Me Irish brothers and sisters, sound off! Let us know you're here!

[Glamrock]

"If you're lucky enough to be Irish, you're lucky enough!"
☘☘☘☘☘☘☘☘☘☘☘☘☘☘☘☘☘☘☘☘☘

Be sure to rec so all can be heard!

[thinkingagain]

1. Does a wee bit count?

Or at least In your heart? 🙂

[Glamrock]

3. Absolutely!

Happy St. Paddy's day thinkagain!

[thinkingagain]

11. Thank you

Happy St Patrick’s day to you also.

[Sherman A1]

2. Indeed

A fine day it is!

[3catwoman3]

4. Happy to claim some Irish ancestry. For your listening pleasure

[Glamrock]

5. Awesome!

Is there an accent that's more musical than the irish? I don't think so!

[randr]

6. First order of business this morning

Listen to "Danny Boy' to stir the ol sod in my heart.
Even with only 25% Irish heritage I am drawn back.

[Glamrock]

7. There's a good lad!

[Ohiogal]

8. I have absolutely zero Irish ancestry

But on St. Paddy's day, everybody's Irish, no?

[Glamrock]

9. My condolences ohiogal, my condolences.

However, a wee bit of Irish whiskey will put the Irish in your blood for a time being.

[Ohiogal]

10. No condolences needed

My German/Austrian/Polish heritage serves me just fine!

But I do love me some Irish coffee! Cheers!

[Glamrock]

15. You know me sweetheart. I's just playing!

Happy St. Pat's! Irish or not!

[Ohiogal]

18. Thanks, ya big lug! Same back atcha!

[MaryMagdaline]

52. My Irish cousins in Michigan all married

Polish and German spouses. They keep my Irish family almost sane!! Salute to Midwestern German and Polish!

[Glamrock]

77. Agreed!

Also Polish...

[jalan48]

12. Wheres the beer?

[barbtries]

13. i can't claim it 100%

but i got me some irish blood. happy st paddy's day

[Tanuki]

14. Famine Irish from County Donegal on my dad's side

Erin go bragh!

[Glamrock]

16. Slainte from County Cork descendant!

[MaryMagdaline]

53. Salute to your ancestors! They survived and you and we are still here!

The Irish Famine is not forgotten in my family.

[OriginalGeek]

17. Scots-Irish checking in

💚💚💚

[Glamrock]

19. Happy St. Patrick's Day!

[mopinko]

20. irish, irish, irish here.

da's da from county offaly. trying to track down mom's side. prolly cork.
but mom grew up chicago west side irish.

wont be at the parade, tho. too old for that shit.

[Glamrock]

22. County Cork

South side irish here!

[mopinko]

24. you still in chi?

[Glamrock]

25. Nah, my grandparents moved to Hammond after WWII.

I'm just outside the region. Met a girl who changed my life from LaPorte county. Hence, I now live in LaPorte county....

[KPN]

21. Half Irish here.

"Oh really?" he said.

"No, O'Reilly!"


.... grew up hearing my 6 uncles on my mother' side -- O'Reilly's all -- use that one at every opportunity.

[Glamrock]

23. That's great!

[Binkie The Clown]

26. I've an Irish last name and about 25% Irish blood. nt

[Glamrock]

27. Same here binkie!

That's the beauty of being American. But we can celebrate that 25% today, yeah?

[mercuryblues]

28. Sligo here

As you slide down the banisters of life may the splinters never point the wrong way.

[Glamrock]

30. Hahahahahahahaha

Slainte!

[mercuryblues]

38. Slainte

May you reach heaven an hour before the Devil knows you're dead.

Many a man's mouth, broke his nose.

Here's to your coffin
May your coffin have six handles of finest silver
May your coffin be carried by six fair young maids
And may your coffin be made of finest wood
from a 100-year-old tree

that I'll go plant tomorrow

[OnDoutside]

29. Currently watching Ireland beating England 21-5 in the Grand Slam match in London. We've

only won the Grand Slam twice in 140 years. Only 40 minutes left in the game !!!! C'mon Ireland !!!!!

[Glamrock]

31. Rock on Ireland!

Not a sports guy. Pardon my ignorance, but what are we talking about? Quiditch?

[OnDoutside]

43. Rugby ! 24-10 to Ireland 14 minutes to go !

[OnDoutside]

49. We won !!!!24-15 !!!! Our 3rd Grand Slam and on Paddy's Day !!!

[hlthe2b]

32. 30% says Ancestry.com

and my furry four-legged girl is a very kissable Irish-Aussie!!

