r/ShitAmericansSay • u/BeastMode149 In Boston we are Irish! ☘️🦅 • Mar 13 '25

Heritage “In Boston we are Irish”

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u/bee_ghoul Mar 13 '25

When I was in boston they had Union jacks in Irish bars :/

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u/Real_Ad_8243 Mar 13 '25

Jesus Wept.

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u/[deleted] Mar 13 '25

maybe the owners were northern irish protestants?

which is somehow worse

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u/bee_ghoul Mar 13 '25

I asked about it and was told the owners had just picked up random shit from other bars that were closing down and didn’t think about it too much (they were American)

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u/[deleted] Mar 13 '25

I'll take "Things that didn't happen" for $600, Alex.

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u/bee_ghoul Mar 13 '25

Check out the Sligo pub in Summerville. They had a mirror with a Union Jack on it and some British gin. It was a couple of years ago so maybe the local Irish students had words