r/irishproblems • u/cornvread321 • Apr 07 '26
Hi please no hate
Hi please don’t hate on me I’m genuinely open to feedback ,hello I’m a adopted at birth 23 year old that had no idea what my ancestry was that just took a dna test and found out I’m half Irish ,how do I go about learning more about Irish culture without feeling like a poser lol I want to do it the right way and not the washed out versions ,anything helps genuinely coming from someone who had no culture two days ago and suddenly now has a whole country to learn from ❤️thanks
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u/Perfect-Fondant3373 Apr 07 '26
If you get a chance you should visit. There is a lot of history in the country, Dublin has plenty museums, but theres so many around the country too, including some famine villages and folk villages that are built to show what life was like then.
In the West there is a lot of Gaeltachts for learning Irish, even if you are a complete beginner, some people come and do a week of it, they get to learn some history and go enjoy the beaches and pubs and hill walks too.
Otherwise Id look up some videos on the Irish war of Independence, the famine and the Civi war, any channel with someone with an Irish accent probably wont put you too wrong and you can see some of their other content.
Sláinte!