# Disproportionate number of Ireland-based dopers? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [November 28, 2002, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disproportionate-number-of-ireland-based-dopers/139348 "2002-11-28T15:18:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![yojimbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yojimbo/32/232_2.png) [@yojimbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yojimbo)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2002, 9:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disproportionate-number-of-ireland-based-dopers/139348/21 "2002-11-29T09:28:25Z")
You would also expect more Americans as The Straight Dope is published in papers there. ---
**Author:** ![Zoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/a4c791/32.png) [@Zoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zoe)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2002, 10:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disproportionate-number-of-ireland-based-dopers/139348/22 "2002-11-29T10:18:45Z")
If you look at migration maps, there are more Irish descendants in the South than anywhere else. And that is where my ancestors have lived for eleven generations. I memorize Yeats. TRINITY is my favorite novel (But my people were from Ulster.) I’m a descendant of an O’Daniel somewhere along the line. I WANT TO BE IRISH!!! I saw Ireland once, but it was from four or five miles up. ☹ Think I will go and have another Bailey’s… I throw myself at your mercy. Adopt me! ---
**Author:** ![manwithaplan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f1d935/32.png) [@manwithaplan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/manwithaplan)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2002, 10:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disproportionate-number-of-ireland-based-dopers/139348/23 "2002-11-29T10:30:10Z")
**Zoe** , you can be from Ireland if I can be from Witness Protection. Sounds like a great town. ---
**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2002, 10:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disproportionate-number-of-ireland-based-dopers/139348/24 "2002-11-29T10:47:01Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Zoe \* > \*\*I saw Ireland once, but it was from four or five miles up. ☹ \*\* Believe me, that’s the best place to see it from, weather-wise. ---
**Author:** ![Aro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b3f665/32.png) [@Aro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aro)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2002, 11:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disproportionate-number-of-ireland-based-dopers/139348/25 "2002-11-29T11:15:00Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by yojimbo \* > \*\*But there are many more than that. English speaking. Clever. Inquisaitive. Most likely **Anahita** hit it on the head. Slackers 😃 \*\* I take great offense at that slacker remark. I’m working very hard at…er…reading this…er…thread…erm…board…erm…I mean…these sections I’m drawing, honest. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Zoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/a4c791/32.png) [@Zoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zoe)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2002, 11:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disproportionate-number-of-ireland-based-dopers/139348/26 "2002-11-29T11:50:53Z")
jjimm, okay! You can be in Witness Protection. But you have to wear sunglasses and an ugly hair piece. ---
**Author:** ![Kal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9de053/32.png) [@Kal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kal)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2002, 11:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disproportionate-number-of-ireland-based-dopers/139348/27 "2002-11-29T11:57:34Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Zoe \* > \*\*jjimm, okay! You can be in Witness Protection. But you have to wear sunglasses and an ugly hair piece. \*\* Hell, he’d look like a certain ‘wintery’ poster on vacation! ---
**Author:** ![manwithaplan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f1d935/32.png) [@manwithaplan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/manwithaplan)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2002, 12:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disproportionate-number-of-ireland-based-dopers/139348/28 "2002-11-29T12:21:26Z")
Hey, I asked to be in Witness Protection. I already wear sunglasses and an ugly hair piece - I’m going through an Andy Warhol phase. ---
**Author:** ![Improbability](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/cc9497/32.png) [@Improbability](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Improbability)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2002, 12:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disproportionate-number-of-ireland-based-dopers/139348/29 "2002-11-29T12:40:48Z")
I’m an Irish- Doper living in the UK. Does that count for both then? ---
**Author:** ![freckles](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e47c2d/32.png) [@freckles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/freckles)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2002, 12:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disproportionate-number-of-ireland-based-dopers/139348/30 "2002-11-29T12:55:45Z")
I am a culchie doper signing in But based in Dublin - stealing all the jobs from da dubs 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![flairgun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/7c8e57/32.png) [@flairgun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flairgun)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2002, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disproportionate-number-of-ireland-based-dopers/139348/31 "2002-11-29T14:24:30Z")
> [@](#): > > quote: > Originally posted by ruadh > where are all the Culchie Dopers? > > Bringin in de hay. Ah here now! Shur there’s no need fur de stereotypes, like…😉 I am a BIFFO, but the lack of a decent number of IT jobs in the faithful has forced me to emigrate to the peoples republic of Cork. Apparently, if I stay for 5 more years I get to be considered a “local”… I gotta get out of here before then… I actually found this place when I saw the light and installed Opera as my web browser. The SD was one of the default links in Opera’s bookmarks. ---
