What is something most people don't know about Irish people?

They/we are subject to endless stereotypes based on the answers below. To quash some of them - * Friendliness - this is a really interesting one. read more

Additionally some people don't seem to realise that Northern Ireland and The Republic are two separate countries. I will say though, for such a small island, our seed is everywhere and irish culture has an attraction around the world. read more

I certainly want nothing to do with the Catholic church and don't know anyone who goes to Mass, except for funerals and weddings. We think copying our accent, making jokes about drinking, making comments about potatoes, T-shirts like 13 St Patrick’s Day t-shirts that should be shocking but aren’t are not funny - racism is too strong a word, but it is pretty offensive. read more