Am I Irish?

yupyup7up

my parents, and siblings were all born in ireland and my grandparents as far back as I can see were born here, but i was born in england and lived here since I was 3. I consider myself %100 irish. Oh an ive always had an irish passport and citizenship. Never claimed british citizenship or a passport

DOC09UNAM

No, you're not.

yupyup7up

DOC09UNAM wrote: »

No, you're not.

who me?

DOC09UNAM

Couldn't be.

yupyup7up

what are you on about man?

yupyup7up

sdonn wrote: »

Absolutely, completely and utterly wrong.

+1

I wasnt born in Ireland because my family lived in england for 6 years during the 80s. I haven't ANY ancestors that aren't Irish(for at least the past 5 generations anyway). My parents, siblings, grandparents, great-grandparents, great-great grandparents - all born and bred in ireland. I have a full blown Limerick City accent. I support Ireland in rugby, republic of ireland in soccer, im living here since I was 3. Ive never had any british citizenship or passport(always had both irish equivalents) and plus, I actually cant ever be a british citizen without naturalization because Im 22. If you are born in england, you have to claim citizenship before you turn 18. So there you go. Im irish

Quazzie

yupyup7up wrote: »

I actually cant ever be a british citizen without naturalization because Im 22. If you are born in england, you have to claim citizenship before you turn 18. So there you go. Im irish

I think you were mad not to claim duel citizenship. If you ever get into trouble abroad its easier to find a British Embassy than it is to find an Irish one. Having a British Passport could help you should you ever decide to go travelling.

ejmaztec

Quazzie wrote: »

I think you were mad not to claim duel citizenship. If you ever get into trouble abroad its easier to find a British Embassy than it is to find an Irish one. Having a British Passport could help you should you ever decide to go travelling.

I flit between English and Irish, depending on which of the two countries has fucked up on something that particular week. Over the past year, I've been more English than Irish, but next year it could be the opposite.:eek:

who the fug

ejmaztec wrote: »

I flit between English and Irish, depending on which of the two countries has fucked up on something that particular week. Over the past year, I've been more English than Irish, but next year it could be the opposite.:eek:

I do the same depending on who is asking and what be in it for me?

b12mearse

ejmaztec wrote: »

Are they different to the basquetards, cos some of them live here as well?

sorry i meant basque separatists

jelomulawin

IMO, an Irish person is either:
1.) someone who was born and bred in Ireland
2.) assimilated to Irish culture and lifestyle, regardless of your skin colour, etc, etc.
*A person is ___ outside, but ___inside.*

Afaik, an Irish person beat John Cena. But I'd still regard him as an Irish person.

Oh wait, wait: A TRUE Irish person is someone who speaks IRISH, and never ever, speak English :pac:

KillaNinja

if he's irish, then you'll bloody know he's irish!!

Mike 1972

Worth mentioning that many of the people who campaigned and/or fought for the establishment of Ireland as an independent state were (going by some of the definitions being chucked about in this thread) not Irish at all !

Quazzie wrote: »

I think you were mad not to claim duel citizenship. If you ever get into trouble abroad its easier to find a British Embassy than it is to find an Irish one. Having a British Passport could help you should you ever decide to go travelling.

Unless perhaps if your plane gets hijacked......

In any case If one happens to need the services of an Irish embassy in a country lacking such a thing I believe they can use the embassy of any other EU state now instead ?

Irish nationality can also be acquired by being married* to an Irish person for a certain length of time although the process is no longer autmatic and involves some burecratic hoop jumping. * (or "civil partnered" when it comes in)

Pygmalion

Pygmalion wrote: »

I'd say grew up in Ireland, someone who was born here but moved away as a kid and never spent more than the occasional 2 week holiday here is not Irish.
Likewise someone who was born somewhere else but spent most of their life here is probably more Irish than they are [whatever country they were born in]ish.

Obviously people who have citizenship are (and rightly so) treated as Irish, but if I walked up to some foreigner and asked where he/she is from we'd both know that I'm not talking about citizenship.

And how would you know if they were 'some foreigner'? As I already said, I get people asking me where I'm from all the time and I find it really irritating and obnoxious when people ask where I'm from and I say Ireland and then they ask where I'm really from. The answer is still Ireland. Like many people, I had one set of great grandparents from another country. I never met them. I never spoke that language. I never go to that country. I'm as Irish as anyone else, and it really gets on my nerves when smart arses say things like 'yeah, on paper'. No, not on paper. We're not all pasty and freckly!

me_right_one

Ah no, where are ya from really;)

citizen_p

when youve been living here longer than youve been living there.

edit1:
just seen dual citzenship mentioned...
i got a friend from the north who has irish and english citzenship. she went to australia but overstayed her visa...so instead of coming back on the english passport she used the irish


its illegal (i think) dont do it!!!!!
of course i reported her to the PSNI after

me_right_one

Definition of Irishness:


http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2055784047

Seloth

Three friends who fit into this who I would consider Irish.

Ones American,Moved here when he was 4 and has a Irish accent,His mother is Irisha nd his father lived here for his teenage years.

Another is Indian,both her parents are Indian and she grew up here,Tottal Irish accent and mannerisms.

Another is from Iraq but and same as above pretty much.

I do have two other friends then,One is from Paistan and another Nigerian

Both moved here when they were 14,still have the accents and Mannerisms so I wouldnt really call them as Irish.

If you were raised here most of your life then yeah,I'd define you as Irish.

me_right_one

Seloth wrote: »

Three friends who fit into this who I would consider Irish.

Ones American,Moved here when he was 4 and has a Irish accent,His mother is Irisha nd his father lived here for his teenage years.

Another is Indian,both her parents are Indian and she grew up here,Tottal Irish accent and mannerisms.

Another is from Iraq but and same as above pretty much.

I do have two other friends then,One is from Paistan and another Nigerian

Both moved here when they were 14,still have the accents and Mannerisms so I wouldnt really call them as Irish.

If you were raised here most of your life then yeah,I'd define you as Irish.

Would any of them know what 18-6-12 is?:D

loglogbarkbark

I just found the only thing that made me think i was half irish didn't exist in the first place yay. Its such a relief.

D11693

Holsten wrote: »

Born here, parents born here.

Actually, the Proclamation disagrees with you.

D11693

Sharpshooter wrote: »

If you are born in Ireland, then you are an Irish citizen.

Not necessarily.

D11693

robbie_998 wrote: »

no more of that your born here therefore your irish crap, its gone

Thankfully, paradoxically that seemed to be the batttle cry of the chavs and the champagne socialists.

corner of hells

D11693 wrote: »

robbie_998 wrote: »

no more of that your born here therefore your irish crap, its gone

Thankfully, paradoxically that seemed to be the batttle cry of the chavs and the champagne socialists.

You're answering comments from eight years ago.

Dr Strange

corner of hells wrote: »

You're answering comments from eight years ago.

That’s so Irish.