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While elements of this character may also be seen in [[Southies]], ''never'' try to argue over whether Irish-Americans (or Irish-Canadians, for that matter) should be considered Irish. [[Internet Backdraft|You'll be sorry.]] |
While elements of this character may also be seen in [[Southies]], ''never'' try to argue over whether Irish-Americans (or Irish-Canadians, for that matter) should be considered Irish. [[Internet Backdraft|You'll be sorry.]] |
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'''Features of Oireland include:''' |
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* More sheep than the [[Land Down Under]], even though most Irish farms were arable until the late 19th century, when a lot switched to cattle. Sheep farming only really happens on the bad land in the West (in the British Isles themselves this is much more of a [[Land of My Fathers and Their Sheep|Welsh stereotype]]). |
* More sheep than the [[Land Down Under]], even though most Irish farms were arable until the late 19th century, when a lot switched to cattle. Sheep farming only really happens on the bad land in the West (in the British Isles themselves this is much more of a [[Land of My Fathers and Their Sheep|Welsh stereotype]]). |
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* Overwhelmingly Catholic: you'd be hard pressed to find a reference to Ireland's sizable Protestant population in Oireland unless the story is explicitly ''about'' religion or [[The Troubles]], still less the admittedly small Irish Jewish population, non-religious groups, or [[The New Irish|newer groups like the Irish Muslims]]. (This one is [[Truth in Television]], somewhat.) |
* Overwhelmingly Catholic: you'd be hard pressed to find a reference to Ireland's sizable Protestant population in Oireland unless the story is explicitly ''about'' religion or [[The Troubles]], still less the admittedly small Irish Jewish population, non-religious groups, or [[The New Irish|newer groups like the Irish Muslims]]. (This one is [[Truth in Television]], somewhat.) |
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