A touchy topic. I am half Irish. Ah well, maybe that means I can be only half saddened by current events there. However, the time left for me to go to the pub and pick a brew and a fight is therefore also cut in half (yes?).
:)
Quite frankly, unless your parents were born in Ireland, you’re no longer tied to Ireland. The US way of saying “oh, i’m polish/irish/italian’ but it turns out that the connections was more than 3 generations ago, is tenuous to say the least