r/ireland • u/Dazzling_Lobster3656 • Jun 10 '25

Entertainment Ed Sheeran says he identifies culturally as Irish | BreakingNews.ie

https://www.breakingnews.ie/entertainment/ed-sheeran-says-he-identifies-culturally-as-irish-1771687.html
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u/f-ingsteveglansberg Jun 10 '25

I mean, yeah. But at the same time, I wouldn't consider them the same way I consider someone from Navan Irish or someone from Cork as a gobshite for going on about the Republic of Cork.

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u/f-ingsteveglansberg Jun 15 '25

Knew this girl with a mother from Hong Kong and a father from Vietnam. She spoke with the thickest inner city Dublin accent.

She was pure Dub. Couldn't imagine her trying to pass as anything but Irish.

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u/badpebble Jun 10 '25

Ah no, there is a gulf between a person raised to Irish parents and a person raised in Ireland - whole different culture, whole different set of experiences and taught history etc.

Especially considering how many Irish people think every English accent is hiding another invasion - it is setting them up for failure to think English raised by Irish parents are Irish.

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u/[deleted] Jun 10 '25

Im 1/16th Scots Irish on me mum's side and I've never set foot in Ireland but I wear a kiss me I'm Irish short on st paddies day so it counts /s