Quote from: AustinPowers on April 09, 2024, 07:50:15 PMQuote from: Blowitupref on April 09, 2024, 07:12:47 PMQuote from: Bord na Mona man on April 09, 2024, 06:24:40 PMQuote from: SouthOfThe Bann on April 09, 2024, 04:40:10 PM'thats very Irish'Or 'only in Ireland' for things that happen all over the world.
If its used once its too many
The "luck of the Irish" when something lucky happens. The luck of the Irish was used as an ironic expression of bad luck during the famine in Ireland
I believe that was a derogatory term used in the likes of the States , to tar the Irish as a lazy, and drunken race. For example , any money they got, they got through luck , they certainly didn't get it from hard work
Then if anyone else experienced bad luck, they blamed the Irish too.
Murphy's Law!