[Glamrock]

33. That translates to

+30% lucky!

[hlthe2b]

34. I'll take it!

[Docreed2003]

35. This dude!

Co Tipperary!

[Glamrock]

40. Happy St. Pat's Doc!

[Docreed2003]

45. You as well bud!!

[DoBotherMe]

36. Freckles and auburn hair

McCarthy can dance and sing and loves potatoes.

[CountAllVotes]

37. Its a long long way to Tipperary!

It is still my home!

Happy St. Patrick's Day comrades!

[Glamrock]

39. Right back atcha!

[Alliepoo]

41. Irish Hillbilly here!!

Happy St. Patrick’s Day to all!

[TheOther95Percent]

42. I'm just under half. NFT.

[MuseRider]

44. A bit.

Waiting for the DNA to come back. Everyone is dead, there is little information but hopefully this will help. My Great grandmother was a Clancy, cousin to the Clancy brothers. That is the end of the information. Nobody in my family apparently cared one little bit about their heritage. I am learning much.

So, while I do not know exactly how much I do know that little bit.

[FSogol]

46. 3 of my 4 grandparents born in Ireland. Have a great day. n/t

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[Aristus]

47. One-quarter of me is here.

The rest is Welsh (but no big celebrations in the US on St. David's Day...), with dribs and drabs of Scots, English, and French.

Happy St. Patrick's Day to the Irish in Ireland, and the Irish-Americans in the USA!

[MaryMagdaline]

54. A lot of Irish have Welsh blood

The "Normans" invaded 1170-ish and were no longer French and English alone. They had groups from Wales and Flanders. Hence, Irish names like Walsh, Welsh, and Fleming, French sounding names like Devereaux and Joyce.

Irish people are a mix from many countries. We are all related to others from the British isles, despite constant warfare over the centuries.

[Aristus]

74. For me, it was the Welsh (well, one Welshman) invading Ireland.

One of my first American ancestors was a Welshman named John O. Gwynn. He emigrated to Ireland, where his named morphed into John O'Gwynn. And that was the name that appeared on an indenture of servitude that brought him to America.

[MaryMagdaline]

83. Cool! So great to know your history

[Aristus]

84. My mother did most of the research when I was just a kid.

It meant scouring records offices all over the South. I spent years of my life cooling my heels in little out-of-the-way archives while my mom looked over various records. Back before the internet, and when poring through microfiche was just as tedious as sifting through paper documents.

We learned a lot, though.

My earliest American ancestor was named Andrew Totty, and he arrived in Virginia in 1640.

[Glamrock]

68. I had a feeling based on your Friday night posts!

And the 1/4 makes sense since you never have posts regarding "the water of life"...

[Aristus]

72. Oh, don't get me wrong. I like a good bottle of Jameson's every once in a while.

But right now, it's Scotch; Lagavulin.

But for Friday night festivities, I stick to vodka, which has a lower hangover index.

[Glamrock]

73. That's true

Spoken like a professional!


Getting my Sunday morning drunk on now! So, here's to you brother Aristus! Slainte!

[Aristus]

75. Starovye!

[Glamrock]

76. HEY!

This an Irish thread!

[Aristus]

78. Sorry.

Like I said: too much vodka...

[Glamrock]

79. ...

[MFM008]

48. Cavan here

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

50. Irish first name, Irish last name, all four grandparents

came from that wonderful island.

And I have green eyes.

[Freddie]

51. Just a wee bit myself

Mostly English and German but a g-g-grandma was a Hannigan. DH is at least half Irish and he celebrates with the pint at every opportunity.

[SouthernIrish]

56. About 80% Irish.

Sainte.
Proud to celebrate my heritage today.

[MaryMagdaline]

55. 31/32 Irish and 1/32 Scottish but even the Scottish

Ancestor was listed as Catholic and may have had Irish parentage. Scottish does not show up in DNA, But that could be because both groups are nearly indistinguishable

DNA so close yet for centuries we found reasons to murder one another in useless wars.

[GreenPartyVoter]

57. G-grandfather was from PortRush, Co Antrim. But Ancestry says

I don't have much of his DNA, at least as far as being "Irish" goes.

[JohnnyLib2]

58. Grandparents from Dingle......

Incredibly beautiful area.

