Impatient Irish have lost that loving feeling for others

What a very sad story. I have waited all my life to be able to go "home" as my parents called it, and walk where they walked when they grew up there. Visit my fathers brother and cousins who still live their. I may never get there, but I will keep thier way of thinking about Ireland in my heart, and not this article. I would so wish to be welcome where my grandmother and grandfather are buried, along with thier parents, and thiers before them. I would live out the rest of my life happily in the home of my mum.

GD/WK: Ag spreagadh Béarla arís! The ‘context’ you claim in your latest insult towards JamieLM does not exist; I merely applied your own views towards Irish citizenship against you, to demonstrate the hypocrisy of your earlier comments. If you missed that, then perhaps you should improve your own reading comprehension. Being ‘familiar’ with Irish history and culture is all well and good, but it could be said that Ireland is ‘familiar’ with sunshine, however that doesn’t mean we have a great deal of it. Equally, your interest does not make you an expert or justify the arrogance you exhibit towards other posters. You say that ‘unlike [me]’ you speak Irish, yet you know I speak Irish, and indeed I was the only one to use it on this thread. I encourage the Irish Diaspora to learn about and practice Irish culture, and I’m in favour of maximising their role (I’ve written about it at length here before). At the end of the day, it’s not a competition to see who is more Irish. Indeed, if being Irish was associated with the way you act on this site then it is safe to say that few would be rushing to claim it.

A huge banking bailout and 4 years of grinding recession with promises of 20 more to come and all this reporter can focus on are the bad manners of a few people?Wake the f**k up and smell the coffee. Moron.Sorry was i being rude there?Ruder than 4 years of cuts and vilification by the media and government squak boxes(rte *cough)with their endless diatribes of knuckle down sonny or else?F**k you.Sorry there i go again. Being rude and all..

J Suillivan thinks the one brush tars all

And George, the kids of those migrants will have their place of birth as Ireland on their Irish passports. They'll live and go to school here! That makes them far more Irish than you will ever be!

So george is more Irish than the actual irish cos he speaks Irish? So are you claiming to be more Irish than youre non-Irish speaking family member who moved to the US back in the day? You're irish in no other part of the world, only in your head! You were slagging off irish people for not calling their kids traditional Irish names a few weeks ago. I dont recall 'George' being an irish name. You're as irish as apple pie! As for those Africans, they have passports just like you so they must be just as Irish as you! Their kids will learn Irish here too! Jamie, Ive met rude people all over the world, the Americans arent any worse but the worst type of American, unfortunately, Ive met on here and he goes by the name of George Dillon/ WoundedKnee and Kev408 on the Irish Independent website! Funny how when posting as Kev408 on that website he didnt tell everyone that he was American! He was going on about 'this' country! This being 'Ireland' and yet hes not even in Ireland! Hes actually mental! Georgia is welcome to him! When I was in Atlanta in 1994, my American cousins friends dad handed me money and told me to give it to 'the Cause and the boys back home'. I reckon that was George!

jamielm: Second Grade reading level, right? Definitely a reading deficit on your part, because you utterly failed to see the context in which I said I was more Irish than the poster. I said it because he claimed I was not Irish, that's all. You have about as much feeling for irony as does my cat, have some sense. In any case I certainly don't need you to affirm me, particularly since it appears you are unable to follow an entire exchange of posts. Next time have the good manners to read the entire exchange before you comment. Better still, don't bother commenting, you have no ideas of interest to offer.

Nach deas an urlabhra í sin agat! Ní féidir liom ciall a bhaint as an bpiosa seo: ‘I am more Irish than you, since, unlike you, I speak the ancient language of Ireland and am familiar with the country's history and culture’. Conas sin? Níl d’fhianaise leis ach d’fhocal féin. Arís: ná cuir thú féin i mbéal an phobail -nuair nach bhfuil srian le do theanga. Fút féin atá sé. Oh, an maith leat mo stíl scríbhneoireachta? Stíl uasal! Oiche mhaith agat.

WoundedKnee, you sound like a 2 yr. old...I'm more Irish than you are, na, na, na, na, na, na. You're ridiculous in your attempts to convince everyone about how "Irish" you are. No one has seen your passport. You can look anything up on the net or in the library. We don't know who you really are and no one cares about how Irish you claim to be. You can't even remember your own posts and you post under WKnee and GeoD. Reread your post on Jul 18 at 1:00 PM...Why don't YOU think before you post??? @kinvara7 - you're right. Everyone knows all about WK/GeoD and his insulting posts.

kinvara: I am not only an Irish citizen, I am more Irish than you, since, unlike you, I speak the ancient language of Ireland and am familiar with the country's history and culture. You stick to your British sitcoms.

Where exactly do you see ‘anger’ in the comments I posted? Your replies are, as usual, disappointing and contradictory. You were rude to JamieLM, where you say that you don’t care if I watch British TV programs and yet it was you who brought that up as a method of insult –about four posts earlier! You say you have ‘reported [my] last crazy harangue‘, before adding: ‘do us a favor, get your prescription filled and resume taking your medication’… you are pretty blind to your ‘crazy harangue(s)’ it would seem. Nevertheless, I won’t go ‘reporting’ you (I have never reported anyone but if someone deserved that honour it would be you). No, sure isn’t it much better to just leave posts that correct and expose your nonsense?

jamielem--What you wrote is nonsense. No one gives a damn what this guy watches on TV, what a ridiculous thing for you to say. Think before you post.

ciaramurphy: "50,000 African migrants have an irish passport". Finally ciaramurphy gets something right! Ciara, you must have been in the Dublin Passport Office recently.

kinvara: You have serious anger issues. I have reported your last crazy harangue. Do us a favor, get your prescription filled and resume taking your medication.

It's no one's business what kinvara7 watches and for how long. So what if he/she enjoys a British comedy? @ciradexy, you're right. There are some very rude Americans, but I've seen plenty of very rude people in other countries, too. People who were not only rude to tourists, but rude to their own countrymen.