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Originally Posted by craigs
On a related note, I've got a couple of very good friends who were born in Ireland who detest Irish-American everything. They perceive the American version of Irish culture to be trapped in amber, self-consciously clinging to a time and mentality that has long since passed in Ireland itself.
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I agree, as I have Irish citizenship because my mother was born there, but it was not as big of a deal in our house as it was for people who were 3rd or 4th generation who were always flying the flag from their front porch.
That said, there has been a huge change over the past 20 years, since the appearance of money in Ireland - literally for the first time - has changed everything. There is now petty greed and disrespect for the older generations. I think that a lot of young Irish people think the low-class history of the country is
funny in the same way that a lot of Americans make fun of our working class and the poor.