Tribal split between ‘Gaelic’ FF and ‘English’ FG names

IN their decades of political rivalry, Fianna Fáil have relished any opportunity to deride Fine Gael as “West Brits”.

Now, research may fuel further rounds of such slagging in the Dáil.

The research showed FF TDs are significantly more likely than FG to have surnames of exclusively Irish origin, with the opposite true for surnames of English origin.