History Main / Oireland

While elements of this character may also be seen in {{Southie|s}}, ''never'' try to argue over whether Irish-Americans (or Irish-Canadians, for that matter) should be considered Irish. [[InternetBackdraft 'Twill nae end well.]]

* Averted in the UrbanFantasy ''{{Literature/Moonflowers}}''. While the setting is certainly a tourist town by the Cliffs of Moher, the inhabitants like poking fun at what tourists expect, and there's a lot of ugly things lurking around. TheFairFolk are religiously feared in the rural areas, and TheWildHunt is terrorizing the Asian-American Alima Song and her family. Christian/pagan tensions are mentioned a couple of times, and the related homophobia that Owen O'Luain faces has reached violence at least twice--once in the past, when the town [[ChangelingTale claimed he was half-Folk and tried to kill him]], and then in the current time when three people in Galway have heard of Owen's attack [[NoHoldsBarredBeatdown and try to finish the job]]. Brighid Brennan, the friendly blonde nurse, [[spoiler: has only told two characters that she's a lesbian thanks to witnessing her friend's troubles.]]

* Averted in the UrbanFantasy ''{{Literature/Moonflowers}}''. While the setting is explicitly a tourist town by the Cliffs of Moher, they like poking fun at what tourists expect and there's a lot of ugly things lurking around. True to the myths, [[TheFairFolk the Folk]] are religiously feared in the rural areas, and TheWildHunt is terrorizing the Asian-American Alima Song and her family. Christian/pagan tensions are mentioned a couple of times, and the homophobia that Owen O'Luain faces has reached violence at least twice--once in the past, when the town [[ChangelingTale claimed he was half-Folk and tried to kill him]], and then in the current time when three people in Galway have heard of Owen's attack [[NoHoldsBarredBeatdown and try to finish the job]]. Brighid Brennan, the friendly blonde nurse, [[spoiler: has only told two characters that she's a lesbian thanks to witnessing so much violence directed at one of her friends.]]

* ''Wild Mountain Thyme'' combines some of the worst Oirish stereotypes with some of the [[WhatTheHellIsThatAccent worst attempts at Irish accents ever put to film]] with Creator/EmilyBlunt and Creator/ChristopherWalken being the worst offenders and even Jamie Dornan, an ''actual Irish actor'' (albeit from the North, which has several distinctive accents of its own) butchering the accent. Highlights include Blunt's character being wooed by the obligatory token American, an AmbiguousTimePeriod for Ireland (somewhere between 1950 and 1980) with an apparently modern setting for America, Blunt being covered in shit is Ireland but completely clean in America, and some stupidly awkward and unnatural dialogue ("It was him who kissed me!"). Naturally, it caused uproar in Ireland when the [[https://youtu.be/we8g99pIYW8 trailer]] was released. The director tried to head off criticism of the accents in particular by claiming no one would understand the characters if the accents were authentic - and "you have to make the accent more accessible to a global audience".

* Roy [=McManus=] from ''VideoGame/ShadowHeartsFromTheNewWorld''. An ill-tempered, violent and power hungry Irish gang boss, [=McManus=] tried to seize up Chicago while Capone was locked in [[TheAlcatraz Alcatraz]]. He also had a most unrequited crush on Capone's sister Edna that led him to kidnap her. Sadly for both of them, Edna did not return his feelings and an enraged [=McManus=] pulled a gun and shot her dead.

* There are startlingly frequent jokes about [[DomesticAbuse beaten wives]] played for "quaint" laughs, ''especially'' in American depictions, where discrimination against Irish-Americans brought about stereotypes of drunkenness and violence. The wives are often portrayed getting back at the men in one wacky way or another. Naturally, in real life Ireland treats domestic violence just as seriously as anywhere else.

