Irishness

To those of us reared and subsumed by Irish culture, to whom getting an Irish passport was a big thing, the getting of ‘Irishness’ in the form of a passport, so that you get in a different queue in the airport?

He was also a champion of the Irish language and saw that all of those interests he held dear could be promoted if there was an association to cherish Irishness as a way of life.

The story of an Irish family has been called “a Bible of fucked up Irishness” by Irvine Welsh, and it truly is a dark and fascinating read.

Clark, p. 26. Although never denying his Irishness, Burke often described himself as "an Englishman".

Irishness could now be identified with dispersed individuals and groups of Irish descent.

It has been argued the idea of an Irish diaspora, as distinct from the old identification of Irishness with Ireland itself, was influenced by the perceived advent of global mobility and modernity.