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Irish people: do you like Ireland being a 'multi cultural' society?

For the record I dont , I think we'll lose our charm and become a mini America, (it's happening to Britian) but I want to know how the rest of ye feel?
Secret.X : 51% are staying actually
Froggequene; yeah I know, wish most of them would come home, we need a higher population cos of the elderly living longer now, pensions etc

We were already a multicultural society.

Quite a lot of us have English, Scottish and French ancestors, some of us have Spanish, Portuguese and Moroccan ancestors - Irish trad music developed from melodies and techniques brought from Africa and the Eastern Mediterranean, and Irish step-dancing developed along the same lines. Set-dancing developed from English and French settlers.

Potatoes are vegetables that originated in South America and were introduced to Ireland by Sir Walter Raleigh.

The great castles in Ireland were built by Normans, who were French.

Quite a lot of people in West Limerick are descended from Germans from the Palatine region.

Having grown up in Ireland in the 1980s, and found that various services did not match standards in other countries, I am glad that there are people from outside coming in and staying here - the quality of food and service in restaurants has improved so much overall because those people have raised the bar, and I'm pleased to see that Irish-born entrepreneurs have worked hard to meet and in many cases exceed those standards, which goes to show what we can achieve when challenged.

We are not likely to become a mini-America. Well, we might if people are hostile to foreigners. Remember that the Americans we meet in Ireland are a small percentage of their nationality that actually travel abroad, and even fewer of them actually connect with the places they travel to.

I love it that Ireland is multicultural. I hope it remains so.

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