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In the sense that there is a never-ending Irish Pride in my family I would consider myself Irish. The closest you could say would be Irish American. Although, in the US I am familiar with people who refer to themselves as a European ethnicity when their ancestors immigrated in the 17th or 18th century. My father was Polish, but I did not have any contact with my father beyond the age of 9. As such I do have Polish ancestry, but my family identity for which my childhood was based upon was mostly Irish. For instance, my parent had to be enrolled in catholic schools, attend mass every Sunday at a catholic church, be regaled with stories of the "old" country, and so on.

To go into more detail, my grandparents immigrated in the mid 50s. Holding tight to their customs and beliefs. I guess there are differences between my experience as a 3rd gen american (or is it 2nd gen american.. Okay 2nd gen born american would be accurate) and Americans who have had roots in the US for 6-8+ generations. But then again since the US is basically a land of immigrants, a lot of people do tend to define themselves by their past european ancestry even if they have little connection to it.

TL;DR My family shows heavy Irish pride. Many have not been to Ireland, but still hold to this pride. Some family has been to Ireland. Do I consider myself Irish or American? Is there a middle spot. I wouldn't say me or my family is entirely acculturated to the American ethos.


Some more rambling: The state for which I grew up in had very insular populations who would interact generally with such populations and both my maternal and paternal family had some degree of that. While I did not speak to my father past the age of 9, I have talked to my paternal grandmother on many occasions to which it was revealed that even though her family was well to do by 20th century standards they all (i.e. mothers/fathers aunts/uncles/cousins children, etc) all lived together. Much greater emphasis on extended family than is typical of many other European Americans who have been fully acculturated.

If you can make sense out of this almost incoherent mess, I will listen to the entire discography of your favorite bg/gg. lol

I think I’ve made sense of that

I bet you were wondering, "How tf did he turn 1 question into 4 paragraphs..."

So while you live in America you were more influenced by Irish culture?

No actually, I expected it to be long ngl
One more question: do you find Michael Collins attractive? Sorry but I had to ask 🙃

Yep. So sexy.

But tbh google has pics of him like 40 years ago and he was moderately attractive

He died a 100 years ago though🤨how tf does Google have photos of him from 40 years ago??

I thought you meant Michael Collins the astronaut...

But Michael Collins the Irish Leader.. You mean him right? He's cute:

This is who I thought you meant:


who looked like this 40 years ago

Well seeing as we were on the topic of Ireland I thought that was a pointer towards which Michael Collins I was talking about

Michael Collins, the Irish one, sort of reminds me of Oscar Wilde for some reason.