that's basically the exact reaction mum had. and her staff (most of which are not irish at all, actually). and me, when she first told me. honestly, i blame the tv stations, they're the ones that keep playing... i don't know, 'the field' and that film about darby o'fecking'gill or whatever. how are people meant to actually know it's not like that if that's all they're seeing? and james joyce, we can blame him too.

i think there should be a new law. everyone who even thinks for two seconds about claiming to be "irish" should be made watch the commitments and read the entire ross o'carroll kelly series before they're allowed to do so. see if they want to be irish then!

...i know it's wrong but i laughed at that anyway.