Pretend Irish People Celebrating St Patrick's Day On Sunday

[dave50]

So I wonder how many English people will be out celebrating, wearing green and those stupid Guinness hats and because they think it's so 'cool' to be Irish they will be trying to convince everyone who will listen that they are actually Irish just because their great great great grandmother visited Dublin once for 5 minutes.
I just hope these same people will put as much effort into celebrating St George's day when the time comes but I won't hold my breath as they won't even know what date it is.

[emmie]

and St Patrick wasn't Irish, but who worries

[emmie]

Romano British Christian no less,...

[ummmm]

If you go to Ireland and you have Irish parents, they see you as Irish.

When I landed in Shannon last week the man at passport control looked at my passport and said 'Ms M, what you doing in the west?' I replied 'just came to see how the bog trotters live' :-)

[mikey4444]

Dave50...what possible business is it of yours if some people will be having some fun on the 17th ?

If they want to celebrate St Patrick's Day, why shouldn't they ?

Bet you read the Daily Mail !

[modeller]

It's the same throughout the world it's the minorities who make the most fuss. The English don't need to , history speaks for itself.

[boxtops]

what a cynical post. We are going to a St Patrick's party - not pretending to be Irish at all, although I am a quarter so. Good excuse to wear Leprauchaun hats :-)

[douglas9401]

Oh modeller, dangerous ground right there.

[gness]

Very dangerous Modeller.

[ichkeria]

"It's the same throughout the world it's the minorities who make the most fuss. "

That is perfectly true. What is interesting though is that there are people who belong to the "non-minority" who, not unreasonably, wonder why their own group can't promote their own identity. I don't think the English help themselves in this regard by, for example, using the Union Flag and "God Save the Queen" as "their symbols" rather then symbols of "Englishness". That was why it was great when, round about the time of Euro 96, English football fans suddenly started waving the flag of St George instead. That actually goes down well with us Celts, or should do, because in a way it's a sign of equality among the nationalities within the United Kingdom, rather than a perceived assumption that England, and England only, is the same as the UK.

[mrs_overall]

dave50 - are you the secret love child of AOG?

[modeller]

Dangerous ground ? Maybe but I have been to mixed nationality groups and when the question of nationality comes up , you hear the Yanks talk about ' G

[tenrec]

I think your post is rather harsh dave50. I am not Irish. However, I will be celebrating. I am English and I do celebrate St George's Day. My birthday is on St Andrew's Day so celebrations there too.

In fact any excuse for a celebration in this house. We also have a flag pole and a variety of flags for celebrations.

[modeller]

CONT. you hear the Yanks talk about ' God's own country, the French
La belle France , the mother land, the fatherland etc Th biggest , highest etc but the E

[modeller]

COT. but the English say nothing unless provoked.
I'm a mongrel with Scottish, Irish and English ancesters so I also have
no need to prove or deny anything.

[jomifl]

Oh my god I'm out of guinness!

[paddywak]

You don't really need to brag when you're English, everybody knows you're the best.

[craft1948]

I don't bother with St George's Day, but I do wear a white rose on Yorkshire Day............

[wildwood]

I like all those St days, no matter what creed or flavour. If anyone wants to celebrate their heritage, I'll more than happy to join them. I even join the Christians end december.

Just to highlight the stupidity of who celebrates what.... England fears to declare Queen's birthday a holiday for fear of accusations of nationalism. In Australia and New Zealand it is a national holiday and a family day enjoyed by many, in parks with picnics and free local concerts.!

[joko]

irish people aren't a different race though... they are just (generally) white people that live in ireland.

dave - do you celebrate xmas or easter? are you religious? do you go to church? are you a pla

i daresay all the people out celebrating are really interested in whether you think they shouldn't be out - im sure they will worry endlessly about it.
i also reckon they're probably out celebrating to try to forget about miserable people like you...

its a big thing in liverpool - as majority of the people are either irish or have irish family.
its just an occasion for people to have some fun

im not a vampire or werewolf either ... doesnt mean i cant go out for hallowe'en....

[RATTER15]

St.George was a Greek warrior, best known for slaying a dragon that never existed.

He aint no saint of mine, all sounds a bit Irish to me!