Do these St Patrick's Day t-shirts depict Irish as drunk and dumb?

Alcoholism has been discovered as genetic.Of course I always believed this since there are so many in my family who are alcoholic. I call it the devils disease with a lot of DIS EASE.It causes so much pain, fear and anxiety when children see a parent out of control and this will last them a life time I pray every time I see some one who's brain is soaked in alcohol and is totally unaware that they can not function in safe manner.I cry when I see the little ones with frightened eyes living with an alcoholic parent or parents. This disease KILLS people. Why would anyone want to make money displaying such a sad state of affairs!!!!!!!!!!!!

Just wanted to say that i loved the comment by BOBBYsHOBBY. It made me think of my dad may he rest in peace.

As I said, the Irish Sport shirts are a bit pricy, I paid between 40 and 60 Euro each for them in Galway. About the same as our NFL jersies here. KerryKing, your Kerry shirt in the Irish is spelled with a C. It might be Cairraigh. Not Sure. Mine is Gaillimh and is Burgundy.

If you can't laugh at yourself, then who can you laugh at? I have never worn a tee shirt with any kind of wording, or emblems. I feel sorry for people, who feel it necessary to make a bill board of themselves. I believe the practice of wearing such shirts as a lack of self worth.

Wouldn't buy and wouldn't wear. How about celebrating St Pats with a little Irish Pride. The tri colors would be nice. When you wear it, it says it all.

They're disgusting and offensive. Would not wear. And for a national chain like Old Navy to sell them is unspeakable. Boycott!

Here's to "edmundburke" reminding us of the origin of "boycott!" What I think is most interesting is to check the labels of these Ts and find the country of manufacture! As I said during the Beijing Olympics, finally, all of the Olympic pins and souvenirs were made locally! Friends who live in Hoboken, NJ, stay indoors during their St. Patrick's Day Parade and lament the young age and female genders who are pathetically falling down drunk. It is so offensive that binge drinking is prevalent on our college campuses; it is equally offensive that the day seems to give permission for all to be drunks in public. I'm a New Yorker and you should see the drunks in uniform in front of the Irish bars after the parade is over. Alcoholics are not going to pay attention to anything that smacks of discipline. Slainte!

Bernie give it a rest.It's a dumb question and it's a dumb article.Do you think Americans would find it amusing if you put up an article and "wide load" t-shirts depicting Americans as gluttons and fat for their Thanksgiving "eating" holiday? Reinforcing the drunk Irish rubbish ON IC from now up to St Patrick's Day gets old real fast.We don't need that Punch Magazine stereotyping on IC.

I'm not the one to criticize, I designed a tee shirt that says, Celts Unite! Together we can drink it ALL.

geeeeeze, who's asking anyone to wear them. No one is forcing anyone and most if not all who wear them are either irish or of Irish descent. i wouldn't wear them. I wear my Sunday suit and my Kerry sash....

Hi JBRAFTREE, Good advice & funny you should mention it! I made a point during one of my many travels to Ireland to buy a couple KERRY shirts....mainly because of my name. But each year, when it comes to St.Patrick's Day, that is what I wear...my Green & gold one....and nobody else is likely to be "wearing the same shirt" and it's on a positive note for Ireland!

I think that "Irish today, hung-over tomorrow" is the perfect American "St Paddy's Day" tee, with the emphasis on "Irish TODAY". liosuibhigin, for those of us who see ourselves as part of something greater than ourselves, ancestral pride is likely a vestige of ancient Ancestral Worship. The past influences the present and is therefore part of who we are, and for many who do not have the education, social standing, or financial means to accomplish anything worth noting, ancestral pride may be all they have... and that's completely legitimate, in my opinion. It beats the bottle...

" Let's Get Ready To Stumble" That's a Cracker. Could'nt help but laugh,

Wear Irish sports shirts. Should be available at your local Irish Import shop, or online. To hell with all the shiits that would profit from the Irish in a derogatory way. These shirts cost a bit more, but most show the County you root for too.

I'll answer the question. "Yes."