An Irish-American Reader Comments On Irish-American Patriots … And War Heroes

03/17/2022

Re: Happy St. Patrick’s Day From VDARE.com — Irish-Americans Are Part Of America’s White Majority

From: Sean Mitchell

I, for one, am glad that VDARE.com has once again celebrated the Irish-American role In America’s white majority. (Though I must confess that once or twice in reading VDARE I formed the — certainly wrong — impression that a few of its “Anglo-Saxon” writers believe that our Declaration of Independence was aimed at the Friendly Sons of St. Patrick.)

In any case, on a day that has largely become an empty occasion for thoughtless license and neglect of Irish-Americans’ roots, I should like to remind readers that:

Irish folk have been in America since the settlement of Jamestown;
the best Irish tradition makes no sectarian distinctions among the Irish (as the Civil War namesake of VDARE’s own Patrick Cleburne attests);
Irish-American patriotism, above all in the acid test of battle, has been unexcelled throughout the history of our Republic.

A few examples of that heroism, normally lost amid the green beer and plastic shillelaghs:

Tim Murphy, whose sharpshooting played a key role at the crucial Revolutionary War battle of Saratoga. Timothy Murphy (sniper) — Wikipedia
Thomas Francis Meagher, commander of a brigade that fought continuously for the Union from Bull Run to the war’s end. Thomas Francis Meagher — Wikipedia
The five Sullivan brothers, who served and died together on the U.S.S. Juneau in the South Pacific in 1942. Sullivan brothers — Wikipedia
Audie Murphy, one of the most decorated soldiers Of World War II. Audie Murphy — Wikipedia

To name only a few…

I wouldn’t like to close on this St. Patrick’s Day without evoking the jaunty spirit with which Irish-Americans have fought for their country, so:

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