For more than 1 year I have been blogging on Ireland, Irish culture, history, people, and of course on Polish emigration in Ireland. My opinions on many aspects of living in Ireland were appreciated by many Irish people, including journalists of Irish Examiner, Irish Independent, Irish Times, The Times, and many Irish radio stations (including “Last Word” on Today FM).
In my opinion the idea of conducting the blog on social political and cultural matters is to describe and express my own impressions, and of course my own opinions based both on experience and knowledge. I have never avoided any hot or touchy topic, including both good and bad things of Polish and Irish community, i.e. aggressive Polish trouble makers, crime in Ireland, or Irish history and archaeology. Also I have been trying to introduce Poland, and our current issues to the Irish society. Everything under 1 primary rule - NO TABOO.
Was I wrong or was I right. I think I was right, and I have proved that. My blog was nominated to the Irish blog awards in two categories, I have had lot of good feedback from many Irish people, and from Irish media.
Anyway.. like in every nation, there is a few Irishmen (or at least one - all the IP’s are from Limerick), who can’t stand any criticism about Ireland, especially from the foreign emigrant as I am. For them I am a public enemy no. 1 and they are trying to prevent me from expressing my opinions (doesn’t matter that at least 80% of them are good) about Ireland.
Here is the latets example, comment sent to many of my blog entries:
| Irish people should disregard the following webpages “Carlow.Pl”, “Ireland from a Polish Perspective” and anything in general submitted by “MacKozer” a.k.a Krystian, a Polish archaeologist working in the Carlow area. Krystian is responsible for orchestrating at least one attack on an Irish person in Carlow town, and for spreading racist anti Irish propaganda. He is responsible for segregating Pubs in Carlow town i.e “Nancy Whiskeys” in to a “no go area” if you are Irish. (please boycott this bar). I would be more than happy to answer any questions from the Carlow people about my comments and welcome hearing your storys concerning violence, intimidation, ignorance or racism at the hands of the right wing Polish community.beirishbuyirish@hotmail.com(Apologies for not signing off in my own name, but have already had violent threats from the Polish community) |
I don’t know about any attack on any Irish man orchestrated by myself, in fact I don’t know many Irish in Carlow. But if Mr beirishbuyirish claim that, there is no problem to report that to the nearest Garda station (Athy Road, Carlow).
Anti Irish propaganda? Read entire blog carefully and then decide. I am afraid there is more anti Polish (at least Polish state) propaganda.
Segregating pubs? LOL 
I am not the owner of Nancy Whiskeys - there are Polish Nights on every Tuesday and I am not in charge of that. I only put advertising banner or Carlow.pl 
And what is the most funny I am far away of being right wing
Do the nick names of the authors of such comments seems not similar? Let’s see: Be Irish Buy Irish (the latest one), Irish and Proud of It, The Irish Man. All those similar identities are from Limerick.
Good craic, isn’t it?
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