Do people from Ireland consider Irish Americans to be Irish?

Most people who have answered have gotten the short part of the answer right: Irish people living in Ireland do not really consider Irish-Americans to be Irish. It has nothing to do with the language. Or culture. Or watching QI on TV or loving Father Ted. Ireland has its own thing going on. read more

Most people who have answered have gotten the short part of the answer right: Irish people living in Ireland do not really consider Irish-Americans to be Irish. It has nothing to do with the language. read more

An Irish American wonders why his relatives in Ireland consider his identity purely American I can remember the first time I ever thought that I mightn’t have an easy space to settle my cultural identity into. read more

I know in the United States there are many people of irish ancestry who identify themselves as irish americans. It is the second largest ethnic group in the United States. Since the United States is composed of many different ethnic groups many people place their ethnic origin in front of their nationality. read more

I also know people who are a quarter Irish and consider themselves Irish-American. Irish-American isn’t a particularly exclusive club; according to the U.S. Census Bureau, 10.5 percent of Americans identify as being of Irish ancestry — roughly 33.3 million people. The only larger heritage identification is German. So let’s try to figure out how much Irish heritage people who identify as Irish-American have. read more