Macklin returns to Dublin

[whiskey]

Most have Irish roots. My mum's mum was Irish and born in Cavan.

Age 2 she and her parents moved to Glasgow and lived there until she joined the army in WW2.

Her younger sister went to Wales age 10 and she grew up there.

My nan always regarded herself as English and her sister always regarded herself as Welsh.

Despite neither being born there.

I suppose the moral goes that it's down to the individual what ancestry they regard themselves 'from'.

Now if someone told me I'd earn twice the money to pretend I was French then I'd say "Oui !!"

[BigRed]

i think andy lee was born in london and boxed as a boy there too. if they werent tv boxers they would just be another couple of "brits"

Not quite mate You obviously no nothing whatsoever about the huge irish area of south Birmingham that Macklin is from. I guarantee that his first passport was an irish one.

Same as me mate - both parents Irish, spent the 6 weeks school holiday in Ireland every year, spent my youth in the Irish pubs and clubs of south Brum incl playing Gaelic sports. My first passport was an Irish one.

I am a proud Brummie, just as Macklin is, but for people to claim he is just playing the 'Irish angle' to make a few cynical quid betrays a total ignorance of the size, strength and depth of the Irish community in that part of the world.

i might'nt understand the craic with brum but seeing as i was born in manchester to two irish emmigrants then schooled in ireland and returned to manchester to live, 6 weeks hols every year etc, etc only to return to ireland and live here full time since 1997 i know a bit about the place and the people. im not sure what all this passport talk is about. unless you have irish citizenship wont it will give your nationality as your place of birth??? ie british no matter if you/me/the man on the moon likes it or not. anyway, i havent said he is doing it for the money anywhere but what im saying is the irish people wouldnt be welcoming him with open arms if he wasnt so high profile. funny place, lads seem to hate the bleedin brits but walk around in premier league shirts all the time.

[Boxerbeetle]

i might'nt understand the craic with brum but seeing as i was born in manchester to two irish emmigrants then schooled in ireland and returned to manchester to live, 6 weeks hols every year etc, etc only to return to ireland and live here full time since 1997 i know a bit about the place and the people. im not sure what all this passport talk is about. unless you have irish citizenship wont it will give your nationality as your place of birth??? ie british no matter if you/me/the man on the moon likes it or not. anyway, i havent said he is doing it for the money anywhere but what im saying is the irish people wouldnt be welcoming him with open arms if he wasnt so high profile. funny place, lads seem to hate the bleedin brits but walk around in premier league shirts all the time.

Pretty sure the rules changed for passports in the 1980s, I have a mate who was born in 1981 in the UK with an Irish father & he was given a British passport, but his younger brother born about 1984 had to have an Irish passport. Macklin was born in 1982, I don't know exactly when the rules changed but it's not unfeasible that he would have had an Irish passport.

[mickey1975]

For the last time, he's Irish. He's been brought up by two Irish parents in a very Irish house(in Birmingham). There are a few Polish kids at my sons school. They may have been born here, but they are still Polish. They may even develop a North Yorkshire twang.

[dubliner]

For the last time, he's Irish. He's been brought up by two Irish parents in a very Irish house(in Birmingham). There are a few Polish kids at my sons school. They may have been born here, but they are still Polish. They may even develop a North Yorkshire twang.

[brian13]

Who cares about Macklin and his heritage and the debate around it. The fact that Eddie seems keen on bringing boxing back to the Republic and Dublin excites me. Its been too long since a top pro fought in Dublin.

[TerribleTerry]

Who cares about Macklin and his heritage and the debate around it. The fact that Eddie seems keen on bringing boxing back to the Republic and Dublin excites me. Its been too long since a top pro fought in Dublin.

who is Declan Geraghty with promotionally? Is he a free agent?

As an MGM gym mate and Dublin native he would be a good fit for this bill

[Londonirish]

i think andy lee was born in london and boxed as a boy there too. if they werent tv boxers they would just be another couple of "brits"

Andy Lee boxed for Repton (East End London) lived in a site in Bow But Yeah he is Irish

For the last time, he's Irish. He's been brought up by two Irish parents in a very Irish house(in Birmingham). There are a few Polish kids at my sons school. They may have been born here, but they are still Polish. They may even develop a North Yorkshire twang.

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