Irish DUer Check- in!

[HEyHEY]

With the Oscar thread and all, plus me being on my third guinness, you knew this was coming.

Where is the Irish part of your family from? Mine's from Belfast.

How Irish are you.... I've got the market semi-cornered.... I look like Beehan and write for an impoverished living.

[Radical Activist]

1. Half-Irish

Of course, that's the more fun and more political half. I may have to ensure my eventual children (assuming i ever have any) are more than 1/2 Irish. Irish women with curly red hair and green eyes always make my tongue hang out. :P

[HEyHEY]

2. Oh, I know!

I still remember on the bus one day...red hair bright green eyes...
What a vision

Actually ( my hair south of the sideburns is all red! But it may be from the Scottish half)

[Radical Activist]

7. So, is the real purpose of this thread...

to find out which posters are single Irish women? Sneaky. Good idea. haha

[qwertyMike]

3. Was born in Belfast

Educated at Queen's Univ.
Came to Canada in 1968

Go back often

[HEyHEY]

4. Cool!

I've never been, but after I put in these two years at this current paper. I wish to move to Northern Ireland to do some journalism...not belfast though, I imagine it's a tough market. I'd just like to get a job at a small weekly paper in Cholerane so I can live by the sea and spend my days..exploring my roots.

[qwertyMike]

6. Lots of weeklies ther

My dad's local weekly is the East Antrim Times

BTW: The Belfast Telegraph is a leading Brit. newspaper.

Coleraine is a University town. Real nice.

[HEyHEY]

9. Shit I knew I spelled it wrong

I was trying to pictograph memory the atlas.
Anyway, I pick up the Belfast Telegraph on occasion at a newstand that sells it downtown... It's the only one they seem to have. I actually emailed them a long time ago trying to get a job (cause I wanted to work anywhere there) selling myself as a Canadian who could do wonders for the hockey coverage in the city...I've heard the local hockey team (Belfast Giants) are popular there.

[FleshCartoon]

5. Paternal side...

...is from Cork.

Maternal side, have no idea. But it's Irish, all right.

[Donkeyboy75]

19. Hey, question for ya...

Do you know much about Cork? I got a job offer there that would start in September. I'm deciding between that and another offer...any input? Thanks.

DB

[FleshCartoon]

24. All I know about it is...

that my great-grandfather was born there. Sorry.

Anyone else who can help, here?

[Leprechan29]

28. Take the offer

[qwertyMike]

38. Take it!!

The job in Cork.
Cork is about as far away from Belfast as you can get and at the extreme west of Europe (the Titanic's last stop). We used to go down there to play rugby - animals!! We used to call it 'indian country'. I can't even understand their accent. Real real Irish place, and warm, too. The Gulf Stream ends up there.

Jeeeezus I'm homesick now.

[PittPoliSci]

8. Wexford.

both sides of the family.

[HEyHEY]

11. You know...there was an old woman from wexford

Did I go through that ne with you before?

[PittPoliSci]

46. i don't think so...

but i've probably heard it. i actually have a book with 10000 irish limericks in it. it's really amusing.

[greatauntoftriplets]

10. Raising hand!!!

Father's father's parents emigrated about 1867 from somewhere near Westport, County Mayo, after getting into a spot of trouble with the Brits there (Fenian Uprising).

Part of my father's mother's family (the so-called "French" side) were Wild Geese (left Ireland about 1698 after another uprising against the Brits) and first emigrated to France. Some ancestor later left France for Quebec, where he married an Iroquois woman. Lost in the mists of time is how they ultimately ended up in northern Illinois.

I've been to Ireland several times and would go back right this minute if I could.

[TexasProgresive]

12. Half Irish on my wife's side-HaHa

Spent a month in County Cork the summer of 94 would love to go back and stay. I never experienced homesickness until that August day that the ground of Ireland disappeared from the window of the Aer Lingus plane that brought us back to the US. I've never been quite right ever since.

[Lizz612]

13. Mostly Irish 80+%

South side of Chicago! :P
I really don't know what part of Ireland, but that my mothers family was in the south side for a few generations, my fathers side seems to be mostly farmers in Iowa.
Very very Irish. My grandmother's name as a child was Patty Finn. Doesn't get much more Irish than that this side of the Atlantic

[JohnKleeb]

34. yet neo calls me mick

lol. damn you're very irish. I am only 25% and we're from Galway on my dad's mom side.

