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Ireland is a young republic, having achieved independence from the UK in 1922.
The country is modernizing to astound anyone. The late 20th and early 21st centuries have made a traditional culture modern. The Republic of Ireland is the southern and western 26 of 32 counties on the island, the other 6 conceded to the British in 1921.
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• Many goods and services on the Irish market are mere facsimile — minimally applicable, if at all. ... • "Thanks a million" — a generous translation from Gaelic Irish.... • Bishop William Casey begins the age of scandal in the Irish Catholic church, A.D. 1992.... • Dame Alice le Kyteler, Kilkenny woman convicted of witchcraft, A.D. 1324... • Rich Irish farmers, always complaining about something (in popular mythology)... • Republicans attack Kilkenny castle, May 1922... • "Don't work too hard." ... • "Yeah, but sure..."" (...Whataya do?") ...
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• The Irish still love the potato.... • "McCarthy's Monument" — a strange Corkonian obelisk with strange origin stories... • Irish Travellers, an ancient nomadic people... • Kilkenny is a city... nominally.... • Taking drink — phrases refering to alcohol and intoxication... • A politician must be seen gambling.... • There's always something to say about the weather.... • The Irish are uniquely suited to disparage religious institutionalism. |
• The Irish don't know George Carlin, even though he was one of their own.... • Pool in Ireland is a different affair from what it is in the States.... • Cerball MacDunlaingh, powerful king of Ossory during the age of inland Viking raids.... • All football all the time — a hazard of the territory in the local pub.... • The difference between Charles Haughey and an Aran jumper... • Cursing in Ireland... • Mysteries of the Irish house — light-switches, taps, door-handles....
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