What does it mean to be Irish?...Are we being choked by Europe?

Question

being Irish to me;

the witty charm of grandparents and their stories of hardship, the pulse of trad music in my heart, the drink, the craic, the atlantic sea beating against the western shore, the damp green countryside, the smell of the brewery in the air, warm stew with spuds on a winters day, cow pats and sheep roaming the fields, mountain goats on the hillsides, stones walls and thatched cottages, the travellers blood instilled in us, hurling, communities who keep an eye out for one another, pot-holes and grass growing up the middle of the road, turf from the bog, a creamy pint of guiness, mass on sundays...

i feel we are becoming Europeanised. Too many foreign workers in the country while our own are unemployed and many lie homeless on the streets, call me racist if you like but i feel like our country is in the process of being brainwashed by Europe, the government tried to bring in the Lisbon treaty, but thankfully we said 'No', apparently we are 'ungrateful' because the EU have given us money. We are in the midst of a recession, prices are high, wages are fairly low and the weather is s***. Is Ireland dying?

Answer 1

Irish people are just like British people.

Answer 2

I wish the foriegners (non whites) would stop coming in.. and wrecking the place.

Answer 3

i tink being irish is about drinking Guinness and whiskey until drunk

Answer 4

You can always move to Australia.

Many of your forebears did as convicts.  That's how my Family got here.

Stole Trevallyan's corn

Answer 5

Who knows? Someone

But not me thats for sure

You lot still have walls diving your community in Northern Island ??? Its 2008 how can you be divided over religion? But I reckon you aint Northern Island but form the Republic right But dont you find that strange having peace wallls and i hears its costing us here alot of tax money

I say forget him her and she the past how you look or how anyone thinks of you and live till you die. lool

Never been Ireland but I reckon it looks just like here but more 'white' people and more pubs and walls of course thats if your still in the UK