I'm an Irish citizen but have only been there twice....?

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fenderbloke

Honestly.. a lot of us Irish people (myself included) HATE it when Americans claim to be Irish. You were raised an american by (I assume your mother is American born) 2 American-raised parents (lets be honest - your dad probably doesn't even remember Ireland before he emigrated). Therefore you're American. And you can't call it home - how well do you know your family (Aunts, Uncles, Cousins etc) that live over here? Do you even have family over here? Honestly , I think home is where your family is - and it sounds to me like your whole family lives in, or is from, America.

I just cannot understand how you can be proud of you're Irish heritage - you were not raised here. I'm proud to be Irish - but I was raised here, I know how the country and its peoples work. I think you may technically be half - or full, depending on your mothers country of birth - Irish, but you're not an "Irishman", if you get my meaning. Over here, you'd be called an American. And there's no shame in that, of course. Its just your home

Orla C

I don't think, in all honesty, that you can call it home right now ... but if you were to move here, and become part of a local community, then yes, you could call it home.

CÃaran

You are exactly the type of person I think we desparately need here, someone who's interested in and proud of your heritage instead of how much you can leech off the EU, at the moment it's not your home, but it is your homeland. The best thing to do to be fully accepted by everyone is to learn the language, like Des Bishop, see my profile for example

Irish_bi_female

A place that feels like home would be probably a better way to put it. I can call it home, I'm born here, have been raised here, know the slang, the humour, pay taxes, , my friends, family, my whole life is here. In all honesty, I wouldnt refer to you as an Irish man/woman neither, and thats not being bitchy or mean about, but saying it straight, you are an American. An american who has Irish blood and a citizenship that they are entitled to claim, but at the end of it all an American. .

heyhey

Of course we don't mind, there are over 84 million people that can legally claim an Irish passport, that's alot considering there's less than 5 million of us here. The more the merrier - that's the Irish way.

boofuswoolie

You have all it needs: your heart is in the right place!

I like to think we are not complicated: you do not at all need to learn the language but it would give you a real insight ( which many natives do not actually have ) into gaelic culture as distinct to anglo-Irish .

wendylilly

Whatever, sure they hand out irish passports ten a penny to all the foreigners! it doesn't really bother me.

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