i am not talking about the eu i am talking about after ireland terrorized england got there indepence to become a part of the vatican the british goverment let them live in britain and vote their. why????? name one single contribution to british culture the irish have ever given? name one person from britain of irish background who has ever done anything important ---oh and don't tell me jerry adams because blowing up people is not an accomplishment -----the irish remain loyal to the pope an not the crown they never asimiliated into british society they live seperate speak there own language they expect every one to acomodate them not the other way around an yet we celebrate there st. patrick day. i don't see how britain has aloud a problem people like the irish to settle in england and not give anything back in return. live in poverty, speak a foreign language, worship the pope, blow up stuff, collect the dole, wreck neighbourhoods, bring a totally alien culture to the nation an yet we are out celebrating them every march. england faces a major irish problem partly because england let them in and england did not remember that pope worshippers have dozens of babys. in another generation we will be facing a real crisis in england when irish people make up an even bigger part of the population. I am not British, I am aloud to care about other countries am I not? Also, all those famous irish people you named are anglo irish protestants not celtic catholics so the challenge is on name one famous irish catholic who is not of english background or protestant.
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A large part of the violence in Northern Ireland is from Protestants - you guys seem to leave that out.
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U2, potato chips, chemistry, tanks, submarines, modern tractors, guiness
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It's "allowed" not "aloud". The Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland are two different countries. The British used the Irish as slaves in the past. The Republic of Ireland is mostly Roman Catholic but Northern Ireland Protestant. - Millions of famous Irish, * Famous Writers: Bram Stoker, Jonathan Swift, James Joyce, Flann O'Brien, Oscar Wilde, William Butler Yeats, Samuel Beckett, Patrick Kavanagh and Seamus Heaney. Some of the 20th century writers in the Irish language include Brian O'Nolan (aka Flann O'Brien), MáirtÃn Ó Cadhain, Pádraic Ó Conaire, Tomás Ó Criomhthain, Peig Sayers, Muiris Ó Súilleabháin and MáirtÃn Ó Direáin.
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Ireland is split in to halves. The Republic of Ireland is majority catholic and Northern Ireland is mostly Protestant. Originally we were all in one country the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. However during the 20th century the Irish were increasingly wanting to be independent. They exited the union in the 1920s however there was an option that counties could choose to remain in the union. Six of the Counties of Northern Ireland chose this option. This led the a the UK becoming the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. The people in these counties are entitled to British Citizenship and being part of our Sovereign State the UK are entitled to vote in General elections. The Majority of people in Ireland speak English and the people of Northern Ireland actually use Ulster Scots most often when not speaking English.
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Robert Boyle...sometimes referred to as the Father of Chemistry. Look at a map of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland(there's a hint in the name...), and you will see why some Irish live in the UK...
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It's called the UK, as in United Kingdom. The UK includes Ireland, Scotland, Wales, and England. Is this a play on Muslims taking over Europe? Are you just trolling here, with the bait and switch?
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I imagine some of the British think it might be time to try and let go of some centuries old grudges. Besides it's not as though the British have always been innocent victims that were horribly picked on by the Irish. King James II, Charles I and Oliver Cromwell weren't exactly ideal neighbors. "From 1641 to 1652, over 500,000 Irish were killed by the English and another 300,000 were sold as slaves. Ireland’s population fell from about 1,500,000 to 600,000 in one single decade." It might be a very good idea to let bygones be bygones and see about working things out.
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Ah, so you're British now. You were American five minutes ago. There is treatment available for schizophrenia, you know. As to your request to name someone from an Irish background who has done something important in relation to Britain, I suppose we could start with the Duke of Wellington... ~ So you're after a CATHOLIC Irishman who has had a huge effect on Britain. Well, the obvious one, just off the top of my head, is Oscar Wilde.
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