Pish posh, Sir Whiny! Aside from the ability of the Irish to endure centuries slavery and oppression, when they got to America, they ASSIMILATED fully and completely, learning the language, adopting (not destroying) the culture, gladly taking the back-breaking labour jobs, then the jobs as teachers, cops and shop…

I am proud of my Western Civ. pedigree: Irish, German, French and Polish. All great cultures that have contributed much to the world. Granted, other than a single day in March, we don't get a whole month of attention; The NYT, PBS and NPR are not obsessed with us and we certainly don't get the attention that other…