**Author:** ![manwithaplan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f1d935/32.png) [@manwithaplan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/manwithaplan)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2002, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disproportionate-number-of-ireland-based-dopers/139348/32 "2002-11-29T14:41:06Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by flairgun \* > **I am a BIFFO** And also a BUFFALO;) ---
**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2002, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disproportionate-number-of-ireland-based-dopers/139348/33 "2002-11-29T14:45:50Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by flairgun \* > **I am a BIFFO, but the lack of a decent number of IT jobs in the faithful has forced me to emigrate to the peoples republic of Cork.** According to a Corkman I know, “no **way** is Cork ‘down the country’. It’s the second capital. All right!?!?! Like.” Yeah, right. 😉 > [@](#): > > **Apparently, if I stay for 5 more years I get to be considered a “local”… > I gotta get out of here before then…** Nah, you’ll always be a blow in. ---
**Author:** ![MikeG](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mikeg/32/4329_2.png) [@MikeG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MikeG)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2002, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disproportionate-number-of-ireland-based-dopers/139348/34 "2002-11-29T15:19:02Z")
I am from Portlaoise but have lived in Chicago since I was 6, do I count for anything?🙂 ---
**Author:** ![flairgun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/7c8e57/32.png) [@flairgun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flairgun)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2002, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disproportionate-number-of-ireland-based-dopers/139348/35 "2002-11-29T15:24:57Z")
> [@](#): > > And also a BUFFALO You know, I’ve never cared for that designation. Perhaps it’s just because of my inherent dislike of people from Laois, or maybe It’s because of the problems of sharing a political constituency with the feckers (Makes it harder to get more of the likes of BIFFO Cowen elected, don’t ya know?), but I would prefer not to be associated with them… 😉 😃 Feel free to keep calling me a Beautiful Intelligent Fellow From Offaly, though… ---
**Author:** ![Aro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b3f665/32.png) [@Aro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aro)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2002, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disproportionate-number-of-ireland-based-dopers/139348/36 "2002-11-29T15:26:39Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by jjimm \* > \*\*Yeah, right. 😉 Nah, you’ll always be a blow in. \*\* Ain’t that the truth. My Great gran & Great granda lived in Hillsborough, my gran & then my mum was brought up there. I was born in Lisburn but moved back to Hillsborough a few years ago. I am refered to as a _‘blow in’_ still, in the local pub(s). Four generations on…(OK, with a slight 20 year hiatus). You can _ **never** _ become a real local. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![flairgun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/7c8e57/32.png) [@flairgun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flairgun)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2002, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disproportionate-number-of-ireland-based-dopers/139348/37 "2002-11-29T15:26:53Z")
Damn, sorry **MikeG** , just my luck someone from Laois would show up… ---
**Author:** ![MikeG](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mikeg/32/4329_2.png) [@MikeG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MikeG)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2002, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disproportionate-number-of-ireland-based-dopers/139348/38 "2002-11-29T15:29:25Z")
No worries Flair, we did leave as soon as we were able 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Coilean](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f6c823/32.png) [@Coilean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coilean)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2002, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disproportionate-number-of-ireland-based-dopers/139348/39 "2002-11-29T20:04:29Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Anahita \* > \*\*… I’ve decided to get an Irish passport…(But boo! for the paperwork involved. Ah, well, it’s better than being an alien, I suppose. I couldn’t stand making the trip from Galway to Dublin every year to wait in line overnight to get my visa stuff done.) \*\* Amen to that! And I’d also like to add a very special Boo! for all the bad or inaccurate information one gets form The Department of Foreign Affairs and The Department of Justice, Equality and Bureaucracy. In five conversations with them I don’t think I’ve been told the same thing twice. ---
**Author:** ![ruadh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/d2c977/32.png) [@ruadh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ruadh)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2002, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disproportionate-number-of-ireland-based-dopers/139348/40 "2002-11-29T22:29:49Z")
Just to point out that you don’t have to wait in line overnight anymore. They’ve _vastly_ extended the opening hours at immigration HQ and it’s now possible (allegedly, but this is coming directly from someone who actually did it) to get there at say 8pm and leave before 9. Of course why they can’t just let you do it by post like every other civilised country in the world is another story … [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disproportionate-number-of-ireland-based-dopers/139348.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disproportionate-number-of-ireland-based-dopers/139348.md?page=3)