The Liverpool Irish ( A Happy Thread )

[Waterways]

Liverpool has a long standing public image as an Irish city, so much so that it is often jokingly referred to as the ‘Capital of Ireland’. For many Liverpool-born second and third-generation Irish people traditions of music and dance are ways in which they can connect to a sense of Irish identity and heritage and link up with other community members.

All new to me. I knew no one who engaged in Irish traditions, dancing and the likes. I have Irish in me and we never did any of that. I'm sure those of Irish parents may have done those sort of things, I never knew any. Once a generation passes the connection is lost and all that stops.

The myth gets stronger as time goes on.