Irish or "part" Irish DUers check in here.

[maveric]

I'm half Irish on my Dad's side.
The other half is Sicilian.

[eyepaddle]

1. I'm something like 1/8th Irish, but

that was enough to give me a red beard, freckles and green eyes. DO I count?

I'm Swedish enough to be 6'4" though! :D

[CaliforniaPeggy]

2. My dear maveric!

I am mostly Swedish, but there's certainly Irish blood in there too!

Good to see you tonight!

:loveya: :hug:

[ismnotwasm]

3. Hey me too!

A little over half Swedish. My Grandfather on my mother's side was supposedly full blood Irish.

[Reciprocity]

5. Irish/German both sides.

[maveric]

6. Great to see you too Peggy! How's things?

Are you all IN LA soaked with rain too?

[CaliforniaPeggy]

25. Hey maveric!

It's not too bad here.....we had just a few sprinkles today, and now it looks as though the storm is headed east!

I hope it's gone for good, since I am driving up to Thousand Oaks tomorrow for a book signing!

I am good, thanks!

:pals: :hi:

[RevolutionaryActs]

4. I'm a 1/4 Irish,

My mom is half Irish. :hi:

[knowbody0]

7. O'Brien from County Claire

hey maveric

[Kerrytravelers]

11. We're O'Brien as well! (not my current last name)

[knowbody0]

15. nor mine

[LisaLynne]

8. 1/4th Irish here ...

but I have red hair, so that counts for something, right? :)

[Gormy Cuss]

9. Part of me.

From both lineages. I like to think the parts are my right elbow and the humor center in my brain.

[Kerrytravelers]

10. Irish-Scottish, baby! On both sides! So is Mr. kt

[Cobalt Violet]

12. "Part" checking in.

:bounce:

[Alleycat]

13. I had a little Irish in me when I was married!

on occasion:blush:

[NYdemocrat089]

14. I'm part Irish (not sure how much) on my dad's side.

My great-grandfather came to America in the 1840s. I think I'm either English or Dutch on my mom's side.

[SeattleGirl]

16. Part-Irish Lass checking in!

Irish on my dad's side of the family, though he was not 100%. But my maiden name is a dead give-away.

[Missy Vixen]

17. My mother's family is Irish

so that would make me "part". The other half is Swedish, which would make for interesting family gatherings.

Nice to see I have such great company on this St. Patrick's Day!
Julie

[JohnKleeb]

18. Quarter Irish

and loving it. Through my dads mother FYI.

[Radical Activist]

19. 1/2 Irish

Irish girls are hot

[xmas74]

49. What about a blend of Irish, Scottish,

the dreaded English, Welsh, French and German?

[CBHagman]

20. Part Irish here.

My paternal grandmother came from Irish and English stock.

[politicat]

21. Fifth generation on one side, German-Irish on the other.

on the German-Irish side, the family were Mennonite who drifted through Dunkard, Methodist and into Catholicism. The Irish side were pagan Catholics who abandoned religion except as a social forum within two generations, becoming whatever was the dominant religion in the neighborhood.

Which is how I ended up being raised Catholic by a Quaker mother... (my biological father was the Catholic.)

So you can't really call me Irish Catholic....

[RubyDuby in GA]

22. Half Irish, Half Italian

One hell of a mean bitch - don't mess with me :)

[Arugula Latte]

23. Yo.

Irish, Scotch, English, German, Hungarian, Bohemian here.

[Whoa_Nelly]

24. Am sixth generation to US Irish

om my dad's side, and third generation Scottish from my mom's side (from her father). I also know that my mom's mother was of Irish descent.

[leftofthedial]

26. I'm a third Irish meself

or is it a fifth? hic

[leftofthedial]

27. I'm a third Irish meself

or is it a fifth? hic

[EstimatedProphet]

28. I'm supposed to be some percentage Irish, but I don't know how much

[TK421]

29. Irish, English, German, and Polish

One side of the family is always trying to kill off the other

[begin_within]

30. I'm 3/8 Irish, which I guess makes me 75 proof.

[njdemocrat106]

31. Half-Irish, Half-Polish here

I didn't bother wearing green today, because I hate how I look in green :).

