I guess it's because there is an estimate of 70 million Irish people or at least people with irish in them in the world, don't quote me on that. Anyway I was reading the comments left on the site, and someone claimed that people who live in Ireland, don't see people who live in other countries like America who have an Irish backround as being real Irish. So it got me thinking. If an American ever came up to you and said his grandparents were Irish, would you see him as being Irish despite never lived or been to Ireland?

I have to admit, I never really think of things like that. I always believed unless you were Irish yourself, and not just from your grandparents, you weren't truly Irish. But hey I guess if people are really that serious about it, maybe we should accept them as being Irish. Anyway what do you think?

If they are entitled to an irish passport then they are Irish otherwise they are not.

Riddle101

Camelot wrote: »

This whole 70 Million project > I just dont get it . . .

So lets say there are x million people in the States with an Irish ancestor, does that mean that they all qualify for the project? bearing in mind that they will also have many Scottish, Danish, English, German, French ancestors too!

Why is it the the Irish ancestor that's always so special?

Proberly because Irish people are renowned for their taveller like ways, i.e emigrating all over the world to the far reaches of the neatherrealm. can't say any other culture has emigrated more then the Irish, Also because Irish people have a strong connection with people. Unlike those French guys who like to act like their farts don't smell.

Agent Smith

these guys will help us when we go to fight the welsh, wont they?

Cunny-Funt

Camelot wrote: »

also have many Scottish, Danish, English, German, French ancestors too![/I]

Why is it the the Irish ancestor that's always so special?

Because being Irish is generally considered as cool. Or maybe versus many other nationalities , we don't have a dark past or something.

Terry wrote: »

Korea, China, The islands of the Carribean, Outer Mongolia, Inner Mongolia and many more countries.

Didnt know that now!