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Though being half-Irish i never liked the “Irish” identity as loser-loving; by colonizing Ireland the English were able to raise their calories there and turn Great Britain over to wool and generate the surplus that allowed them to take over the world; while Irish monasticism had value earlier, after Protestant literacy Irish Catholicism was an unproductive drain

surely Ireland has returned to its ancient status of cultural powerhouse by exporting actors, comedians, and boy bands

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Oh do you in the Commonwealth actually like, care about what’s going down in Dublin? Since U2 and The Cranberries and the Good Friday Agreement we’ve been totally checked out and using them as a\ufffc\ufffc tax dodge

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