The second largest group in america, after the germans. Presidents Reagan and Kennedy were Irish and Bill Clinton was half-irish. Tougher than nails, they are regarded as great fighters and even greater writers. (Think Joyce, Yeats, Doyle, etc.) Once looked down upon (by the boring ass wasps..) they rose up through the ranks of American society and are now one of the most popular and successful groups in the country.
George Clooney, Harrison Ford, Sean Penn, Conan O'Brien, Tom Brady, Sharon Stone, Vince McMahon, Brian Williams, Jack Welch, Carson Daly, Nolan Ryan, Dennis Leary, Pat Riley, Dropkick Murphys, JFK, Tom Clancy, Lindsay Lohan, Jenny McCarthy, are all Irish-Americans
by BlackIrish06 September 23, 2008
Get the irish-american mug.some one born in london, who has irish parents or irish grandparents and holds irish citizenship and irish nationality, therefore is irish born in london. there are also forms like liverpool, manchester and birmingham irish.
shane macgowan is a famous london irish person, lead singer of the irish band the pogues and noted as one of irelands national treasures, liam and noel gallagher are a good example of manchester irish as they both have irish nationality and were born in manchester.
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2. The most commical and funny and cool accent ever
3. People who were pestered by the English for around 800 years, poor dears..
4. All of them have at least one leprechaun!
5. People who in the olden days usually always had the smell of whiskey on 'em.
2. The most commical and funny and cool accent ever
3. People who were pestered by the English for around 800 years, poor dears..
4. All of them have at least one leprechaun!
5. People who in the olden days usually always had the smell of whiskey on 'em.
by lubei December 28, 2005
Get the irish mug.Irish people are hot, love alcohol but we arent all drinkers or alcoholics, love to smoke, have the best holiday St.paddy's day, excellent athletes, have the best country, coolest last names ( Murphy, O'Brian ...) are the people you want to be on your side in a bar fight, love to party and love families( AKA their Clans), strong, brave, crazy at times, thick headed and stubborn-- because we stand up for what we believe in and hate the English, love the color green.
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Get the irish curse mug.A person born in America that is of Irish descent. Despite what others seem to think, an Irish-American person may have not been to Ireland, but this does not deny the existence of Irish in their blood. Millions of Irish immigrants fled to America even until the 1930's and settled thus creating families and spreading their blood lines. If ones' great grandparents or such came from Ireland, does that Irish blood not carry on to them even though they happened to born in America? Someone could easily have Irish parents and be born in Russia, or anywhere for that matter, but they are are still Irish no matter what country they happen enter the world into.
These are just a few great Irish-Americans. Ronald Reagan, James Cagney, Errol Flynn, Frank & Malachy McCourt, and many other greats.
by Rachel McVay March 31, 2007
Get the Irish-American mug.A very competitive dance, it requires alot of work to get to the top, it originates from ireland but the phenomina has spread all across the world, only the coolest people do irish dancing!!!
Riverdance, Lord of the dance, Celtic Tiger. A few popular dance shows to name. If you have herd of Micheal Flatley you have proberly herd of Irish Dancing.
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