It's not that the Irish are cynical. It's rather that they have a wonderful lack of respect for everything and everybody.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
Even when they have nothing, the Irish emit a kind of happiness, a joy.
The Irish do not want anyone to wish them well; they want everyone to wish their enemies ill.
There's a real mischievousness about Irishmen, don't you find?
I think there's something about the Irish experience - that we had to have a sense of humor or die.
I think Irish women are strong as horses, incredibly loyal and for the most part, funny, witty, bright and optimistic in the face of devastating reality.
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 find being Irish quite a wearing thing. It takes so much work because it is a social construction. People think you are going to be this, this, and this.
The Ireland I now inhabit is one that these Irish contemporaries have helped to imagine.
I can't think of anything you might say about Irish people that is absolutely true.
Irish people are pragmatic. They understand that nobody is going to fix our problems but ourselves.