* [[FightingIrish Brawling, usually good-naturedly]], at the drop of a hat. The Irish are often portrayed as very passionate, quick to anger, but also quick to laugh and calm back down again. Some TruthInTelevision to this one

* Sentimentality. Lots and lots of sentimentality. In particular, when combined with a selection of the above the Oirish people are generally presented as a canny and friendly folk (the word 'quaint' tends to pop up a lot) with a cheerful song in their hearts and a mischievous twinkle in their eyes, expressing their simple-yet-wise philosophy that's as old as the hills and informed with the magic and mystery of the ages and the FairFolk, just waiting for some poor outsider who's lost sight of the ''really'' important things in life that they can educate, and other such horribly trite cliches; think an Emerald Isle version of the MagicalNegro. If you were to base your understanding of the Irish solely on the amount of times this rather over-sentimentalized depiction has popped up, the whole damn country can start to look rather insufferably twee. Of course, there IS some [[TruthInTelevision]] to this one too, but nowhere near to that extent.

* Mr. O'Reilly, the lazy, incompetent Irish construction worker on ''Series/FawltyTowers''. Played by David Kelly, an actual Irishman, which makes it a bit better. He's also [[MexicansLoveSpeedyGonzales pretty popular with Irish viewers]] (considering he's hardly any less competent than [[DysfunctionJunction the rest of the cast]].

* ''Film/TheQuietMan'', one of the most loving depictions of Oireland that you'll ever see. It's [[MexicansLoveSpeedyGonzales quite popular in Ireland itself]] - considering it was filmed there, uses the Irish language and stars national icon Creator/MaureenOHara. It was also carefully researched, making sure the costumes were accurate for the 1920s setting. It was based on a short story ''The Green Rushes'' by Maurice Walsh, considered one of Ireland's most prolific writers of his time - giving the film far more credibility than other examples.

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* Played jaw-droppingly straight in the Creator/AmyAdams romcom ''Film/LeapYear'' - superstitious elderly rural locals spouting cliches, bar brawls, tiny villages, cattle-blocked roads, ceilí bands, claddagh rings... it's impossible to ''dislike'' a film with Amy Adams in the lead role but you'd never believe it was made in 2009. (It also has an ''imaginative'' approach to Irish geography - seemingly [[ArtisticLicenseGeography the fastest way to reach Dublin by boat from Wales is via Cork.]])

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* Sean O’Casey's ''Juno And the Paycock'' is ''the'' Oirish play, taking place in a tenement during the UsefulNotes/TheIrishRevolution. Heck, it's even referenced in the title. (Lorraine Hansberry would remake the play with a RaceLift for ''Theatre/ARaisinInTheSun''.)

---> '''Stewie''': Did we mention all the political, economic, and religious disputes that have torn Ireland apart for decades?
---> '''Brian''': Nope. We made them a bunch of drunken redheads.
---> '''Stewie''': [[SarcasmMode Ah. Groundbreaking.]]

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* Corned beef with cabbage: This is a cultural trait of Irish-Americans. In Ireland, people eat [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bacon_and_cabbage bacon and cabbage]].[[note]]Ironically enough, Ireland ''was'' in fact a major exporter of corned beef-- which nobody ''in'' Ireland could actually afford, making it something of a luxury to Irish-Americans who could[[/note]]

* Corned beef with cabbage: This is a cultural trait of Irish-Americans, learned from their Ashkenazi Jewish neighbors. In Ireland, people eat [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bacon_and_cabbage bacon and cabbage]].

* Friendly or flighty {{leprechaun}}s frequently being caught in bushes. Where other cultures state the TheFairFolk as being benevolent and mischievous at worst, Irish folklore has plenty of stories with morals about how nasty they really are.
* [[FightingIrish Brawling, usually good-naturedly]], at the drop of a hat. The Irish are often portrayed as very passionate, quick to anger, but also quick to laugh and calm back down again.

