How would you define Irishness and what it means to be Irish (32 c, obviously) ?

[seafoid]

Apart from GAA..

[muppet]

Only an Irishman knows when to go for goal or to just take his point.

[seafoid]

Flexible time arrangements
Pale skin

[deiseach]

Apart from GAA..

[illdecide]

Ginger hair and frackles

[OakleafCounty]

Supporting English soccer teams.

[deiseach]

Supporting English soccer teams.

Does that make the English Irish? I wasn't entirely joking with my previous contribution. There's nothing more Irish than hating the GAA. Almost all foreigners don't give a shit.

[weareros]

Yeats put it well: Being Irish, he had an abiding sense of tragedy, which sustained him through temporary periods of joy.

[T Fearon]

Modern Irish seems to be

Atheist
Devoid of morality
Drunkeness
Foul mouthed
Greedy

None of which I can identify with

[Keyboard Warrior]

Laws/Rules taken as guidelines that you kind of have to abide by (Which I like)

[gallsman]

Modern Irish seems to be

Atheist
Devoid of morality
Drunkeness
Foul mouthed
Greedy

None of which I can identify with

A lot of us are obese as well. You wouldn't know anything about that either.

[No wides]

Modern Irish seems to be

Atheist
Devoid of morality
Drunkeness
Foul mouthed
Greedy

None of which I can identify with

Also defender of catholic church raping and abusing young innocent children and then blaming their parents.

[deiseach]

[mouview]

To be rather insecure and constantly engage in naval-gazing, when in fact we're absolutely middle-of-the-road and really quite unremarkable. We think we drink too much, our social problems are appalling, unemployment is unsustainable, our youth are apathetic, politicians are all clueless morons, traffic congestion is terrible, roads are wicked etc.  All other (developed) countries have exactly the same problems, we're no different from them. We're ordinary, embrace it.

(Actually, we're a step above many others because we care a little but more and we still haven't quite lost our welcoming reach or basic good manners  ---  not just quite yet.)

[From the Bunker]

Modern Irish seems to be

Atheist
Devoid of morality
Drunkeness
Foul mouthed
Greedy

None of which I can identify with

Hey leave the values of Catholic Church out of this thread!