John Lennon- "Luck of the Irish"
Liverpool Irish Culture is and should be celebrated
Liverpool is a city that truly recognises and celebrates its diverse make up and Irish culture is not left out!
The annual Liverpool Irish Festival celebrates what it is to be Irish in Liverpool and is backed by the Culture Company - the council going some way to recongnise this important aspect of our culture. That is not only the Irish in Liverpool, the Liverpool Irish, but scousers themselves and the place of the Liverpool Irish in the wider community and the world!
As regards Famine memorial go down to St Luke's - the bombed out church and take a lok at the monument that remembers the famine. The Institute of Irish Studies had a big hand in getting it over here.
Liverpool is twinned with Dublin and at least a third of Liverpudlians have Irish ancestry - just look at the surnames in a phone book, many of Irish derivation. We have a very strong Irish influence, not only historically but because we are so close - we face Ireland and are the first port of call between Ireland and the rest of Europe.
As regards recognising our many different cultures - we do!
Some examples:
The new museum of Liverpool that opens in 2010 will be opening with an exhibition on Welsh culture and the history of the Welsh in Liverpool.
http://www.liverpoolblackhistory.co.uk/
http://www.liverpool-welsh.co.uk/
http://www.liverpoolchildrensfestival.org.uk/
http://www.bbc.co.uk/liverpool/conte..._feature.shtml
to name but a few!
It is important that all cultures are recognised and that we all know how our fine city got to where it is today through the influence, hard work and sometimes suffering of our many and people.