I remember when Arkle disappeared there were numerous sightings, one of the detectives in exasperation said its absolute rubbish that all Irish people know any more about horses than anybody else. So lets not fall into racial stereotyping.


I also seem to remember one time when I was in Dublin a tv reporter stopping at random people on the streets of Dublin and a fair few couldn't name any of the people who had been shot at Kilmainham.

I think its possible that one or two Irish people are confused about the ins and outs of the civil war.

At least they never voted for anybody like Margaret Thatcher and that says a lot for the political astuteness of your nation.