ERIN "IRELAND" PATRICK

[/color]:[/b] Erin Aoife Patrick
Nickname/Alias: Ireland. Not many nicknames come from Erin.
Gender: Female.
Character Type: Country.
Country or Country of Origin: Ireland.
Canon or Original: Original.
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[/color]:[/b] Orange.
Hair: Bright Green.
Height and Weight: 5’0, 125lbs
Other Distinguishing Features: None worth noting. Her most distinguishing features are her hair and eyes.

Overall Appearance: Erin’s face is slightly rounded with a long thin nose, large amber eyes and a set of slightly narrower than average lips. Erin’s most distinguishing feature is her long green hair which falls to her waist. She is unnaturally slight and thin and has long but narrow limbs. She has a short stature but with just the right amount of bust. Her hands and feet are quite small and her dimensions as a whole are visually a good combination. Erin walks with what appears to be confidence, despite her lack of confidence. She could be almost called pretentious in what her body language portrays.

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[/color]:[/b] Alcohol (namely Whisky and Lager), Sex, Fun, Doing what she wants, Partying, Video Games, Potatoes, Potato Chips, Fries, Coffee, Outdoors, Open fields, Rain, Stormy Weather, Water, Swimming, The concept of Leprechauns, Fairy Lore, Nature Documentaries, National Geographic, History, England and America.

Dislikes: Commitment, Rules, Authority, “Stiffs” (aka people who don’t have fun), Whiners, Self-centered people (cause she is), Alcohol Free Zones, The Idea of Prohibition (Thank god she didn’t have one), England, America, Children, Famine, Natural Disaster, War, Nukes, Being Wrong and Apologizing.

Strengths: She is very determined to get what she wants and has energy in abundance. She functions very well while inebriated and has a High Alcohol Tolerance. She treats people in a way that makes it quite clear where you stand (that could also be a weakness) and she will almost always answer questions honestly (exceptions are if it’s about her).

Weaknesses: Emotionally she is a complete wreck. She sleeps around to avoid feeling lonely. She is a sucker for good booze and is slightly bi-polar. She is very self-serving and self-destructive, She lacks good observational skills and has a terrible temper.

Fears: World War III, Nuclear War, Losing her independence, Prohibition happening in Ireland, going/being hungry, Being Lonely (this includes living alone, having no friends, etc) and Being Jailed or Restricted.

Secrets: She has heavy emotional feelings for England and lingering feelings for America. She keeps her issues with loneliness to herself.

Any Quirks/Habits: She is an alcoholic, doesn’t respect personal space, doesn’t pay attention to what others want and tends to speak her opinions quite bluntly. She often swaps from in a pleasant mood to upset or angry and this can be a bit beyond unpredictable. Erin doesn’t have much of a filter, doesn’t care about relationship boundaries and can be a manipulative and cruel bitch if she doesn’t like you.

Overall Personality:
Energetic: Energy is something Erin has in abundance. She is able to trek long distances, socialize, go without sleep for long periods of time and still maintain her energy. She just has a ridiculously effective ability to keep going (and enthusiastically) past the endurance of most people. This is partially a result of her determination/stubbornness.

Bold: Erin isn’t shy by any means. She may not have self-confidence but she is bold enough to approach any stranger she needs to. She isn’t afraid to ask questions or put herself into a potentially embarrassing situation. People are far from being something Erin fears.

Determined: Erin will not give up. She is set on what she wants and what she wants to do and she has a determination that can be a bit over the top. She may not belief she can achieve something, but she is more than determined to try.

Blunt: Erin lacks subtly. She tends to be very upfront and as a result you always know where you stand with her. She doesn’t pretend to like people unless she has something to gain and she doesn’t beat around the bush on things. She outright tells you. Erin doesn’t play social games.

Independent: She has the ability to do well at taking care of herself. She tends to stand alone a lot of the time because she isn’t the most likable personality in the world. It isn’t that she drives people away but rather she tends to put herself first. That mentality requires a certain level of independence.

Self-Centered/Self-Serving: Erin will always think of herself first. It’s a guarantee that her mind is always on her own wellbeing and though this doesn’t mean she can’t consider someone else’s feelings and state of being, it does mean she will always do what benefits her before what benefits another.

