irish\-american

irish\-american
1. (Irish-American) (1235↑, 575↓)
What everybody in America becomes once a year on March 17th.

Yea, it's St Patrick's Day\! Kiss me, I'm Irish (today).

2. (Irish-American) (642↑, 237↓)
A person that was born in America, but has ancestors from Ireland. They might actually have some fairly close family in Ireland. They are very proud of their heritage and have good reason to be.

He is Irish-American, his great- grandfater was born in Ireland.

3. (Irish-American) (487↑, 219↓)
Much like African-American or Asian-American, Irish-Americans are Americans who are of Irish heritage.

Why doesn't Uncle Sam kiss Irish-Americans' asses like he does African-Americans? I mean, c'mon, Irish-Americans are so much sexier\!

Author: Micheal f'ing Collins, biotches\! http://irish-american.urbanup.com/1213366
4. (irish-american) (325↑, 182↓)
The second largest group in america, after the germans. Presidents Reagan and Kennedy were Irish and Bill Clinton was half-irish. Tougher than nails, they are regarded as great fighters and even greater writers. (Think Joyce, Yeats, Doyle, etc.) Once looked down upon (by the boring ass wasps..) they rose up through the ranks of American society and are now one of the most popular and successful groups in the country.

George Clooney, Harrison Ford, Sean Penn, Conan O'Brien, Tom Brady, Sharon Stone, Vince McMahon, Brian Williams, Jack Welch, Carson Daly, Nolan Ryan, Dennis Leary, Pat Riley, Dropkick Murphys, JFK, Tom Clancy, Lindsay Lohan, Jenny McCarthy, are all Irish-Americans

5. (Irish-American) (80↑, 42↓)
1)Americans whose distant ancestors came from Ireland. Many contries built by immigration use hyphens to denote cultural ties, such as Canada, US, England and Australia. Mainly American, they nonetheless retain the physical and cultural characteristics of Ireland (dark or red hair, pale and thin) and are identified as Irish by the general population and sometimes suffer discrimination due to these physical traits. 2)Americans whose parents are Irish 3)Americans born in the US but raised in Ireland, see Frank McCourt,writer; Aidan Quinn,actor ; Eamon DeValera, patriot and first president of Ireland 4)The people who raised cash and weapons so that the Irish war of Independence could be fought. Without Irish American support there would be no Republic of Ireland

Some Irish claim that Irish-Americans are not Irish at all, but they always lay claim the famous ones, such as Eugene O'Neill and Frank McCourt as their talents are so "Irish".

6. (Irish-American) (99↑, 63↓)
A person born in America that is of Irish descent. Despite what others seem to think, an Irish-American person may have not been to Ireland, but this does not deny the existence of Irish in their blood. Millions of Irish immigrants fled to America even until the 1930's and settled thus creating families and spreading their blood lines. If ones' great grandparents or such came from Ireland, does that Irish blood not carry on to them even though they happened to born in America? Someone could easily have Irish parents and be born in Russia, or anywhere for that matter, but they are are still Irish no matter what country they happen enter the world into.

These are just a few great Irish-Americans. Ronald Reagan, James Cagney, Errol Flynn, Frank & Malachy McCourt, and many other greats.

7. (Irish-American) (20↑, 7↓)
An American who clings to a false Irish hyphenated identity in an effort to dilute his/her annoying, ignorant American one. They are known as 'Plastic Paddies'. They have never set foot on Irish soil, don't know any Irish people and call Irish (i.e. Gaeilge) 'Gaelic' e.g. ''OMG speak some gaelic\!''. They believe they are Irish because their grandfather's grandmother lived next to a woman whose postman was from Dublin. Incidentally, Dublin is the only Irish city they're aware of, unless they're one of the elite few who know of ''Galloway'' (i.e. Galway, pronounced Gawl-way) or Cob - H (i.e. Cobh, pronounced cove). A real Irish person is born in Ireland and grows up there and would never compromise their identity by adding 'American' onto the latter end of their title of nationality (even if s/he moved to the U.S. and lived there indefinitely). Unless you have an Irish passport, don't call yourself Irish...even if your fifth cousin's brother-in-law's dog lived in Kerry\!

