We’re well out of it and let’s stay that way

I NEVER really had a sense of being Irish until I moved to France.

We’re well out of it and let’s stay that way

You get an amazing reaction when you declare you are Irish here. People generally smile, say they’d like to go there and evoke all the images they have of a country with a magnificent green landscape and great hospitality.

I almost feel guilty if I happen to be with my American or English friends as the contrast between their reception and mine is striking.

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