Self-Destructive: She has a terrible habit of getting herself into bad situations. Erin tends to associate with people who are bad for her, desire people she can’t have or constantly create goals that she could hardly be expected to reach. She lacks self-confidence and this is largely a by-product of that lack of confidence. Every goal could be deemed too much for her with how she often shuts herself down.

Stubborn/Hard Headed: When Erin gets an idea or makes a decision, good luck changing her mind. She is stubborn as a mule. She has a hard time seeing the perspective of anyone else, will no apologize for what she does and will certainly not admit she is wrong.

Quick Tempered: Saying the wrong thing is guaranteed to tick her off. And the sad part is, that there are a lot of wrong things to say. She tends to yell, rage and storm off. Erin is not one to just sit down and take negative attention and this often gets her into bad situations just as much as her self-destructive nature does.

Heedless: She really sucks at observation. She is bad at reading people’s moods when there are clear signs they are angry or upset. She couldn’t tell you what someone was wearing, or what color their eyes are. She just doesn’t pay attention to the little details

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• 1171 – Henry the II of England lands and declares himself Lord of Ireland. Erin comes to be.
  
  
• 1175: October 6 – The Treaty of Windsor is signed: This changed rule in Ireland so that fealty was given to Henry II and religious provision was made in Ireland.
  
  
• 1252 – A summer-heat wave and drought hit Ireland, causing food shortages. Erin spent this time very ill and hungry. This wouldn’t be the first time either.
  
  
• 1297 – The first Irish Parliament meets in Dublin
  
  
• 1315: May 26 – May Edward Bruce rallies Irish Lords against Anglo-Norman rule
  
  
• 1494: December 1 – The Deputy of Ireland (Edward Poyning) issued Poynings’ Law that said Irish Parliament couldn’t pass a law without English consent.
  
  
• 1497 – Famine strikes Ireland.
  
  
• 1542 – The Irish Parliament passed the Crown of Ireland Act. This declared Henry the VIII and his successors the rulers of Ireland
  
  
• 1575: May-Aug – A Drought occurred in which no rain fell. This resulted in disease and plague.
  
  
• 1594 – The Nine Years War began. It was led by Red Hugh O’Donnell in an attempt to rebel against Elizabeth I’s authority.
  
  
• 1641: October 22 – the Irish Rebellion begins. Several forts in Northern Ireland are captured by Phelim O’Neill.
  
  
• 1643 – The Eleven Years War: Irish Catholics waged war against English and Scottish Protestant Colonists. It was religious and ethnic and the fight was over who would control Ireland.
  
  
• 1647 – Shattering defeats were made for the Locals in the war. This forced them to join the English Royalists in driving out the English Parliamentarian force.
  
  
• 1740 – Extreme winters in successive years resulted in poor harvests resulting in famine. Between 310, 000 and 480, 000 Irish died.
  
  
• 1782 – Great Britain’s Parliament passed a number of laws including the repeal of Poynings’ Law. This gave Ireland the right to make its own laws again.
  
  
• 1798 – The Irish Rebellion of 1798 began. One thousand French Soldiers landed to support the rebellion. The Irish even managed to defeat a vastly numerically superior force at Castlebar during the rebellion.
  
  
• 1801: January 1 – The Acts of Union is passed. Ireland is annexed to Great Britain and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland is formed.
  
  
• 1803 – A Second Irish Rebellion occurs. It is thwarted quickly.
  
  
• 1845 – Great Irish Famine occurs. A potato blight destroyed two-thirds of Irish crop causing an estimated one million deaths and the emigration of a further one million people. Erin goes into potato withdrawal.
  
  
• 1845 – In the US Irish immigrants were 50% of all US immigrants during the years of 1845 – 1850. Erin dated Alfred during these years, spending them in America instead of Ireland where her people were suffering. Though she was sick, she stuck around and ate his potatoes. Their relationship ended in 1850 when she decided he was too immature for her.
  
  
• 1914 – WWI begins. Ireland is not as largely affected by the war as most of Europe.
  
  
• 1916: April 24 – The Easter Rising occurs. The Irish Republican Brotherhood attempts to seize key government buildings in Dublin. They issued a proclamation but four days later the leader ordered its followers to surrender.
  
