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Wonder if changing the itin to depart from DUB would affect the likely outcome in any way?
Since the officers working preclearance only have two real choices - deny boarding or not - it seems that they might be a more receptive audience to your documentation. The officers in Florida have the third choice - turning you over to the local cops - which is the one you want to avoid.
(I mean, DHS in Ireland could also detain you I suppose, but what would they do with you? They wouldn't want you for long, I wouldn't think....not for an 8-year-old local issue, which I also would have guessed was a misdemeanor prior to reading this thread.)