What do Irish people have against Irish-Americans?

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Crazygirl

I worked in Killarney and it would be rude to say to a person youâ€™re not really Irish. Like ye are a tourist on Holidays. Why would somebody say that to a tourist? They would have to be an idiot. It is not like you brought up politics or religion. We need all the tourist we can get. Technically they are correct if their parents are Irish. They have Irish blood.

Some people from other countries that are part Irish dedicate song in their album with an Irish theme.

Anyway take no notice what people say to you. You should not care what strangers think of you. I think it is a compliment that people want to be Irish.

Anybody that gets tick at a person for saying something as innocent as I am Irish is a fugly fart.

Who are these Irish idiots scaring away our tourists?

They probably have a que stick up their fanny.
Yes guys you can say that word up here, yahoo answers is an American Company.
It means something different in Ireland do.

Good luck

tzddean

I don't know anyone who has a problem with people like that. If they're born in Ireland and have Irish citizenship then they're Irish. What some Irish people don't like is when people who weren't born here and maybe don't have citizenship call themselves Irish.

And I agree with Crazygirl that it would be an extremely rude thing to say to a tourist. There's no point in starting arguments about it, even if you don't agree with what a person is saying.

Like a Fox

We don't have a problem with that but it does annoy people when someone thinks that because their great grandads red setter was Irish that must automatically make them irish (i know i was over exaggerating there) but you know yourself.

Though i'd agree it would be rude to say it to a tourist.

meashy00

we dont have a problem with it never have.
but when we meet americans when we go on holiday to orlando every year theres so many people that we meet in 2 weeks that say they are irish because their great great grandfathers nephews cousin is irish. its like a common saying for americans. but no. we dont, well i certainly dont have a problem even with that because i love americans and i think its the happiest country, well i mean like miami, orlando etc. but i love when people say they are irish, because we have also met americans that dont even know ireland as a country or think we are british, that makes us more angry

IRISH AND PROUD

i have nothing against them!!!

Eamonn S

Anyone with half a brain can recognise an American when they see, or at least hear one. However what the Irish fail to get is when an American states he or she is Irish they are not denying their country simply stating their heritage. Because, and this is for the Irish, the U.S. is such a young country it's people find a need for an identity such as their own heritage. People of Irish descent in the U.S. are a very proud people for their contribution to what they have given to make America great, and for a U,S, citizen to proclaim his/her heritage it's the Irish who should be proud.

slipstreamer

The Irish that do that seemingly don't understand the multiculturalism born of immigration that exists in new world countries such as the US, Canada, Australia, etc...The "Irish" in Irish-American is just someone talking about their ethnicity/heritage. Irish is just one more cultural/ethnic group in the US. Like Italian, Polish, Japanese...They are obviously still American.

It does make me wonder what they expected when millions of Irish emigrated to the US and were raised by Irish parents. Why the derision? We aren't saying that we aren't American. Being raised as an Irish American is simply culturally a little different from other types of Americans. The Irish in America have a very strong and rich history of their own that is separate from Ireland. We are not lacking in culture of our own either.

Other immigrant nationalities such as the Japanese even have specific names for each generation that is American born. Japanese-American communities have themselves distinguished their members with terms like Issei, Nisei, and Sansei which describe the first, second and third generation of immigrants. The fourth generation is called Yonsei (å››ä¸–) and the fifth is called Gosei (äº”ä¸–). The term Nikkei (æ—¥ç³») was coined by Japanese American sociologists and encompasses all of the Japanese immigrants across generations.

I agree with crazygirl - why attack tourists to Ireland ? How exactly have they offended you? Not exactly good public relations.

waterman

Anyone who uses the term Irish, Scots, Italian or what ever before the word American or any other nationality have no respect for their home land. You are eg; American of Irish decent, putting your home land first.
Your country should always come first and that is the only thing I have against so called Irish Americans or any other nationality that can't put their country first.

dollymix (now geeky for a month)

I don't know anyone who is against Irish-Americans who have citizenship or were raised in Ireland.

It's just those silly people who's great great great great granny was Irish, and they claim to be more Irish than the Irish.
I remember this question asked by an American, who claims he was of Irish Royalty (some relation of a High King or something), anyways, he wondered where the castle he was going to live in was and how the people here would take the news 'of the royalty's heir coming back'. He thought people would worship the ground he walked on and bow before him and stuff!
^^Now that's what we get annoyed about.

fenderbloke

Because if your ancestors were Irish, then your parents were raised in america and are thus american. Its all to do with where you were raised. It would be as accurate to call Irish Americans Irish as it would be for me to call myself scottish because my family came over here from scotland 500 years ago. What I don't understand is why Americans can never just leave it at calling themself American, they always have to add some other nationality on.

Ã‰irerua

Well it's mostly to do with us just been sick and tired of hearing that same sentiment from people when there away on holiday in America etc... etc...
And what really pisses us off is when Americans who where born and bread in America say that there Irish because in are eyes there not Irish there American's, they don't have values or lifestyle or don't even understand are culture but then have the nerve to say that there Irish.

But in your case I'd say you've probably got some bad reactions off people because your saying that statement with an American accent, and that annoys us straight away, but once you explain your situation to people they don't mind.

Zeppelin77

Maybe it looks like the Irish-Americans are selling out their national pride.

fastfunfurious

they are jealous because they are are not here living in the greatest country in the world

Proud Texan

Seems like tru "IRISH" have problems with everyone including Northern Irish, Irish American, British, Scottish and especially Puerto Ricans. Alright maybe not Puerto Ricans ( I have a problem with them.They keep stealing my K-Mart hub caps off my Chey )
I think it is because it sucks there,cool and rains 6 days a week or more.

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