Monday, April 11, 2005

Creating Great New Irish Stereotypes

An article from the March issue of Smithsonian magazine (available as PDF download), Ireland Unleashed, tells the world how wonderful Ireland is after the blessings of the Celtic Tiger. No more maidens dancing at the crossroads; instead, Riverdance and everyone driving Mercs and Beemers. No more tooraloora lullabies; not when we have U2. And a corporate lawyer living in Cork explains that it's even okay to be an Anglophile these days: "You can admit you listen to the BBC."

Yes, that's listen to the BBC. Because, of course, they still don't have television down there.

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