Marc Scully (Social Psychologist & Research Associate on the Impact of Diasporas on the Making of Britain project at the University of Leicester) referring to the 2011 Census tells us: "There's a substantial figure of 65,498 people who self-report as having Irish ethnicity but English identity. There's something to mull over".
Why should that be worth mulling over?
The historical record clearly demonstrates that many Irish people become more English than the English.
What the examples demonstrate is the redundant nature of "Irish ethnicity" (which surely cannot exist in any scientific sense) and the artificiality of the political divide between southern Ireland and the rest of the British Isles.
Why should that be worth mulling over?
The historical record clearly demonstrates that many Irish people become more English than the English.
What the examples demonstrate is the redundant nature of "Irish ethnicity" (which surely cannot exist in any scientific sense) and the artificiality of the political divide between southern Ireland and the rest of the British Isles.
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