St Patrick belongs pretty much to everyone Irish: pre-Reformation, and pre-East/West schism (the Orthodox Church in the UK is strong on Celtic saints in icons). My paternal grandmother's mother's father was of Orange parentage from the Ballymena and Randalstown area; my maternal grandmother's paternal grandmother was Catholic Irish from Mayo.
It's not a big deal for most people here, outside some of the areas of Glasgow and Central/West Scotland where heavy immigration turned tem into Irish enclaves of one sort or another. Otherwise… It seems odd to that one would define oneself by a place a small proportion of one's ancestors came from over 130 years ago.
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Date: 2009-03-17 06:43 pm (UTC)My paternal grandmother's mother's father was of Orange parentage from the Ballymena and Randalstown area; my maternal grandmother's paternal grandmother was Catholic Irish from Mayo.
It's not a big deal for most people here, outside some of the areas of Glasgow and Central/West Scotland where heavy immigration turned tem into Irish enclaves of one sort or another. Otherwise… It seems odd to that one would define oneself by a place a small proportion of one's ancestors came from over 130 years ago.