[qwertyMike]

39. We're Micks

and we're Pricks!!!!!!

[JohnKleeb]

48. well I am always called the mick in the chatting cliche which heh

is a bucnh of nonsense considering I am part other stuff as well. Ireland though, gotta love it.

[Earth_First]

14. I'm a Scot...

Ewing

[cjm2222]

15. County Tipperary

My mom's family is from County Tipperary. My dad's side of the family is Cherokee and Irish, from County Antrim by way of Scotland.

[mopinko]

16. trying to get dual citizenship

in the process of digging up the docs. mom's mom and dad's dad came here. all the great grandparents were irish. got a lot of info on dad's side of the family, but pretty much nothing on mom's. dad's dad was born in the town of kinnity, in what is in offaly county, but was then king's county. it is in the midlands. great grandpa and family came here in 1874.
gonna dig up some of mom's info while i am gathering, just out of curiosity. she was born and raised here in chicago, so there are records here in cook county. wont be too hard. just tedious.
and guinness is great. truly a meal in a glass.

[qwertyMike]

40. If you have one Irish Granny or Granda

you're IN.

You qualify for Irish citizenship

[proud patriot]

17. I got some Irish in me

Some Scottish and Native American too....

I have no idea about my Irish heritage :-(

[CBHagman]

18. In the process of finding out.

I've been working on the genealogy of the Irish part of my family for two or three years now. It looks as though Great-Great-Grandpa came from County Mayo, but I'm still assembling documentation there.

I suspect some of my Irish ancestors came from the north, given the surnames involved, but again, I haven't gotten the necessary documentation. This could take years to prove!

As for how Irish I am, well, the Scandinavian and Hungarian ancestors crowd out the Irish ones in my family. But my face tells a different story, apparently, as one of the priests in my parish kept asking me, "Are you Irish?"

[Hand]

20. Well, not exactly Irish, but....

I'm half Jewish and half Japanese. Does that count? I mean, I'm obviously very stubborn...

:silly:

[MaineDem]

21. All 4 grandparents were from Co Galway

Still have many cousins there. I go back as often as I can.

[brook]

36. I've never been...

but am frothing to...my Grandmother was from Galway. Born in Tuam, raised in Abbeyknockmoy. She emigrated and married a Scot from N. Berwick. They used to speak Gaelic when they didn't want us kids to know what they were talking about...and when her sisters would come to visit, it was Gaelic and giggles over tea. She was a lovely woman.
I'm 1/2 Irish on my Dad's side as well - but I don't know much about them. I'm on and off again with pulling the genealogy together.

[MaineDem]

52. My g'parents would speak the Irish

Every so often you'd hear a word like "airplane" thrown in there.

Where my aunt lives they take in people to learn Irish. THey're completely emersed in it. I think that's the best way to go. I can only swear in the language and differentiate the men's room from the ladies but I'd love to be able to speak and understand it.

[Another Bill C.]

22. Westmeath, Louth, Cork, and Tipperary

With all those counties, I guess I'm sort of a mongrel.

[H2O Man]

23. three-quarters Irish

and one-quarter Onondaga.

[latebloomer]

25. Half Irish, half Jewish

Actually probably quarter Irish, quarter Brit, but my fiery left-wing daddy refused to admit to the Brit part.

[ikojo]

73. Same here....dad's father was from Ireland...his mom was

born in the US but of Irish ancestry (last name was Ryan).

People don't believe I am Jewish because I have a VERY Irish last name.

[Teddy_Salad]

26. My family is originally from Roscommon, Ireland...

moved to Australia in the late 1800's.

[Leprechan29]

27. Family is from county Cork - no one city in particular

As for the amount that it was passed to me, I occasionally delve into an accent with certain words (and will occasionally be stereotypically vengeful)

edit: Unfortunately, I'm one generation too removed to get Dual Cit. (I think) though I think there may be some way to manage it depending on what my father chooses to do

[UTUSN]

29. I'm 1/16th and Ashamed of Our Dark Side

It's no secret that Irish is darkside and beaut.

Beaut: Conan O'BRIEN, Miles whassisname (CNN), (and many more).

Bad side: Tweety, O'REIILLY, RUSSERT, Pat BUCHANAN, HANNITY



You get my drift. There's bad and good on all sides.

