Mentally, what is the difference between irish and english ?

[Anglo-Celtic]

How are you measuring that? It seems quite an uneducated answer to make and very condescending to the Irish.
Even looking at PISA results Ireland is ahead of England, Scotland and Wales and has been for years.

It's not something I like bringing up but I do it only when people say ignorant things about the intelligence of the Irish.

Be fair. He got that quote from an article in an 1895 edition of Punch Magazine.

[Anglo-Celtic]

Indeed. It'll come to you.

[Grace O'Malley]

Be fair. He got that quote from an article in an 1895 edition of Punch Magazine.

This is how the Irish feel about Oliver's comment.

[tita]

How would you guys explain why irish are way more religious

[Grace O'Malley]

How would you guys explain why irish are way more religious

The Irish were religious for a long time. Being Catholic was a part of Irish identity and remember they had a lot of discrimination due to being Catholic so their faith used to bring them together and if people feel they are being forced to do something they will stubbornly resist. However now the Irish are losing their religion and a lot now don't attend Church. Hopefully they will still keep some of the values that were important such as family and not losing all their morals even if they are becoming less religious.

That climate is an Ireland where weekly Mass attendance—which was 91% in 1975—plummeted to 36% in 2016, according to figures from the last Irish census.

https://www.americamagazine.org/fait...schools-244929

[Oliver109]

How are you measuring that? It seems quite an uneducated answer to make and very condescending to the Irish.



https://worldpopulationreview.com/co...ated-countries

Even looking at PISA results Ireland is ahead of England, Scotland and Wales and has been for years.



It's not something I like bringing up but I do it only when people say ignorant things about the intelligence of the Irish.

Well it's I would say to do with the whole idea of English eccentricity and many English people tend to develop obbsessions with various topics and things i.e like railway enthusiasts, you don't hear that much about Irish eccentrics, the Irish are very bright but they don't seem to think outside the box as much, same goes for the Spanish.

[Grace O'Malley]

Well it's I would say to do with the whole idea of English eccentricity and many English people tend to develop obbsessions with various topics and things i.e like railway enthusiasts, you don't hear that much about Irish eccentrics, the Irish are very bright but they don't seem to think outside the box as much, same goes for the Spanish.

You have some weird impressions about populations. I'm not even going to bother answering any of the above. It really says more about you than any rubbish you think about whole ethnicities.

[Oliver109]

You have some weird impressions about populations. I'm not even going to bother answering any of the above. It really says more about you than any rubbish you think about whole ethnicities.

What i say is backed up by statistics as always, here is a map of genius, compare Ireland to Scotland

[#Oda#]

You have some weird impressions about populations. I'm not even going to bother answering any of the above. It really says more about you than any rubbish you think about whole ethnicities.

The spleen / eccentricity thing is quite true, I guess. I like it much. Wish the Germans would have more of that.

[Grace O'Malley]

What i say is backed up by statistics as always, here is a map of genius, compare Ireland to Scotland

Those statistics were from a time when Ireland was mostly under British control and education was restricted to the large amount of Irish. Ireland now is doing much better now that it has control of her own resources including education.