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* ''{{Bridesmaids}}'' provides an unusual recent example with Officer Rhodes, although to be fair, he's not very [[{{Oireland}} Oirish]] outside of the accent.
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* In the 1978 ''Film/{{Superman}}'', the first two Metropolis police officers to encounter the Man of Steel are straight examples of this trope.
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* BillyJoel's ''Movin' Out (Anthony's Song)'' namechecks a certain 'Sergeant O'Leary'.
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** From the ''HaroldShea'' series (by the same authors), there's Pete Brodsky, a.k.a. "the [[{{Fauxreigner}} synthetic harp]]".
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* Julius Cohan in ''Tales from Gavagan's Bar''.
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* Invoked in ''TheJackBennyProgram'' whenever they did a mystery sketch: Jack played "that master super-sleuth, Captain O'Benny", and other characters playing his his assistants got O's added to their names too: O'Harris, O'Day, O'Wilson... Although when Dennis Day tried to ham up the role with an Irish accent, Jack told him to "cut out the dialect".
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TruthInTelevision, as in [[NewYorkCityCops New York]], Boston and Chicago Irishmen were disproportionately represented in the police- massively. (This is the reason they called it the "Paddy Wagon".) Around 1900, five-sixths of the [=NYPD=] was Irish. It was one of the few jobs open to Irish immigrants in the 1800s. A large wave of Irish immigrants because of the Potato Famine in Ireland coincided with the time when major cities started establishing "professional" police forces. Because early police work closely resembled thuggery, it was not a prestigious position, and because poorly paid police were vulnerable to corruption, the police were widely despised. It did not take long for the urban police and the [[MetroSpecificUnderworld Irish mob]] to become partners.
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TruthInTelevision, as in [[NewYorkCityCops New York]], Boston and Chicago Irishmen were disproportionately represented in the police- massively. (This is the reason they called it the "Paddy Wagon".Wagon", and why "shamus" (Séamas) became slang for detective.) Around 1900, five-sixths of the [=NYPD=] was Irish. It was one of the few jobs open to Irish immigrants in the 1800s. A large wave of Irish immigrants because of the Potato Famine in Ireland coincided with the time when major cities started establishing "professional" police forces. Because early police work closely resembled thuggery, it was not a prestigious position, and because poorly paid police were vulnerable to corruption, the police were widely despised. It did not take long for the urban police and the [[MetroSpecificUnderworld Irish mob]] to become partners.
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* There was at least one ''MurderSheWrote'' episode with a police Lieutenant with the typical [[{{Oireland}} Oirish]] accent with all the stock phrases. And another set in Oireland with the local cops that way.
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* [[LackadaisyCats Calvin "Freckle" [=McMurray=]]] was going to be a policeman, but fortunately his AxCrazy tendencies were discovered before he graduated.
* [[LackadaisyCats Calvin "Freckle" [=McMurray=]]] was going to be a policeman, but fortunately his AxCrazy tendencies were discovered before he graduated.
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Added example of stereotypical Irish cops from the 2005 movie \"The Producers.\"
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* Played for gags in the 2005 version of {{The Producers}}. Two NYPD cops with very thick stereotypical Irish brogues come to investigate goings-ons in Max Byalistock's apartment and discover Max and Leo Bloom's 'cooked books' from their fraud sceme. Also, Max Byalistock (Nathan Lane) tries to bluff his way past the cops by assuming a ridiculous paraody of a brogue in which his voice keeps getting higher and higher.
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** The comics of the time also had a cop named O'Hara... finding out which one came first, however, is a job for Superman (or maybe just someone who knows the comics...)
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** The comics O'Hara also appeared in the comics, first mentioned slightly after the show's debut, but not actually appearing on-panel until well into the 1970s. He has appeared sporadically in later years, though usually not as part of the time also had a cop named O'Hara... finding out which one came first, however, is a job for Superman (or maybe just someone who knows the comics...)main Batman continuity.
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* Invoked in TomClancy's ''Patriot Games'' when Jack Ryan tells the Queen that Irish Americans have a tradition of being the forces of order -- cops, firefighters, and clergy, especially -- and nowadays, the most famous Irish in the world are terrorists, something Jack is certain his father, Officer Ryan, wouldn't have liked at all. "He spent his whole working life taking animals like that off the street and putting them in cages where they belong."
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-->''"And to his left is your typical drunken, oafish police chief with his hat on crooked, most likely named Barney O’Blarney or Patrick O’Hallorahanfitzmichael or something like that."''
