So your sister has lived in Ireland for 5 years and married an Irishman(his surname is of no importance)...........I wouldn't call her a plastic paddy . Anyway I've gone off-tpoic so I'll simply say , hope you have a nice time over here .
Nah i always thought a plastic paddy was someone of irish decent who was not born there,im like that,got 2 irish parents,but was born in london,been here all my life,my irish cousins and family over there,used to call me that,not nasty but just for a laugh
I consider myself at least part Irish- my mother and her family are from rathfarnham and I absolutely love Ireland and have fought for the Irish title. If someone insults the Irish in front of me I feel insulted too and I like green lol..... but I don't have an Irish accent- am I a plastic paddy? please can someone answer.
r Obviously ur not Irish and most would consider you a plastic Paddy but Imo if you know about your heritage and are proud of it then there is nothing false (plastic) about you.Plastic paddies are those who want to be known as Irish but have no clue about their anchestry and call themselves Irish just because their name sounds Irish
The way I look at it is if you have a parent who was born in Ireland then you can class yourself as Irish. You are the real deal Jeff IMO. Plastic paddies... its a complicated subject.
What is the giant tattoo that Andy Lee has on his body and what does it represent? It has been bugging me for ages.
Didnt his brother box 4 england think his name was ned,did he then box 4 ireland wen his parents moved back there?if so thats a plastic paddy right there.
The notion of a "plastic paddy" is something devised be British people to make second generation (or 3rd or 4th etc) Irish people to disassociate themselves from their Irish roots. You dont get it so much in America or Australia just Britain because they you holding any allegency to anyone except Ould Lizzy. I wouldnt call anyone a Plastic Paddy - its an ignorant, lazy and bigotted term. Would people in American say that black people shouldnt describe themselves as African-American because their family came over/was forced over from Africa 15 generations ago??
in the uk it's cool to be irish becuase you have a lower lcass beaten man essence about irlenad where as being english is more of a upper class thing. it's hard to explain but i hope this willgive you an understanding
The reason you don't get it in America or Australia is because that where all the people claiming to be Plastic Paddys live. Most Plastic Paddys in America are mongrels anyway, not Irish, and just pick the heritage they thing is the 'coolest'.
I don't know why people born in the U.S. don't call themselves American - they should be proud of that and stop going back through their ancestors to find an identity. In my mind if you are born and live in the U.S. and have Irish parentage, you're still bloody American. All this 1/3 Italian, half Polish and 1/4 Irish does my nut in.......