[raven mad]

59. Hi from the northern Irish town of Fairbanks, Alaska!

We have green goodies......................today!

[TheSmarterDog]

60. I'm half German, 3/8 Irish, and 1/8 English.

Will you forgive me?

[Glamrock]

62. Like I said up top,

If you're lucky enough to be Irish, you're lucky enough!

[redwitch]

61. Slainte!

Happy St Patrick’s Day!

[nolabear]

63. Im Irish/Scottish/Welsh

There’s a little Scandinavian in there too but the immigrant ancestors were from there.

[Rhiannon12866]

64. Me!

Not 100%, but my Irish great grandparents were from County Mayo and Kilkenny, so I'm lucky enough to have an Irish last name, too! And I've been there twice, beautiful and friendly place, hated leaving both times!

[Glamrock]

67. I reeeeaaaaaally want to get over there!

[Rhiannon12866]

69. The entire country is beautiful, but I especially loved the Southwest, by the sea.

If I could go anywhere, Ireland world still be my first choice!

[Denis 11]

65. Marched with Coast Guard in NYC up 5th Ave.

Both my parents were from County Kerry.

[Glamrock]

66. Kick ass man!

What an honor!

[coeur_de_lion]

70. Family originated in West Cork

Moved to Wales during the famine and the US in the early 1900s.

[Glamrock]

71. I need to do some research.

The Kelly clan originated in Cork (my clan anyway). I'm 3rd gen American. My great grandparents came in the early 1900's. Funny thing. I'm 3rd gen in 3 of 4 grandparents lineage..... Also Polish 3rd gen and Ukrainian 3rd gen. I'd like to get my DNA tested, but that kinda freaks me out.

[coeur_de_lion]

86. I did my DNA

Ancestry does autosomal DNA, which is a random mix of both parents. If you specifically want to research Irish ancestry, you should test the DNA of the side (Mom or Dad) that came from Ireland. If it was your mother, do a mitochondrial DNA test. If it was your father, you would test YDNA. There are sites that do both. Ancestry only does autosomal DNA.

Three of us in my family did the Ancestry test before realizing we should have gone to a site that tests YDNA. My father's family were from Ireland originally. Mom's was too, but we were researching my father's line because we already know a lot about Mom's.

So our autosomal results from Ancestry are not much of a help when it comes to isolating paternal lineage.

I don't know if having my DNA out there is a good idea or not. Legal experts would have to say. But it has been interesting.

[Glamrock]

87. That's my dilemma.

Do I want my DNA being owned by some corp.?

[coeur_de_lion]

89. Here's the thing though

Because the Irish scattered after the famine (better called the Great Hunger or Great Starvation since there really was no famine in Ireland), about the only way to *prove* lineage is through DNA.

A complicating factor in your genealogy search is the Irish naming patterns. First son named after father's father, 2nd after mother's father etc. So the families would use the same names over and over. My surname was as common in West Cork as Smith is here in the US. And my great-grandfather's name is Michael. Care to guess how many Michaels with my surname existed in Ireland? Hundreds . . .

Just from autosomal DNA we've narrowed the search considerably and it helps that I found a cousin over there who is a genealogist. He knows the likelihood of a family from Goleen marrying into another in Skibereen, for example.

Without something as a guide its just a crap shoot.

Good luck and let me know if I can be of assistance. I've been at it since 2002.

[Glamrock]

90. I may take you up on that!

And thanks so much for the offer!

[coeur_de_lion]

91. Genealogy can be fun

believe it or not. I have made some great friends over the years. April 2016 I had a "family reunion" of all the fellow researchers who share my surname. About 50 people came all together, and only a few were my immediate family. Everybody else were cousins I found doing genealogy research and through DNA matching.

I can get you started.

PM me if you want to exchange contact info.

[Motley13]

80. half Irish by birth, both grandfathers. Irish name by marriage

[Glamrock]

81. Too funny!

Because my wife has an irish name by marriage. Every St. Pat's she reminds me she's Irish by injection. Such a dirty girl!

[Motley13]

82. remember when Obama went to Ireland & they printed his name as O'Bama?

[bottomofthehill]

85. This song still makes me laugh

I was fortunate enough to be in Derry when President Clinton came to Ireland. It was an amazing day.

The Song about President O’Bama still makes me smile

https://m.

[Glamrock]

88. That was just fucking great!

And it brought tears to my eyes. If we'd been as engaged as we are now, what he could of accomplished on our behalf. Shame on us.