“Vanishing Ireland” documents the recent past in Ireland that seems a world away – PHOTOS

Grexshox, what a stupid post you wrote. Are you seriously telling us that you don't know the difference between hatred of foreigners and the desire to run a prudent and moderate immigration policy? So the 80% of Irish voters who voted to restrict citizenship a few years back "hate foreigners"? You're nuts.

Today it is too late to take pictures of Ireland before it was swamped by the foreign settlements of Mass Immigration. Ni fheicfear a leitheid aris.

I purchased 4 copies of Volume II last fall, one for myself, the others for gifts, and I looked for more volumes of Vanishing Ireland while in Ireland again last week. Brilliant work, and a fabulous project to undertake, I commend these writers/photographers! I'll be purchasing the whole series as soon as I can get my hands on them! Really, really worthwhile reading, and for so many of us, it helps trigger our own memories of our Irish grandparents, great-aunts and great-uncles!

They should come here and take some pics of the whites before they become a minority.

Important project. Great job. However, what are the names, meaning first and birth names, of these individual's Mothers???

AutisticBarry thinks the rest of the world should see us praying to God ha ha! Thats the same as doing nothing. Do you believe in Barney the Pink Dinosaur having a ZIP code also, Austin?>>>Emerald Emirate is on its way. Truly shocking re. Muslim name. Jacersagain, be careful. Dangleberry999 & Ciaradexy have not gone away you know ;)

My husband I visited Ireland for the first time last year. We thought the Irish people in general, especially the older people were more positive than their american counterparts. They seemed to have a way of telling stories that made you want to listen. They were very endearing. After reading this article all I can think is that change is inevitable and the only thing on which one can depend. The change seemed to be less aggressive than in american and families still seemed, from a visitor's point of view, to have a closeness that is missing in many progressive american families.

You speak for the majority of Irish people, do you? How many votes did you get?

GregShox… I speak for the majority of Irish people who wish to not have bleeding foreigners hiving and living off my and our Irish country’s honest taxpayer’s contributions to our national economy. In fact, if this bleeding of Irish taxpayers goes on much longer, you can be guaranteed of a revolt much stronger than that of which happened in Dublin in 1916. Your response begs the question: which way is it going to be… my way or the whoever else’s way? The so-called Troika think they know all the answers, don’t they? Have they double-checked their calculations with the Irish plebiscite? In their presumptuous and self-dumptious manner, no, they haven’t. For that ignoramus decision they will have to pay the price that democracy demands and not that of their protectionism. What shox are coming their way, Greg? What shocks are awaiting them??? Are they so ignorant as to not notice that we notice? Shucks, thanks be to St. Gregory… we Irish notice and will take up the cudgel that St. Greg demands we should for fairness. The Troika and their companion pals shud shudder for their rest of their remaining years. We Irish don’t believe in “Glór Tíre” for no reason.

you don't have to tell me,i have seen it happen before my eyes, yes and it broke my heart,bit like when the 7th cavalry invaded the black hills,and destroyed a fantastic wonderful warrior way of life,who were the savages?i still exult that Custer got creamed. strayed off the path a bit there,but its a bit like that.progress and civilization and that magic capitalist word,GROWTH,it all sucks,look where it has got us.you cant have continuous growth,its unsustainable.concrete jungles,massive overpopulation,financial greed fueled breakdown,great nations that have to have wars to keep their weapon manufacturers in business.if Ireland had stayed poor and out of the clutches of the EU she would be a better place for our people than she is.

Jacersagain -- Speak for yourself. You don't speak for me and neither does Austin. Your hatred of foreigners doesn't represent the rest of us Irish people who are comfortable with their identity.

The "Vanishing Ireland" project is commendable for future Irish generations to read. Even over a leisurely Irish breakfast in my home this morning, my sons were commenting on how much has changed since their young days (both in their 30’s now). The change is happening too fast for many of us and we don't like it. Eastern Europeans immigrating and taking over many parts of our country; Africans and Chinese taking over my beloved Dublin City centre and Brazilians taking over the West of Ireland. Nope, we don't like it one bit. >>> AustinBarry is right about the wind blows and the almost incessant hard rain falling on Ireland these summer days… the Islamic-isation of Ireland is so well underway that even our Irish TV daily weather forecasters are using appropriate words basically saying: “Ireland will be partly Sunni, mostly Shi’ite”.

I believe it's austisticbarry! Other than the goofy comments it was a great article.

Are you making these comments to win a bet, Austin?

The Irish Times revealed this week that the most popular non-EU boy's name in Ireland for 2011 was Mohammed. We can see the way the wind blows and the hard rain on its way. One brutal theocracy on its way to replace another?