[Aristus]

32. Part Irish here. Ancestry from Counties Cork and Kerry.

The rest of me is Scottish, English, Welsh and French.

[ghostsofgiants]

33. Also Irish on my dad's side.

Swedish on my mom's.

[texanwitch]

34. A little of the Irish here, along with several other groups.

:toast:

[qwertyMike]

35. Born in Belfast

Moved to Canada when I was 23

[BikeWriter]

40. There's not much doubt about you then, is there, Mike?

:)

[deadparrot]

36. I'm Irish...

Also German, Belgian, and Swiss.

But Irish is what matters today, no? :hi:

[patsimae]

37. I'm Irish too

Parents were born there

[fishwax]

38. scots/irish blood here

not much of it, but I claim it :):toast:

[BikeWriter]

39. I am Boyd Clan on my Mother's side.

[LouisianaLiberal]

41. 100% Irish

Half from Ulster and half from Mayo. My great-great grandfather left Ireland in the 1840's.

One of my favorite possessions is a long, hand-written book by my great-great uncle. In it he has recorded his own poetry and the poetry of others, all of it about either spilling English blood or about his sentimental attachment to the mother country.

Fortunately the whole family kept everything they ever owned, or so it seems. I have a lot of Irish antiques, books, sculptures, paintings, musical instruments, collectibles - all of them things that no one else in my family seems to want since they prefer newer things. My sister once said my living room looked like an old Irish lady owned the house. But I love all of this stuff.

[FunkyLeprechaun]

42. 100% Irish

My dad is from Belfast and my mum was born in Nigeria to parents from Donegal and Mayo.

I love going back. I want to go to Grace Neill's and shop in Eaton in Bangor. I want to stay with my auntie by the seaside. That'll happen more often when I move for good to England (an hour from Liverpool so I can easily take the ferry to Dublin and drive up!).

I am absolutely surprised with the changes going on with Ireland right now. In Belfast, I could easily be shot for my Irish Gaelic (Catholic) name for walking down Ormeau avenue, one of the march routes for the Orange Order and I saw the tri-colour Irish flag in St George's Market. There I said, "HOLY SHIT! The Irish flag in Northern Ireland!!!!" some of my family (my mum's side) are IRA and some (my dad's side) are Orange Order.

I'm proud that it's changing for the better. There's more integrated schools (in the 1970's to early 1990's, Protestants and Catholics were segregated) and a little more civil rights for Catholics.

My mum survived Bloody Friday and protested William Craig. My dad had to ask illegal paramilitary Protestants (even though he himself was Protestant) for permission to go to work. You don't see that much. The only people who make the news are the stubborn ones who refuse to change.

Right now half of Northern Ireland has gone to Sinn Féin. 45% to Ulster Unionist Party, and the rest to DUP and SDLP. The reason is the Protestants have gone to England permanently because they don't want their kids to go to Queen's University because it's majority Catholic. My grandfather was the first Catholic to get University Blue from Queen's (many Protestants protested him getting it) in the 1940's.

[StaggerLee]

43. Does anyone know if Dodson is an Irish name?

Dodson on my father's side (his great grandfather).

I read a little on google searches and it seems it could be Scottish.

Anyone know for sure? :shrug:

[scarlet_owl]

44. My great-grandmother was Irish.

So I'm checking in.

[wildhorses]

45. scotch/irish on my Dad's side along with german and

cherokee and a smattering of african thrown in for good measure....that is just my Dad's side. My mother is all english and creek. put it all together and ya got american :silly:

[Lumily]

46. My husband is 100% Irish,

and my daughter is half. Me? I'm a mutt.

[xmas74]

47. Here.

Both greatgrandparents on father's side have Irish last names.

We aren't sure but might be a bit on my mother's side too.

[yvr girl]

48. My great-grandfather on my mom's side was from Rome

[Solon]

50. Checkin' in 3/4 Irish here...

Most of the rest is Scottish and Anglo.

[ikojo]

51. Half Irish on my dad's side...his mom

was a Ryan and his dad hailed from Ireland.


My mom's grandparents were from Bohemia (now what is Slovenia)

I should add that I am NOT Catholic but Jewish...interesting combination, that, having a very Irish last name (even if
upon hearing it most people do not spell it correctly and assume I am Italian because I have dark curly hair) and being Jewish.