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'''Plastic Paddy''' |
'''Plastic Paddy''' is a pejorative to describe non-[[Irish]] nationals who harbour a nostalgic claim of 'Irishness' due to having Irish hertitage. The term usually concerns perceived [[cultural appropriation]] of Irish customs and identity by members of the [[Irish diaspora]] or even those with no ancestral connection to Ireland. A "Plastic Paddy" knows little of actual Irish culture, but asserts their 'Irish' identity.<ref name="Arrowsmith">{{cite journal| last =Arrowsmith| first =Aidan| authorlink =| coauthors =| title =Plastic Paddy: Negotiating Identity in Second-generation 'Irish-English' Writing| journal =Irish Studies Review| volume =8| issue =1| pages =35-43| publisher =Routledge| date =April 1, 2000| url =| doi =10.1080/09670880050005093| id =| accessdate = }}</ref> Another example is the celebration of [[Saint Patrick's Day]], or the derogatory '[[Paddy]]'s Day' which is perceived as an American holiday by many Irish, and criticized for promoting negative stereotypes of the Irish. As author Alex Massie wrote in [[The National Review]]: |
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{{cquote|When I was a student in Dublin we scoffed at the American celebration of St. Patrick, finding something preposterous in the green beer, the search for any connection, no matter how tenuous, to Ireland, the misty sentiment of it all that seemed so at odds with the Ireland we knew and actually lived in. Who were these people dressed as Leprechauns and why were they dressed that way? This Hibernian Brigadoon was a sham, a mockery, a Shamrockery of real Ireland and a remarkable exhibition of plastic paddyness. But at least it was confined to the Irish abroad and those foreigners desperate to find some trace of green in their blood. <ref name="Massie"> |
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{{cite news | last =Massie| first =Alex| coauthors =| title =Erin Go ARGH! - The case against St.Patrick's Day. (And, no, I'm not British.)| work =| pages =| language =| publisher =The National Review Online| date =2006-03-17| url =http://www.nationalreview.com/comment/massie200603170817.asp| accessdate =2007-01-07}}</ref>}} |
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The term "Plastic Paddy" is also used to criticise non-Irish born players who play for the [[Republic of Ireland national football team]]. [[Jack Charlton]], and subsequent managers have been critcised for recruiting players with distant ancestral links rather than recruiting Irish citizens.<ref name="McCullough">{{cite news | first = Ian | last = McCullough | title = Back of the Net |
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==Notes== |
==Notes== |
Revision as of 16:49, 10 January 2007
Plastic Paddy is a pejorative to describe non-Irish nationals who harbour a nostalgic claim of 'Irishness' due to having Irish hertitage. The term usually concerns perceived cultural appropriation of Irish customs and identity by members of the Irish diaspora or even those with no ancestral connection to Ireland. A "Plastic Paddy" knows little of actual Irish culture, but asserts their 'Irish' identity.[1] Another example is the celebration of Saint Patrick's Day, or the derogatory 'Paddy's Day' which is perceived as an American holiday by many Irish, and criticized for promoting negative stereotypes of the Irish. As author Alex Massie wrote in The National Review:
When I was a student in Dublin we scoffed at the American celebration of St. Patrick, finding something preposterous in the green beer, the search for any connection, no matter how tenuous, to Ireland, the misty sentiment of it all that seemed so at odds with the Ireland we knew and actually lived in. Who were these people dressed as Leprechauns and why were they dressed that way? This Hibernian Brigadoon was a sham, a mockery, a Shamrockery of real Ireland and a remarkable exhibition of plastic paddyness. But at least it was confined to the Irish abroad and those foreigners desperate to find some trace of green in their blood. [2]
The term "Plastic Paddy" is also used to criticise non-Irish born players who play for the Republic of Ireland national football team. Jack Charlton, and subsequent managers have been critcised for recruiting players with distant ancestral links rather than recruiting Irish citizens.[3][4]
Notes
- ^ Arrowsmith, Aidan (April 1, 2000). "Plastic Paddy: Negotiating Identity in Second-generation 'Irish-English' Writing". Irish Studies Review. 8 (1). Routledge: 35–43. doi:10.1080/09670880050005093.
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Massie, Alex (2006-03-17). "Erin Go ARGH! - The case against St.Patrick's Day. (And, no, I'm not British.)". The National Review Online. Retrieved 2007-01-07.
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- ^ "Lennon believes McGeady is right to choose Ireland over Scotland". The Scotsman - Scotland's National Newspaper Online. 2006-10-03. Retrieved 2007-01-05.
References
- Arrowsmith, Aidan (2004). "Plastic Paddies vs. Master Racers: "Soccer" and Irish Identity". The International Journal of Cultural Studies. 7 (4). Staffordshire Univ, England: 460–79. doi:10.1177/1367877904047864. ISSN 1367-8779.
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(help) - ""To Fly By Those Nets": Violence and Identity in Tom Murphy's A Whistle in the Dark". Irish University Review. 34 (2 Autumn/Winter 2004): 315–31. 2004. ISSN 0021-1427.
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(help) - "Fantasy Ireland: The Figure of the Returnee in Irish Culture". Moving Worlds: A Journal of Transcultural Writing (Special Edition: Postcolonial Ireland). 3 (1): 101–14. 2003. ISSN 1474-4600.
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(help) - Bery, A. (2000). 'Inside/Out: Literature, Cultural Identity and Irish Migration to England' in Comparing Postcolonial Literatures: Dislocations. London: Macmillan. pp. 59–69. ISBN 0-333-72339-2.
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suggested) (help) - Brewster, S (1999). 'M/Otherlands: Literature, Gender, Diasporic Identity' in Ireland in Proximity: History, Gender, Space. London: Routledge. pp. 129–44. ISBN 0-415-18958-6.
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suggested) (help) - Chambers, Lilian (2006). 'Genuinely Inauthentic: Martin McDonagh’s Second Generation Irishness’, in The Theatre of Martin McDonagh: A World of Savage Stories. Dublin: Carysfort Press. pp. 236–45. ISBN 1-904505-19-8.
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See also
- Cultural appropriation
- Republic of Ireland national football team
- More Irish than the Irish themselves
- Saint Patrick's Day
External links
- A Tangled Web: Plastic Paddy Ignorance
- Dr Aidan Arrowsmith Irish and postcolonial and diaspora theory; cultural memory.
- Gone to America
- Lawrence out to make up for lost time
- Meet young Declan, England's plastic Paddy
- Plastic Paddys Strike again in Chicago
- Spiked Online: We are all irish now
- Uk suffers from plastic paddy sydrome
- Urban dictionary entry