Any proud Irish Americans out there?

I am very proud of my Irish heritage :) we built America and fought it through very hard times! i'm learning Gaelic in my school very soon and plan to visit Ireland one day, and plan to marry someone else one day who is also very proud to be Irish as much as I am! so if anyone else out there is proud of your Irish heritage let me know! :) by the way if your not Irish please don't bother answering my question, i'm in a happy mood at the moment and do not want to be messed with! thanks :)