The Irish seem to have more fire about them than the Scots.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
You think the Welsh are friendly, but the Irish are fabulous.
We have always found the Irish a bit odd. They refuse to be English.
Even when they have nothing, the Irish emit a kind of happiness, a joy.
I'm as Scottish as they come.
This is not to say that the Scots are not fine people, but they were all sort of... well, my grandfather was a minister and sort of Protestant, and this was rather depressing to me.
They have nothing in their whole imperial arsenal that can break the spirit of one Irishman who doesn't want to be broken.
The Ireland I now inhabit is one that these Irish contemporaries have helped to imagine.
I went further and further back through the centuries to get a sense of perspective but now at least I understand why Irish history evokes such strong passions and emotions.
I can't think of anything you might say about Irish people that is absolutely true.
It's not that the Irish are cynical. It's rather that they have a wonderful lack of respect for everything and everybody.