Aye, it's no even just the Irish that do it. My auld flatmate from the Islands was called Donald Neil but his Gaelic name was Doneil and that's what everyone called him.
I don't think that you don't think that they think they are Irish but I do think that Mindy thinks that you don't think he's Irish.
Me. Went to a game when I was in Rome years ago and stood in the curve. Unreal. Monkey chants at their OWN black players though.