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Assimilating differently, Irish Americans re-discover Gaelic Ireland

President O'Bama said it best when he said "is féidir linn," "yes we can," at a Saint Patrick's Day reception last year in the White House.

More and more these days, Irish Gaelic is returning to Irish American life at functions and in art, as perceptions of what makes something Irish shift towards more detail and care. In multi-cultural America, the old Irish American assimilation model is giving way and making it possible for Irish Americans to rediscover what they were once told to give-up in the past.

Irish Americans have battled on behalf of "The Others" (themselves foremost) in American history for a hundred years, giving-up their language and culture as payment for acceptance. They did this until it became easier to become American for everyone. Subsequent cultures won more and more acceptance with less absolute assimilation demands....
Read entire article at Irish Central