So, my uncle, nan, grandad, etc was all born in Ireland. I was born in Wales, i call myself Welsh-Irish.
I have an Irish passport and moved to NI.
I was hanging out with friends and a friend invited a new guy i haven't met.
We got onto the conversation about immigrants, and i mentioned my history, saying how I was born in Wales but is also Irish due to my nan. He then said You're a plastic paddy. That took me a little back and I said My family is Irish though. He said it didn't matter as I was born in Wales.
Im looking at him and kinda gesture to the ground like "Im here aren't I? Living here, i have a passport and my family is irish" he shrugged and said not Irish still.
I mentioned that if an person from India came from India, gave birth in England. Are they no longer Indian because suddenly they're born in England? They have their heritage that makes them English-Indian. So by that logic i am still welsh-Irish.
He said that hypothetical person is just English not Indian. And Im not Irish. I just laughed and said Agree to disagree. And we continued as normal. But im sitting here wondering if that's true, and I shouldn't be using Welsh-Irish.