[UTUSN]

30. "Father" CONKLIN-the-ASSHOLE n/t

[UTUSN]

32. "Nativists" (anybody see Gangs of NY?) Are

the B.F.E.E, LIMBOsevic, Oliver da-NORTH, LIDDY-da-asshole ...

[Bonhomme Richard]

31. Irish...100% Family is from..........................

Dublin area. Specifically Blackrock on my mothers side.

[nemo137]

33. 75%, give or take.

Cork on my maternal grandmother's side
Antrim on my maternal grandfather's
unknown on my paternal grandmother's
and my paternal grandfather is pennsylvania dutch, so he doesn't enter into the calculations.

[SarahB]

35. Not Irish at all, BUT....

My husband is 100% Irish. I guess that explains why my boys all look like this:

[tigereye]

37. my maternal grandfather came from Cork

(I can still hear his brogue) and my dad's people were from Ireland too, but not sure about the counties. Mom says we are "black Irish"... dark hair, not red, but apparently that Spanish Armada thing is a myth.

[Lou_C]

41. My ancestors on my Moms side were black Irish

I don't think that the Spanish Armada thing was a myth at least not according to the Irish.

[tigereye]

44. apparently it was just Spanish merchants

from what I had read

[Bridget Burke]

55. The "Black Irish" were there first.

According to filmmaker & writer Bob Quinn:

ATLANTEAN, in the Bob Quinn version, is not a fanciful tale of a submerged continent.

It is a pragmatic elucidation of Irish identity using much the same sources and scholarship that have been available for the past 2000 years to scholars and writers. The thesis is refreshing in that it states that the Irish are not a homogenous fiction called 'celtic' but an energetic mongrel people inhabiting what for thousands of years has essentially been an island trading post.

This brings them at least as close to the Arabs and Berbers as they are to so-called 'Celts' or 'Aryans'.

ATLANTEAN can be viewed as an anti-racist polemic but because the first edition was printed over 16 years ago - before Ireland became an uneasily cosmopolitan society - it is much more than that.

The basic principle is that the sea does not divide peoples - it unites all countries and all races.

I haven't read the "old" edition--now available at Alibris for a bit less than $100. The "new" edition: The Atlantean Irish: Ireland's Oriental & Maritime Heritage should be available this November, according to the publisher.

www.conamara.org/writing.htm#

(My Father's parents came from East Galway. My mother was Irish on her father's side--no details available. On her mother's side, "Scotch Irish"--now called "Scots Irish"--AKA Ulster Protestants who got sick of the Brits & left long ago.)

[Lou_C]

67. It just goes to show you never know what you are

Thank you I can't wait to read the book.

[SarahB]

42. My husband's of the dark-haired Irish variety as well

His hair is black (with a bit of gray now) with pale blue eyes- County Kerry I believe. So the lighter hair comes from my side really. Two kids with medium brown hair, one blonde, and one dark reddish blonde. :)

We all have freckles though. :hi:

[tigereye]

45. hi SB

I always wanted to be a real Celt with red hair. Actually we are part German, too,... I have light hair, but my brother and mom and sister have the dark hair. My son has light hair like me.

[PittPoliSci]

47. i know you're irish :-)

you visit me at work all the time, which just so happens to be where the irish folk like to hang out. :-)

[tigereye]

65. hey hey

when will there be water in that pool?! :) :hi:
I drove by there yesterday, the pool looks great.

I am not as "Irish" as most there, although I did think about taking some Gaelic classes and maybe taking B along.

[Lisa0825]

43. About 1/8. I am a good mutt mix. I had Irish in both parental lines

but also English, French, German, Polish, Native American.... and probably a couple I have left out.

[Solon]

49. Scottish/Irish here...

De la Roche on Mothers side, that's Irish, came to Ireland from France in the 12th century, owned a bunch of Castles etc. etc.

Father's side: a sept of Clan Mclean of Scotland.

[greatauntoftriplets]

61. Yikes!

We may be related. I have the same surname, without the "De la" part any more, of course.

[Solon]

74. That would be the "Proper Name"

It is simply Roche here in America, damn Anglicizations. :) Though unless you are in the St. Louis Area it's not too likely except a few generations back. Did you know Princess Diana's mother maiden name was Roche as well, she was like my 23rd cousin twice removed or whatnot. ;)

[aquaman]

50. Me...

my great-great grandfather was born and raised in Dublin.

