A person in the US whose distant relatives were smart enough and industrious enough to escape a dull and drunken land for a better life.

An individual born in America who is Irish on both sides for every generation back to the last family member born in Ireland.

I find it offensive that some of the "Irish - I was born here" are so hostile to Irish-Americans.

My family - whose names are Hughes, Rooney, Mullin, O'Brien, Daugherty, McMannus, among others - all left County Monaghan, Ireland in April of 1847 when they were put off the land by and English landowner and told to take the offered passage and go to British North America (Canada) or go to the poorhouse and starve with the other million people who died.

It's not like they left Ireland by choice. They were forced out, those who were able to stay in Ireland and keep body and soul together through the An Gorta Mor, who maybe had a decent landlord or owned a little land of their own - should be grateful to God that they didn't have to suffer the passage on the coffin ship my family came to Canada on.

I am the 4th generation not born in Ireland, but I am probably a lot more Irish than some born there. No English blood flows through my viens. I don't tell people I am Irish, I tell them I am American of Irish ancestry.

an american who will not shut up about being half irish or irish in the blood and/or heart.................and for all you english cunts out there they're not lying. The irish, spanish, italians and africans fucking made america great the english are just arseholes

Irish-American: Someone who is part Irish and part American or someone who has Irish ancestors but lives in America. Let me just point out that if you have a grandparent from Ireland and go around shouting that your “so proud of your Irish side and Guinness, and leprechauns”... you can fuck OFF. I have a great grandparent from Australia and you don’t see me shouting “IM AUSTRALIAN I HAVE A KOALA IN MY BACK GARDEN” if 1 of your parents are Irish then it’s pretty acceptable so say your Irish-American but just calm it down a bit. At least learn ACTUAL Irish culture and what it’s like here instead of going on a couple or Irish travel websites and suddenly you “know everything about Ireland because... IM IRISH”