JOIN THE IRISH DIASPORADOES NOW ! - http://www.causes.com/DIASPORADOES Irish diasporadoes are defined in legal terms as all persons of Irish nationality who habitually reside outside of the island of Ireland. Irish citizens who have emigrated abroad, their children are Irish citizens by descent under Irish law. It also includes grandchildren in cases where they were registered as Irish citizens in the Foreign Births Register held by every Irish diplomatic mission. Great-grandchildren and even more distant descendants of Irish immigrants may also register as Irish citizens, if the parent through whom they claim descent is registered as a citizen before the descendant in question was born. Irish diasporadoes are generally not limited by citizenship status with an estimated 80 million people contested by British and west Brit elements in Ireland. The Irish Government acknowledged this although it does not yet acknowledge its legal obligations to all diasporadoes. Article 2 of the Constitution of Ireland was amended in 1998 to read " the Irish nation cherishes its special affinity with people of Irish ancestry living abroad who share its cultural identity and heritage." The right to register as an Irish citizen terminates at the third generation except as explained above while other countries permit legal avenues through which their diasporadoes can register as citizens. Irish diasporadoes number more than 41 million, the second largest ethnic group after German Americans. Large Irish Diaspora communities are found in Chicago, Boston, New York City, New England, Baltimore, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, St. Paul Minnesota, Cleveland and the San Francisco Bay Area. Many have annual St Patrick's Day parades, the largest in New York. one of the world's largest parades. The parade in Boston is linked with Evacuation Day, when George Washington and the Irish forced the British out. Texas State has the largest number of Irish Americans diasporadoes, percentage wise, Boston is the most Irish city and Massachusetts the most number of Irish diasporadoes. JOIN THE IRISH DIASPORADOES NOW !