The fakey, out-of-a-box Irishness that insists on the same damned songs and the same damned menu and the same damned Guinness advertisements on the wall of every
Irish bar outside of Ireland.
Seen in nearly every film which features a non
Irish actor doing an Irish accent. Notable exceptions include Daniel Day Lewis in "In The Name of The
Father" and Bradd Pitt in "Snatch".
"Every St.Patricks
day Jose liked to emphasize his
Irish roots by wearing green, drinking Guiness and referring to the 'old
country' but it smacked of Paddywhackery"