This isn’t mine but something I found on the Ireland subreddit. Apparently there bare a bunch of American tourists in Killarney in the summer and they do a “July 4th Parade” for them which is so unbelievably cringe to me. It’s great that plenty of folks in Ireland aren’t standing for this nonsense, though, and making themselves heard there.

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[–] godlessworm@hexbear.net 10 points 1 week ago (2 children)

why is there a 4th of july parade in ireland to begin with?

[–] Awoo@hexbear.net 6 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

I assume it's because of irish diaspora spread between Ireland and the US mixing the nationalities across generations. Some probably came back to Ireland, others probably have family in both locations.

[–] Carcharodonna@hexbear.net 2 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Tourists I think. Supposedly a lot of Burgerlanders hang out around there in the summer.