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Plastic paddies, a really shameful description
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Quintessentially Irish

Plastic paddies,a really shameful description, because I think it'simpossible actually to...

Plastic paddies,
a really shameful description, because I think it's
impossible actually to define Ireland without
reference to its diaspora

Full Transcript

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Plastic paddies, a really shameful description,
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because I think it's impossible actually to
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define Ireland without reference to its diaspora.
Duration
11 seconds
Views
48
Timestamp in Movie
00:34:21
Uploaded
Apr 11, 2025
Genres
documentary
Production
Swipe Films

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Movie Summary

A journey through Ireland's cultural heritage, exploring the origins of whiskey production, the world-famous Guinness brewery, age-old equestrian pursuits, traditional Gaelic athletics, and the enduring Dunsany Castle.
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First of all, they bailed us out,
And then the children of these Irish immigrants - Quintessentially Irish 00:08
And then the children of these Irish immigrants
They not only saw themselves as American or British, - Quintessentially Irish 00:09
They not only saw themselves as American or British,
Then when they returned to Ireland, - Quintessentially Irish 00:05
Then when they returned to Ireland,
To throw an accusation that they aren't proper Irish - Quintessentially Irish 00:11
To throw an accusation that they aren't proper Irish
It wouldn't have the global networks - Quintessentially Irish 00:08
It wouldn't have the global networks
You wouldn't have the social networks - Quintessentially Irish 00:09
You wouldn't have the social networks
I don't think people on the island of Ireland - Quintessentially Irish 00:10
I don't think people on the island of Ireland
My grandfather had a small 15 acres - Quintessentially Irish 00:11
My grandfather had a small 15 acres
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My father met my mother and they immigrated to New York.
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And my father got involved in the travel business
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I think my family's story is just a mirror image
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When I'm doing an All-Ireland Hurling Final on the radi...
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You might be 3,000 miles away,
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We had Ronald Reagan. We had Joe Biden recently,
As the great-great-grandson of the Blewitts - Quintessentially Irish 00:08
As the great-great-grandson of the Blewitts
President Biden traces his Irish ancestry - Quintessentially Irish 00:07
President Biden traces his Irish ancestry
There must be something in the air or the water. - Quintessentially Irish 00:05
There must be something in the air or the water.
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Don't get me wrong, I love the other parts of Ireland t...
It's not an easy climate. It can be very wet and windy. - Quintessentially Irish 00:06
It's not an easy climate. It can be very wet and windy.