The awful songs are sufficient reason (When Irish Eyes Are SmilingDid Your Mother Come from IrelandHow Are Things in Glocca Morra?Too-Ra-Loo-Ra-Loo-Ral), but when you add in all the quaint, shamrock encrusted, shillelagh wielding, Finian’sRainbowTheQuietManDarbyO’Gill “Top o the mornin to ya!” stuff, sure and begorrah it gets unbearable.
Maybe get some of the dead ones to speak out as well.