There seem to be enough priests.  Why does a priest from the Philippines come over to Ireland to stand in for Fr Macdonald when the latter visits Australia?

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If the Blarney stone stood out in Sidney Harbor
And Dublin Town to Melbourne came to stay
If the Shannon River joined the Brisbane Waters
And Killarney's lakes flowed into Botany Bay
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If the Shandon Bells rang out in old Fremantle
And County Cork in Adelaide did appear
Erin's sons would never roam, all the boys would stay at home
If we only had old Ireland over here
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Plastic Paddy alert !

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Kristof Van Hoeven 2 years ago

My friend who has Irish parents and lives in a city with a big Irish roman catholic community (Manchester, England) went to Boston on her holiday. While there she visited an Irish themed pub and had nothing but a lot of attitude directed at her because she was English. (Being called a 'Tan' etc) This is what annoys me about some of the plastic paddies in America - they simplify everything and have a rose-tinted idea of the 'homeland' and it's relationship to the 'big evil' that's so divorced from reality.

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AddictofFilm 3 years ago
It's not so much a nationality but an ethnic group.  Who uses the term "Plastic Paddy"   It's an ethnic slur.  Bigotry nothing we aren't used to and the Irish diaspora is use to that doesn't matter if you are born and raised in Ireland and then immigrated or you are born into an Irish family somewhere else.
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.Christy Dolan 2 years ago

Stop using words that you do not understand.

Btw, the term was coined by the Irish Themselves who were sick to the teeth with the carry on of the diaspora

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FYI I tried searching for plastic paddy videos and most everything I found was New York Bronx/Brooklyn trashy, vulgar and profane. Mostly young women getting drunk.
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BTW thanks Neil for posting the video  :cheers:

If we only had OLD IRELAND over here in Ireland!

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It would appear this little Resistance chapel is just that, a piece of Old Ireland for those who'd like that.
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It's a small beginning, but I expect what you'll have there will revive in your spirit fond things that have been allowed to go dormant.
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Sad to say there must be Irish today in Ireland who want no part of Old Ireland.
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Actually, I know some Irish in Los Angeles who have been entirely secularized, and their idea of Ireland has nothing to do with the Faith handed down from St. Patrick.
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But there are also Irish in Los Angeles who hold on tenaciously to the Faith of our fathers, and the difference is quite evident.
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The Irish flag should have the image of St. Patrick in the white center panel!
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