Character

A year before the American Revolution, Dr. Samuel Johnson wrote a letter to the bishop of Killaloe in which he remarked, "The Irish are a fair people; They never speak well of one another." This clever characterization -- or caricature, if you like -- may rub you the wrong way, but you will recognize in it a small germ of truth, namely, the social habit the Irish themselves … [Read more...] about The Irish Character