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‘I’m not a plastic Paddy’: We have Irish Americans, so why not Irish Britons?

The Irish Times 23 Mar 2025
Amid their laughter at their funny tales, you notice the occasional halting moment ... The scene is unmistakably Irish ... This family, of humble, easy-going people reminisce as the Irish like to do over their dead. READ MORE ... .
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Campaigner wants everyone to stop groping Dublin’s famous Molly Malone statue

CNN 19 Mar 2025
Over the past two-and-a-half years the 23-year-old Briton, who is also a singer-songwriter, has been busking at some of the most popular tourist spots in the Irish capital—including by the bronze statue of Molly Malone ... She sings ... .
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Which Saint Patrick are we celebrating?

The Spectator 17 Mar 2025
He was a Briton and he tells us in his Confessions that, when he was a teenager, he was captured by Irish slave traders and taken to Ireland, where he herded sheep ... But in a dream, he heard the Irish ...
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St Patrick's Day 2025: All about the date, history and significance of the day

The Times of India 17 Mar 2025
Patrick wasn’t Irish.Born in the late fourth century, Patrick was a Roman Briton who was kidnapped as a teenager and enslaved in Ireland ... Patrick’s Day isn’t just for those of Irish descent—it’s a global celebration of heritage, history, and culture.
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Slavery, wealth and trauma: the controversial life of St Patrick

RTE 12 Mar 2025
Patrick is such an ubiquitous Irish ... Yet, St Patrick was not Irish; he was a fifth-century Romano-Briton, someone of British Celtic origins whose ancestors had been incorporated into the Roman Empire.
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Record number of Americans applied for UK citizenship after Trump re-election

CNN 05 Mar 2025
In the years following the UK’s vote to leave the European Union (EU) in 2016, the number of Britons applying for Irish passports – giving them the right to freely work, live and travel across Europe - almost doubled.
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