--> [[http://www.agonybooth.com/agonizer/Action_Comics_176_Muscles_for_Money.aspx The Agony Booth]]
--> [[http://www.agonybooth.com/agonizer/Action_Comics_176_Muscles_for_Money.aspx The Agony Booth]]
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* Barry Fitzgerald plays one of these in the old noir flick, TheNakedCity. And he is ''awesome.''
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* Lieutenant Branningan from GuysAndDolls.
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* Lieutenant Branningan Brannigan from GuysAndDolls.
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--> Nearly every Irish cop ever made.
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--> Nearly every Irish cop ever made.
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* Lieutenant Branningan from GuysAndDolls.
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* There's one that pops up in ''TheSimpsons'' from time to time.
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* There's one that pops up in ''TheSimpsons'' from time to time. He's usually portrayed as a nice and jolly NYPD cop, but he's seen on Springfield from time to time.
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** Sorry, but that trop is -not- discredited. It has lessened but not discredited.
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** Sorry, but that trop is -not- discredited. It has lessened but not discredited.
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* Let's not forget John C. Reilly as Officer Mulraney in the Civil War-set ''GangsOfNewYork'' - a role he plays ''completely'' without irony.
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* ''[[AgentPenderghast The Cabinet of Curiosities]]'' features as a minor character NYPD officer Patrick "Paddy" O'Shaughnessey, who is described as having "probably the most Irish name in New York." The book then goes on to subvert the trope at every turn, making him a boon to the investigation, a guy with a standard New York accent, and a lover of opera.
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* ''[[AgentPenderghast ''[[AgentPendergast The Cabinet of Curiosities]]'' features as a minor character NYPD officer Patrick "Paddy" O'Shaughnessey, who is described as having "probably the most Irish name in New York." The book then goes on to subvert the trope at every turn, making him a boon to the investigation, a guy with a standard New York accent, and a lover of opera.
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* ''[[AgentPenderghast The Cabinet of Curiosities]]'' features as a minor character NYPD officer Patrick "Paddy" O'Shaughnessey, who is described as having "probably the most Irish name in New York." The book then goes on to subvert the trope at every turn, making him a boon to the investigation, a guy with a standard New York accent, and a lover of opera.
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** John C. Reilly is actually half-Irish. His other half is Lithuanian.
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* Officer Mulroney (the ultra-Irish looking John C. Reilly) in ''GangsOfNewYork'' is a former Irish gang member who fought with an axe. He now works for Nativist gang leader Bill "TheButcher" of the Bowery Boys.
-->'''Mulroney:''' (as he tries to kill [[spoiler:Vallon]]) Ach, do ye remember yer fadda, lad. Ooh, the toimes we had...
-->'''Mulroney:''' (as he tries to kill [[spoiler:Vallon]]) Ach, do ye remember yer fadda, lad. Ooh, the toimes we had...
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** Definitely a coincidence, seeing as it's a ShoutOut to TomClancy.
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Not even sure if Taggart was Irish born, but even if he was, this does not fit in with the trope as Taggart is in no way portrayed as being stereotypically irish. It would make as much sense as putting Dalziel (of Dalziel and Pascoe) into 'violent glaswegian' because his parents were glasgow scots.
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* ''{{Taggart}}'' was a show about an Irish-born cop in Glasgow, for its first ten years at any rate, until Mark [=McManus=] died. Now it's a show about four Scottish-born cops in Glasgow.
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* Subverted in [[SuperTroopers Super Troopers]]; Captain John O'Hagan of the Vermont State Police is probably the most competent and serious member of his department. In fact, he's probably the most competent and serious officer in the whole movie.
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* Subverted in [[SuperTroopers Super Troopers]]; [[DaChief Captain John O'Hagan O'Hagan]] of the Vermont State Police is probably the most competent and serious member of his department. In fact, he's probably the most competent and serious officer in the whole movie.
movie. He also takes a moment to mock the trope by briefly adopting a brogue and saying the following line when one of his men is trying to pull a fast one on him:
-->''I'll believe ya when me shit turns purple and smells like rainbow sherbet.''
-->''I'll believe ya when me shit turns purple and smells like rainbow sherbet.''
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** That's ''[[InsistentTerminology Detective]]'' O'Hara.
** It doesn't help that Lassiter's actor once played an evil leprechaun in a Disney film.
** It doesn't help that Lassiter's actor once played an evil leprechaun in a Disney film.