Irish-American: ''I'm Irish too\!'' Real Irish person: ''Really? Where are you from?'' ''New York''.

8. (Irish-American) (88↑, 76↓)
People who are loyal to America and Ireland at the same time,people who are hard workers,tough as nails,fun-loving,church goers who I support 115%\!

John Fitzgerald Kennedy,people who survived the harsh criticism from other people who weren't Irish,great people with traditional Irish names like Fitzgerald,Fitzpatrick,Fitzsimmons and O'Reilly,and people who care about the U.S. of A. and the Emerald Isle\! The Irish-American is a great American\!

9. (Irish-American) (160↑, 152↓)
1) Someone who holds dual nationality. Holds both Irish and American passports. 2) A myth. If your great great grandmother (who ran away) is Irish that does not make you Irish. You are stuck being American, bad luck\! Whenever an American claims they're Irish, the whole world and especially Ireland laughs their arse's off.

Hi Im from Boston so Im Irish. To prove this Ill wear the tricolour occasionally and have fake shamrocks and leprecauns in my house. Ill also be as racist as possible when it comes to Blacks, Brits or anyone else I think i should hate\! Goooo Cellticcss\!\! They're Irish right?

10. (Irish-American) (137↑, 132↓)
Americans who realise (or not)that everyone else in the world thinks they are retards and so desperately try to cling onto some other form of identity. Their surname is Irish thus almost proving that about 5 generations ago they must have had an Irish relative. They are therefore at least 1/32th Irish - the other 31/32th's are irrelevant - only the surname counts. Irish-Americans have most likely never been to Ireland and display no Irish traits and to anyone else would appear only American. However, they are still Irish and you should address them as such. The fact that most white American blood is that of the dastardly English is irrelevant.

Just about every American I've met described themselves as Irish-American, and I lived there. If it's not Irish then it's German, Swedish, Scottish etc. etc. Never ever English.

11. (Irish-American) (147↑, 142↓)
The most annoying people in THE WHOLE WORLD. Who, by the way, can't really call themselves Irish just because they sometimes wear green, have drunk guinness, and have ginger hair and especially because a large proportion of my so-called fellow Irishmen have, in fact, no idea that the island is split into TWO SEPARATE COUNTRIES.

me (irish): hello. "irish-american": oh my gawsh, do i detect a lilting irish brogue? me: um, well if you're wondering if i'm from ireland, then, well, i suppose i should say "yes" about now. "irish american": i'm irish too, you know. me: really, you sound like you're american to me. "irish american": no, my great great great great second cousin once removed came from kerry\! all my friends can hear the irish accent in my voice- can't you? me: um. well to me you sound pretty much american "irish american": och, you're having me on- as us irish say\! do you know my family, i wonder? the mckeowns of kerry? you must know them, they're big there. me: well i'm actually from northern ireland, so... "irish american": yes- the north of ireland me: no- NORTHERN IRELAND. it's a different country. "irish american": yeah, ok, and i live in northern north america. me: that's different, see- it's a DIFFERENT COUNTRY "irish american": not sure i follow you there...you're saying that the north of ireland is, in fact, a totally different country from southern ireland? when did that happen? me: AHHHHHHHHHHH

Author: a real irish person http://irish-american.urbanup.com/1660245
12. (Irish-American) (24↑, 20↓)
A subculture in America that still practices aspects of the culture that their Irish ancestors brought over hundreds of years ago. Different from the actual [Irish] since Irish-Americans culturally are more similar to the 1800's Irish than modern Irish. Comparable to [Italian-Americans], [Jewish-American], [Polish-American] and [Asian-Americans]. The whole Irish-American subculture was generated back in the 1800's when Irish Catholic immigrants faced adversity from the White Protestants already in America so they bonded together in neighborhoods and retained their heritage. This is why St. Patrick's Day is a giant celebration in cities like Chicago, Boston, and New York. A lot of people claim they are Irish-American like a lot of people try to claim they are Italian-American/Polish-American, just because they are boring typical white Americans whose genealogy traces back to England or Germany.

My cousin Kevin is a typical Irish-American. Friendly, hard working, and visits Ireland at least once a year.

