Analysis of information sources in references of the Wikipedia article "Plastic Paddy" in English language version.
I had that classic plastic Paddy upbringing, back to Wexford every summer for six weeks
'Plastic Paddy' is a pejorative term for members of the Irish diaspora who appropriate Irish customs and identity
'Plastic Paddy' is a somewhat derogatory expression alluding to 'the cultural appropriation evidenced by unconvincing non-native Irishness'
This term ['plastic paddy'] had previously emerged in an ethnographic study of young, middle-class Irish migrants in London in the 1980s, who used it to refer to the English-born children of the previous wave of Irish immigrants [..] the label 'plastic Paddy' is, fundamentally, a derisive allusion to the perceived inauthenticity of the second-generation's identification with Irishness
Both his parents were born and raised in Ireland and his was, he says, a "classic plastic Paddy upbringing"
[Hardy] labeled the American a "plastic Paddy" [..] Hardy insists: "He's all gimmicks with his Irish ancestry. He's only Irish when it suits him. Wearing a kilt and carrying a tricolour walking to fight doesn't make [him] a Celtic warrior"
[accused footballer James] McCarthy, among other things, of being a traitor and a Plastic Paddy
[Hardy] labeled the American a "plastic Paddy" [..] Hardy insists: "He's all gimmicks with his Irish ancestry. He's only Irish when it suits him. Wearing a kilt and carrying a tricolour walking to fight doesn't make [him] a Celtic warrior"
