10 Myths About the Irish On St. Patricks Day | The Portal

10 Myths About the Irish On St. Patricks Day


There are many myths told about the Irish: that they’re fighters, they’re stupid, they’re belligerent, or that they never forget. Nonsense. The truth about the Irish is much harder to pin, and much more elusive than they’re given credit for. Even the great Sigmund Freud himself thought it pointless. “This is one race of people for whom psychoanalysis is of no use whatsoever,” he wrote.

So how can you tell the reality from all the myths? Well you can start here, with IrishCentral's top ten myths about the Irish.

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