13. (irish-american) (147↑, 146↓)
One who claims to be Irish whilst having no idea what (an island), let alone where 'Ireland' is, having never been there, and having no real intention of ever going there. Blissfully unaware of their own country having no dual-citizenship treaty with the Republic of Ireland. Often displaying a supreme lack of irony by positively shouting about the fact that their family has donated to an international terrorist organisation that murdered children (often Irish children, which is presumably somehow worse) in the very same brash tone they use in praise of their own country's 'War on Tear.' Slightly less despicable than the anti-smoking brigade, though the demographics often overlap creating a group of people that would incline one towards taking up a superstition such as christianity in order to hope that one'll get to witness armageddon.

Irish-American: Say, 'bud', wurrrr ya from? Me: Northern Ireland IA: Oh, Arland, I'm Arsh too\! Me: I'm not actually Irish, I didn't say Ireland, I said, "Northern Ireland." They're seperate countries. IA: Well I see it as one, the whole place is so close to my heart\! Me: Ah. You must have spent a lot of time there, if you think it's closer to your heart than to that of someone who was born and raised there. IA: Well, I, um. I never really got the time. But hey, they're joined, right? Same thing, right? Me: Yeah, well you Mexicans always were a bit fucking slow. IA: I'm not Mexican. Me: ... ... (penny never drops). Know what? Fuck off.

14. (Irish-American) (86↑, 90↓)
Unlike in Ireland, where one can be easliy defined as Irish, defing someone as American is inaccurate seeing as the country is roughly a hundred times bigger. Because America is so large, we actually have to specify what blood we've got in us when talking to each other. And there is no prouder blood to claim than Irish blood,(one could maybe argue Italian), because they had to put up with a lot of crap and prejudice(not nearly as much as the blacks, but a close second)

1.)Blacks and Irish need not apply 2.)Real Paddy: You're American Irish-American: I'm Irish-American, America's a big fuckin country. Paddy: You don't count, you're a yank, a wanabe. Irish-American: My grandparents were born in Ireland, I think that gives me some big fuckin ties to it, you elitist douche. Paddy: Feck off

15. (Irish-American) (131↑, 141↓)
A person who was born and raised in America but think they are Irish because of their name, but they aren't so HAHA\!\!\! You are not irish and never will be.

american person: yeah im irish. Me: no you're not AP: hello\! My name is irish\! Me: your a fool.

16. (Irish-American) (148↑, 158↓)
Some poor Irish family in the 1800s left the Emerald Isles due to famine and sailed to America. Thus, they created new lives in American society, yet over a century onwards their great-great-great-great grandchildren insist that they are Irish. Even though they have never set foot on Irish turf in their life. It is an insult to the Irish nation and the Americans do get the piss taken for making such ridiculous claims. The Irish find it boring when, on holidays in the USA, the locals try to emphasise their Irishness. It doesn't work.

A - Oh, this guy I met in New York was telling me that he was Irish too. B - Really? Whereabouts here is he from? A - Well, he's never actually been to Ireland before, but his great-great-great grandfather sailed over to New York from Ireland in 1862... B - Awh not another one of them eejits who insists that they're Irish?\! A - Yeah, I just nodded and supressed my laughter/anger\!

17. (Irish-American) (28↑, 48↓)
An individual born in America who is Irish on both sides for every generation back to the last family member born in Ireland. I find it offensive that some of the "Irish - I was born here" are so hostile to Irish-Americans. My family - whose names are Hughes, Rooney, Mullin, O'Brien, Daugherty, McMannus, among others - all left County Monaghan, Ireland in April of 1847 when they were put off the land by and English landowner and told to take the offered passage and go to British North America (Canada) or go to the poorhouse and starve with the other million people who died. It's not like they left Ireland by choice. They were forced out, those who were able to stay in Ireland and keep body and soul together through the An Gorta Mor, who maybe had a decent landlord or owned a little land of their own - should be grateful to God that they didn't have to suffer the passage on the coffin ship my family came to Canada on. I am the 4th generation not born in Ireland, but I am probably a lot more Irish than some born there. No English blood flows through my viens. I don't tell people I am Irish, I tell them I am American of Irish ancestry.

Irish born outside Ireland to Irish parents - Irish-American

18. (Irish-American) (87↑, 117↓)
An American-American whose Great Great Great Grandmother's cousin once wore a green skirt and drank a pint of Guinness.

