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Originally posted by HampshireDub HampshireDub wrote:

Night before the Italy game I think almost every Italian fan I met had an English accent !

I met a lad whose Mother was Irish and Father Italian, he was following Italy for as long as they were there and has done many internationals with them. 
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Originally posted by HampshireDub HampshireDub wrote:

Night before the Italy game I think almost every Italian fan I met had an English accent !


Lot of second generation Italians over there alright
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Originally posted by Drumcondra 69er Drumcondra 69er wrote:

Originally posted by HampshireDub HampshireDub wrote:

Night before the Italy game I think almost every Italian fan I met had an English accent !


Lot of second generation Italians over there alright

Bedford is full of them. I arrived in Cambridge yesterday and was heading somewhere to catch their game, was a roar went up from three different establishments that suggested they were winning.
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Did anyone see the video of Cian Prendergast singing the National Anthem at the Sweden Game? Cian is 4 and 3rd Generation Irish living in London.
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Mentioned it in the thread about the Fields, very impressive and heart warming.
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Not worth a new thread but might relate to some of the U.K. Lads

www.transferwise.com/gb/blog/how-to-adjust-to-life-irish-in-the-uk/?utm_medium=content&utm_source=facebook&utm_campaign=irish_in_uk
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[QUOTE=Butch]Not worth a new thread but might relate to some of the U.K. Lads

www.transferwise.com/gb/blog/how-to-adjust-to-life-irish-in-the-uk/?utm_medium=content&utm_source=facebook&utm_campaign=irish_in_uk[/QUOTE]
 
What a long winded way of telling you to transfer your money using transfer wise...The crafty hures.
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Originally posted by farneybhoy farneybhoy wrote:

Originally posted by SeanG4393 SeanG4393 wrote:

This is so refreshing to read. 

I am the first 'English born' in my family. My dad born in Dublin and my Mom born in Donegal met in Birmingham after both sets of families had moved over to Birmingham during the 50's and 60's as just children. I had the typical Irish upbringing where you spent the 6 weeks holiday in Ireland and it was more like home than anything, Birmingham just being where you went to school and had a house. 

Mainly in secondary school I was referred to as a 'Palstic' and this continues up to this day. Bumping into a few old school friends in the local last week I was asked why are you going to the euros with Ireland it should be England, when not one of them have set foot inside Wembley.. 

I've only ever known Ireland as a nation and they are the only nation I have supported my memories of International football are a shade of Green with the 2002 penalty tears (the first tournament I fully understood at the age of 8) 

Yes I have a Birmingham accent, this is something i'm very proud of football is a huge passion of mine and Birmingham city are my team I enjoy having this accent and follow my club across England. Whilst in Poland in October I simply tried to advise a man in a bar where he could watch the Ireland vs France Rugby match when he whispered into his friends ear not very quietly I asked for Ireland vs France not England, In fairness his friend nearly died of embarrassment and apologized for his mate. Of course there have been people along the way that have embraced it and looked far past the accent that have became good friends that i'm travelling to France with. 

I could type a novel about this matter to try and educate people but sometimes the shortest replies are the best and a simple F**k Off to the great uneducated can do the trick. 

I'm a regular home and away traveler and France will be my first major tournament with Ireland (A £2.52 an hour apprenticeship at the time didn't quiet take me to Poland) It's a dream come true for me to be travelling and attending games at the Euros it something I've looked forward to for years and something I will carry with me my whole life. 

Ireland might not be where I live but it is where I am from. 

That's a belter of a post. Clap

Same on you Sean.
On the Villa :)

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Spotted a kid with a Plastic Paddy and Proud on the s bahn recently. Explained to my daughter what it meant.
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Originally posted by BohsinMunich BohsinMunich wrote:

Spotted a kid with a Plastic Paddy and Proud on the s bahn recently. Explained to my daughter what it meant.


Was it a Neck tshirt by any chance?
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Did laugh in Belgrade as one Irish girl asked me where did I watch the GAA , I told her that I had zero interest in it , she ask me if I was Irish . Hey I did want to say that I  wasn't the one wearing a Rugby top in Belgrade Big smile made me smile at the time .  
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Name and shame Murph :)
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Was talking to a few Birmingham based lads over there on Sunday (I think). All sound lads.
Everyone has different background stories. If you're Irish, you're Irish.


Edited by Trapped - 09 Sep 2016 at 10:36am
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Jaysus Murph, have you no interest in 30 lads with sticks horsing into each other?
Surely you'd shed a little tear if Mayo win Sam next week.
I could agree with you but then we'd both be wrong.
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Originally posted by reddladd reddladd wrote:

Jaysus Murph, have you no interest in 30 lads with sticks horsing into each other?
Surely you'd shed a little tear if Mayo win Sam next week.
Love to see them get beaten really , hey it's Mayo shirt season in the factory at the moment where I work , only straw hats and bits of wool are missing LOL
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Originally posted by pre Madonna pre Madonna wrote:

Originally posted by BohsinMunich BohsinMunich wrote:

Spotted a kid with a Plastic Paddy and Proud on the s bahn recently. Explained to my daughter what it meant.


Was it a Neck tshirt by any chance?


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Yes this is the one the kid (pre teens I would guess) was wearing
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Used to have one, although I got mocked for the accent when wearing it, gave it to a proper plastic! Great live band, Leeson is a good skin too. A man after my own heart.
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