Paddyism

English Etymology From en Paddy -ism Irishman. Noun ~ en uncountable colloquial pejorative The quality of being stereotypically Irish. en The Spectator Alex Massie The Blarney Festival Arrives Again 17 March 2010 Faith and begorrah it’s that time of year again. Time, that is, for the kind of “virulent eruptions of Paddyism” that, in the words of Ireland’s greatest newspaper columnist, is another form of “the claptrap that has made fortunes for cute professional Irishmen in America.” Yes it’s St Patrick’s Day and Myles na Gopaleen’s withering verdict on the nonsense of professional Irishism remains about the best there is. en The Irish Times Marie O'Halloran Malignant Paddyism to compare Ireland to UK, says Willie O’Dea 17 Nov 2014 https://www.irishtimes.com/news/politics/oireachtas/malignant-paddyism-to-compare-ireland-to-uk-says-willie-o-dea-1.1992347 He referred to the late Fine Gael TD and constitutional expert John Kelly. He said Mr Kelly, “described this constant tendency to look at what is happening in the UK, of emulating the UK and of measuring ourselves against the UK as malignant ‘Paddyism’ and I agree”. https://web.archive.org/web/20240201193702/https://www.irishtimes.com/news/politics/oireachtas/malignant-paddyism-to-compare-ireland-to-uk-says-willie-o-dea-1.1992347 1 February 2024 en countable colloquial A Hibernianism. en Alan Keane Keane Observer Irishness? What the feck is that? blog 24 March 2012 https://keaneobserver.com/2012/03/ Leaving aside the Paddyisms we put upon ourselves in order to sell aran jumpers and claddagh rings to Yanks, how do we define ourselves in this country? What makes a person Irish? What qualifies as “Irishness”? 1 February 2024 https://web.archive.org/web/20240201193553/https://keaneobserver.com/2012/03/ 1 February 2024 Further reading en Ireland