I spoke to an Irish-American (from Boston of course) and took great pleasure in telling him that my great-grandfather was Irish and involved in the Easter Uprising. It was true, he was Head of his Lodge in the Orange Order and became a section commander in the Black and Tans. He defended his Dublin against the Fenian insurrectionists (note: rising against the lawful government during wartime is punishable by death in most countries) and personally shot some of them.

19. (Irish-American) (45↑, 76↓)
A person in the US whose distant relatives were smart enough and industrious enough to escape a dull and drunken land for a better life.

Irish-American, John O'Riley, has his great-great-great-grandfather to thank for everything good in his life and not having to live the cursed existance of his slow-witted distant cousins, of sitting on their asses all day drinking, smoking and complaining.

20. (Irish-American) (155↑, 187↓)
An American whose Irish ancestor(s) had the balls and sense to leave a impoverished, theocratic, and otherwise rainy shithole of a country unlike the the descendants of the pussies who stayed. (see Irish)

Irish-Americans often look like Irish, but they have nicer teeth.

21. (irish-american) (118↑, 154↓)
Once regarded as "white ethnics" by suburban Anglo-Americans, Irish-Americans are the most badass of all AMERICAN demographics. They are more American than they are Irish, but they are more Irish than anyone else in the United States (which makes them better). They are passionate about little actually coming from Ireland, but anything coming from South Boston or Manhattan’s West Side is fucking kickass in their eyes. Kind of like African-Americans with Atlanta or Italian-Americans with New York. They don’t really give a damn about the lifestyles or societies of people living in fucking Kenya or Polermo, they just like Sinatra or 50 cent. Irish-Americans… or at least Americans who call themselves Irish have given us and have inspired: -The Dropkick Murphys -The Westies; a psychotic group of ultra violent career criminals in Hell’s Kitchen that were called one of the most savage organizations in the long history of New York street gangs by Rudolph Guliani -Whitey Bulger: arguably one the most dishonorable and most impressive mob kingpins in recent history ( he’s second only to Osama on the FBI’s most wanted list) -James Cagney -The bad guys in “Last Man Standing” -the movie and book SLEEPERS -the movie Mystic River -The upcoming movie the Departed -Denis Leary -One of the main characters in Bullet -DIRTY FUCKING HARRY CALLAHAN -The song “Jump Around” -Jack Dempsy: one of the greatest boxers of all time -The American street gang -The drive-by shooting (Mad Dog Coll, look it up\!)

-Did you see that crazy Irish guy. -I assume you are indicating the working-class, green-wearing, intoxicated, obnoxious, loud, humorous, red-faced, quick tempered, American individual who was brawling in that Boston bar called the Shamrock Pub. -Fine, if I call him an Irish-American guy will you shut the fuck up, you globally-conscious bastard?\!?

Author: American, but more Irish than other Americans http://irish-american.urbanup.com/1974798
22. (Irish-American) (74↑, 130↓)
Annoying people whose ancestors come from a horrible country that has never contributed anything to civilization. They are proud of their Irish heritage even though are not from Ireland and their parents are not from Ireland. Every March they tie up traffic with their stupid foreign St. Patrick’s Day parade and us un-hyphenated Americans can’t complain because that would make us a bigot. Of course of you tried to celebrate July 4th in Dublin you would probably get shot. Question for Irish-Americans when do you stop being Irish-Americans and start being simply Americans. As Teddy Roosevelt said, “There is no such thing as a hyphenated American.”

There is no such thing as an Irish American. Can I see your Irish-American passport? Oh i'm sorry it doesn't exist because you are a poser.

Author: I_hate_hyphenated_americans http://irish-american.urbanup.com/2175039
23. (Irish-American) (88↑, 182↓)
an [american] who will not shut up about being [half irish] or irish in the blood and/or heart.................and for all you [english] [cunts] out there they're not lying. The irish, spanish, italians and africans fucking made america great the english are just arseholes

my grandfather / grandmother/ mother/ father /dog/ is irish so im irish-american cead mile failte guys\!\!

Author: is-maith-liom-gneas http://irish-american.urbanup.com/2028750
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Last updated: 2012.03.01

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