Full of leftie scolds these days, though. I got told off by an ignoramus last time I was there. The island is so small, and everybody knows everybody else's business; they simply can't comprehend a landmass and a society as large and varied as ours.
Were you guilty of some truly unforgivable breach of etiquette, like failing to express support for the "right" soccer team, while the two of you were crawling around on the bar-room floor, amidst the sawdust and vomit?
I've found that you can usually quiet them down by saying something conciliatory, like "You folks here in SOUTHERN Ireland are almost as civilized as the people in Northern Ireland!"
Conversely: When in Northern Ireland, you can opine, "You folks here in Northern Ireland have learned much from your masters in London!"
Regards,
The Irish, or rather, most of them, are not alone in this incomprehension…I must confess. America is a country which, though having tried to explore her for about forty years now, I am still struggling to comprehend🙂
See? I’m stupid, I think 🙁