Paddies

It succeeds, however, thanks to its visceral performances, the perceptive way with which it deals with issues of alienation (how proud Connemara, Donegal, and Kerry men venture across the Irish Sea only to become "Paddies" abroad), and its sadly beautiful cinematography, which is enlivened by little iconic touches like five flaming glasses of poitín.

Boston Phoenix - thePhoenix.com 2008

We cooked dinner, left Dave fixing the motor home (I think he thought it was a fairly simple matter as he had arrived en familie - a quick reset of a switch that we "Paddies" had found impossible to execute and all would be well ....

TravelPod.com TravelStream™ — Recent Entries at TravelPod.com 2010

We cooked dinner, left Dave fixing the motor home (I think he thought it was a fairly simple matter as he had arrived en familie - a quick reset of a switch that we "Paddies" had found impossible to execute and all would be well ....

TravelPod.com TravelStream™ — Recent Entries at TravelPod.com 2010

Let's not revive the age of Ten-Pound Poms as British emigrants to Australia were known in the middle of the last century with a new age of Ten-Euro Paddies.

An Irish Lesson in Hope and Marketing Sam Leith 2011

I guess the love affair is over – sorry Paddies, but with your economy in structural recession you are just a bunch of Eurotrash Commies to us now.

Matthew Yglesias » Fringe Europe’s Got a Hard Time Coming 2010

I guess the love affair is over – sorry Paddies, but with your economy in structural recession you are just a bunch of Eurotrash Commies to us now.

Matthew Yglesias » Fringe Europe’s Got a Hard Time Coming 2010

Let's not revive the age of Ten-Pound Poms as British emigrants to Australia were known in the middle of the last century with a new age of Ten-Euro Paddies.

An Irish Lesson in Hope and Marketing Sam Leith 2011

On that day and others subsequently, Archbishop John Hughes was forced to assemble his parishioners -- and later the Ancient Order of the Hibernians -- to defend their house of worship against protesters who marched on St. Patrick's chanting epitaphs like "Paddies of the Pope ..." and showed a determination to "burn her to the ground."

Rev. Chloe Breyer: The Faithful Search: A Civics Primer for Real Patriots Rev. Chloe Breyer 2010

-- Paddies across China currently release about 5.1 million tonnes of methane per year -- a reduction to 70% of the 1980 value.

Farming Changes Affect Climate 2010

I'm sure during the 1950s and 1960s someone could have trawled up a similar graph to demonstrate that the best policy for Ireland was to pay all the Paddies to move elsewhere.

John Terry’s sacking as England captain tells us something interesting... 2010