  
• 1919: January – The Irish Republic meets and issues a Declaration of Independence. Two members of the Royal Irish Constabulary are killed in what is the first act of the War of Independence.
  
  
• 1921: May 3 – Northern Ireland is Established due to political divide in Ireland.
  
  
• 1921: December 6 – The War of Independence ends with negotiations with the British Government. It concluded with the creation of the Irish Free State.
  
  
• 1930 – The Great Depression Hits. Ireland is hardly effected.
  
  
• 1937: December 29 – The Constitution of Ireland comes into force and a new state called Éire or Ireland was formed.
  
  
• 1949: August – The Republic of Ireland Act is signed. It abolished all remaining roles of the British Monarch in the Irish State.
  
  
• 1955: December 14 – The Republic of Ireland joins the United Nations. Erin is delighted at a chance for new relations.
  
  
• 1985: November 15 - The Anglo-Irish Agreement is signed. It states that the Irish Republic is permitted an advisory role in the affairs of Northern Ireland. It states that there will be no constitutional change in position for Northern Ireland unless a majority from Northern Ireland agree to join the Republic.
  
  
• 1990: December 3 – Mary Robinson is the first Female President of Ireland. Erin was particularly fond of her.
  
  
• 1995 – Ireland enters the Celtic Tiger Period. This is the period of great economic growth in the Republic that lasted until 2007.
  
  
• 2008 – The Irish Economy plummets due to real estate issues. This continued into 2011 when the economy managed a slight rise. Erin was inconsistently sick during these years. She would be bed ridden at times, mobile but vomiting in others and some days she’d be pretty much fine.
  
  
• 2012 – The European Sovereign Debt Crisis: Ireland struggled to refinance its government debt and caused another financial crisis that is still in effect. This caused the same situation the initial plummet caused.
  

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Erin Patrick, or known as Ireland for those who were in on the nation secret, had more emotional issues then Jerry Springer. Okay, maybe not quite that bad, but 800 years left a ton of relationship issues. Erin had spent the day hung over from the Alfred’s July 4th birthday bash and had found herself in her dorm lazing about. Her mind being free to wander was never a good thing. Erin had a lot of grievances and a lot of negative thoughts. Her therapist had even instructed her to try to keep busy for a while. Then again, her therapist also said to drop the alcohol, stop sleeping around and to start focusing on school. Erin hadn’t done any of those things. She had gotten drunk last night, maybe or maybe not had sex with Matthew (O Canada!) and had definitely skipped class today. All three of the ‘do not do’s in a 24 hour period. Go Erin!

After napping part of the afternoon, Erin got up and not needing a shower just went out in the t-shirt she had snagged from Mattie and a pair of PJ bottoms she had changed into because his pants were way too long for her. As it was she was practically swimming in the shirt. Erin was small, standing to maybe 5’0 and was particularly slight. Ireland had suffered many famines over the years and Erin had eventually stopped putting on too much weight. Even now the Irish Economy wasn’t doing too hot, so Erin was just thankful she wasn’t throwing up all over the place. She had brought with her in a bag a bottle of Whisky and her basic necessities like her wallet and dorm keys. Nothing was better for a hangover than more alcohol right?

She wandered to one of the campus coffee shops. It was a Tim Horton’s, something she had never even heard of before coming here. She’d recently picked up its nickname and started calling it Timmies like the locals. The Coffee was alright, the donuts were manageable and the frozen drinks fantastic. Erin wandered in, looking almost lost really, before going up to the counter and ordering an extra large black coffee. It wasn’t long before she was sitting in the corner by the window, looking out and looking almost miserable.

Erin didn’t enjoy being alone. She hadn’t for years and years. Perhaps it was something to do with the fact that she had been left to sit and rot a lot of the time, while people milked her for what she was worth. Like England using her resources, or America stealing her citizens. But mostly it was more to do with the fact that being alone meant Erin didn’t know what to do with herself.

She started on the coffee, drinking about an inch into the cup before looking around and pulling out the whisky. She turned and as covertly as possible added an inch of whisky to the coffee, using the previously grabbed stir stick to mix them together. Coffee was always better with alcohol and Erin favoured Irish Whisky. Not really surprising. She glanced about hoping no one noticed, not that she thought to look outside...and then turned back to her cup and staring out the window, picking at the cup as she did so.

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Timezone: EST.

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