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VIDEO: How You Know You're Irish

Well, are you? Find out with this handy guide.

Sep 4th 2012, 9:06 AM 25,428 Views 84 Comments

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pZ-jopMGsds

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“UH, ARE YOU American?” “You don’t sound Irish.” “I thought you were Scottish.”

Many have faced ignorant questions like these in their travels. And sometimes, in those low, vulnerable moments, they can make you ask questions of yourself. Am I really Irish? What does Irishness mean? How would I know?*

Luckily, YouTuber Clisare – the creator of Shite Irish Girls Say – is here with a definitive answer.

* Er, birth certificates and passports, aside, obviously.

via clisare on reddit

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VIDEO: How You Know You're Irish

Well, are you? Find out with this handy guide.