[Awsi Dooger]

51. All Irish on my father's side

I have a very Irish last name, and enough of an Irish appearance that everyone guesses my heritage almost immediately.

My great grandfather was from a small town very close to Tipperary Town. I have visited Ireland several times, but not in a decade.

[RebelOne]

53. Irish, English and Scottish on both mother and father's sides

More Irish than anything else. Great grandmother on my father's side came from County Cork. His father was from England. And ancestors on my mother's side came to U.S. from Ireland.

[Guy_Montag]

54. Hey DU girls got any Scots in you?

Want some?:evilgrin:

[SarahB]

57. I do!

Well, already that is. English, Swedish, Scottish, and a touch of German. :D

[GreenPartyVoter]

56. G-Grandfather was Scots-Irish, from Antrim

But with other strains of Scottish, Welsh, some German, Russian-Hungarian and English in me, I don't really look "Irishy" with my olive skin, chestnut hair, and chocolate eyes. I guess the Hungarian bit won out? *l*

[scarlet_owl]

58. My great grandmother was from County Cork.

[Anarcho-Socialist]

59. I'm an Anglo-Irish mix

I'm about English 45%, Irish 55%. My maternal grandmother and grandfather's parents were Irish. My father's maternal grandmother was also Irish. The rest are all English.

I grew up in England, so that UK identity is more prominant for me, despite having the name Gallagher.

[LeftPeopleFinishFirst]

60. Part irish

Not sure where from :(

[JohnKleeb]

64. you're dark complexioned but you also have Italian blood Mags

so I dunno, if your Irish relatives are more dark and stuff, you could be one of the so called black Irish, I am not sure if Galway people tend to be more dark, my dad is a "kraut mick", german-irish and tans easily. Good luck finding out where.

[LeftPeopleFinishFirst]

68. The irish in my family (mom's side) are really pale, actually

:) So I don't know, I must just have more Italian

[JohnKleeb]

69. but the Italians I know from the neighborhood are pale ass

so :shrug: I guess you're more Italian.

[KeepHopeAlive]

62. What I know

I wish I had copies of my father's research. What I've learned is that my paternal grandmother's parents came from County Kerry. My paternal grandfather was mostly of Irish descent with some Scottish ancestory. There has not been as much research on my maternal side of the family, but I have been told that my grandmother's family is from Ireland and Scotland and my grandfather's famly came from England.

[tinnyguy1777]

63. Still 100%-------------

But wife is mix French/German. My roots are from Co. Clare area, circa early 1800's. Came to US in 1850's. Irish roots are O'Connell, Doolan, Cavanaugh, Driscoll, Mulins, Mullane, Sullivan, O'Neil, Kelly, Nelligan, and God only knows how many others. Damm proud to be Irish,

[Southsideirish]

66. Mom from Armagh, Dad was from Galway, -came over in the '20's.

[Jim__]

70. Well, me mother's family's from County Clare, and me father's from

Fermanagh.

[MAlibdem]

71. Wexford County...

The Rossiter Clan, Norman invaders!

Prudens ut serpiens, simplex ut columba.

[BANGARANG]

72. 1/8

Irish and damn proud of it.

[Shopaholic]

75. Irish on both sides of my family tree

My mother's grandfather was off-the-boat, 100% Irish. My father's grandmother was also 1st generation Irish. I've got fair skin, green eyes, and red hair so despite the English & French blood in me too, the Irish predominates!

[Spider Jerusalem]

76. My most recent Irish ancestor...

is a maternal great-great grandfather...which makes me at least a sixteenth Irish. He came over from Cork in the 1850's with his parents...leaving behind famine-ravaged Ireland...

But I have Irish ancestors on my father's side, too, who arrived much earlier (some as early as the 1600's).

[Political_Junkie]

77. Irish on both sides of my family.

One side's from Limerick, don't know about the other yet.
Red hair, green eyes, and freckles. That Irish enough for ya? ;-)

[KamaAina]

78. One-quarter Green, one-eighth Orange

the names are Nevins and Taggart, respectively; a map on the wall at a good Irish restaurant in Conn. placed Nevins in Co. Mayo (wasn't looking for Taggart)

Then there was our cat that a friend named Sean Timothy Michael Murray, after a human friend of hers; he happened to be an orange tabby, so we had to put a green ribbon on him for St. Paddy's Day!