* Sentimentality. Lots and lots of sentimentality. In particular, when combined with a selection of the above the Oirish people are generally presented as a canny and friendly folk (the word 'quaint' tends to pop up a lot) with a cheerful song in their hearts and a mischievous twinkle in their eyes, expressing their simple-yet-wise philosophy that's as old as the hills and informed with the magic and mystery of the ages and the FairFolk, just waiting for some poor outsider who's lost sight of the ''really'' important things in life that they can educate, and other such horribly trite cliches; think an Emerald Isle version of the MagicalNegro. If you were to base your understanding of the Irish solely on the amount of times this rather over-sentimentalized depiction has popped up, the whole damn country can start to look rather insufferably twee.

* Jin from ''Manga/YuYuHakusho'' in the dub. It's [[{{Woolseyism}} used to approximate his Kyoto dialect in the original]].

* ''Film/TheQuietMan'', one of the most loving depictions of Oireland that you'll ever see. It's [[MexicansLoveSpeedyGonzales quite popular in Ireland itself]] - considering it was filmed there, uses the Irish language and stars national icon Creator/MaureenOHara.

* ''Wild Mountain Thyme'' combines some of the worst Oirish stereotypes with some of the [[WhatTheHellIsThatAccent worst attempts at Irish accents ever put to film]] with Creator/EmilyBlunt and Creator/ChristopherWalken being the worst offenders and even Jamie Dornan, an ''actual Irish actor'' (albeit from the North, which has several distinctive accents of its own) butchering the accent. Highlights include Blunt's character being wooed by the obligatory token American, an AmbiguousTimePeriod for Ireland (somewhere between 1950 and 1980) with an apparently modern setting for America, Blunt being covered in shit is Ireland but completely clean in America, and some stupidily awkward and unnatural dialogue ("It was him who kissed me!"). Naturally, it caused uproar in Ireland when the [[https://youtu.be/we8g99pIYW8 trailer]] was released.

* Used in ''Literature/HarryPotterAndTheGobletOfFire'' with a little bit of tongue-in-cheek parody. Ireland are playing in the Qudditch World Cup and so series regular Seamus Finnigan (and his mother) are staying in a green tent draped with shamrocks. And the Ireland team have leprechauns as their mascot and wear green robes to play in.
** Otherwise played with in terms of Seamus himself. Although some of his dialogue has the odd 'me' instead of 'my' in there (and Stephen Fry and Jim Dale's narration on the audio books goes to town with it), he avoids most Irish stereotypes. He has a bit of a temper but is blond rather than red-haired.

* ''Literature/TheLostFleet'' and ''Literature/TheGenesisFleet'' feature Eire, a planet where shamrocks are plentiful and the people love green so much that some genetically engineered ''genetically engineered'' their family lines to pass ''green hair'' down to their descendants.

* ''Literature/TheLostFleet'' and ''Literature/TheGenesisFleet'' feature Eire, a planet where shamrocks are plentiful and the people love green so much that some genetically engineered ''genetically engineered'' their family lines to pass ''green hair'' down to their descendants.

* ''Series/StarTrekVoyager'' (could be semi-justified not being meant to be the real Ireland, but a literal [[TheThemeParkVersion Theme Park Version]] on the holodeck but it is said to be "completely authentic").

* ''Series/ImAlanPartridge'': Not set in Ireland but the title character tries to dispel pretty much every stereotype listed above to a couple of RTÉ executives, starting off innocuous but getting more offensive and topped off by bringing up the potato famine over breakfast.

* ''Series/ImAlanPartridge'': The title character tries to dispel pretty much every stereotype listed above to a couple of RTÉ executives, starting off innocuous but getting more offensive and topped off by bringing up the potato famine over breakfast.

*** Despite being set in the Republic of Ireland, the episode made some cultural mistakes. In one scene, Marge and the kids visit the "Giant's Causeway" landmark except it's located in Northern Ireland, which is part of the UK. Another is the Irish Police uniforms and vehicles in the episode look more like their Northern Ireland counterparts especially with the english word "Police" written on their uniforms and vehicles when it should be the Irish word "Garda".

* ''Series/ImAlanPartridge'': The title character tries to dispel pretty much every stereotype listed above to a couple of RTÉ executives but it has the opposite effect, also bringing up the potato famine over breakfast.