The Irish Paradox: How and Why We Are Such a Contradictory People, by Sean Moncrieff
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What does it mean to be Irish?‘We’ve been clever and stupid, principled and corrupt. We can be kind and cruel, guilty of dopey optimism and chronic fatalism. We’re friendly, but near impossible to get to know. We’re proud to be Irish but often crippled with self-loathing. We think we’re great, but not really. We find ourselves fascinating. Of course we do. We’re a paradox.’There’s something about Irish people, about the way their minds work. But what does it mean to be Irish?In his search for the key to the Irish psyche, Sean Moncrieff roams far and wide – from the pub to the dole queue, the laboratory to the pulpit. Packed with offbeat anecdotes, observations and intriguing detours into the murkier recesses of Irish history and culture, The Irish Paradox is a roadmap for those struggling to make sense of a country defined as much by its contradictions as its sense of community.
The Irish Paradox: How and Why We Are Such a Contradictory People, by Sean Moncrieff- Amazon Sales Rank: #921091 in eBooks
- Published on: 2015-10-02
- Released on: 2015-09-30
- Format: Kindle eBook
Review Offers some of the most lucid insights into the modern Irish character that you are likely to encounter. Moncrieff writes about these and other Irish hang-ups so well because his book is a testament to not just what he endured as a public figure, but what he discovered in himself. --Irish Voice
About the Author
Sean Moncrieff is a broadcaster and writer. He is the host of The Moncrieff Show every weekday afternoon on Newstalk 106 8FM. He is the author of three novels, Dublin, The History of Things and The Angel of the Streetlamps, and two non-fiction books, Stark Raving Rulers: Twenty Minor Despots of the Twenty-First Century and God: A User s Guide.
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful. I just don't like the idea By Marie Tuttle Someone in our book club chose this book otherwise I would never have read it. Firstly I just don't like the idea that the Irish, (or the English, Scottish, Welsh or any nation you could mention) have a unifying Modus Operandi that define a broad "us". And just to be clear that doesn't mean I don't like to take on board cultural observations of a nation, often by an outsider (Bill Bryon seems good at this) as an indicator of a general experience in someone else's country.Especially if its delivered in a humorous and entertaining way that is gentle on its subjects.This is not that type of book.Secondly, and Let me be honest, I am no fan of Moncrieffs having endured the awful, and annoyingly titled car crash tv show years ago that was "Good grief Moncrieff" on RTE. So I had to put aside the specific dislike of the author and read the book without reference to him.This is difficult to do since the book is framed squarely in the autobiographical upbringing of the author as a scottish/Irish child in a English town/or city.And its is probably this autobiographical element that is the weakest and strongest thing about the book itself.Overall;The book reads like two seperate parts and veers wildly all over the place. Loads of interesting facts and figures are bandied about but there is not enough time or scope to delve more deeply or satisfyingly into any one of them. Chapters are overly long and it is hard to hold on to information without the use of a notepad and highlighter. However your reward for wading through enlighting stastics is to come across some fine gems including this one that I had never heard before and completely love;A history of Ireland in two words; Ah wellWhat the author is trying to do here is to frame his experience in returning "home" as an opening scene for this exploration of the Irish personality. He uses a tool often used in personality profiling to determine the content of each chapter;ExtraversionAgreeablenessConscientiousnessNeuroticismOpennessI did not like this framework and found it was neither within strict psychological definitions (which to be fair the author did say in his opening chapter) or strongly something else. To me the information presented in each chapter while interesting was too heavily filled with numbers and statistics, too divergent in different directions and too shallow to draw any concrete conclusions from or feel solidly informed. I was left with a vague sense of what he was trying to explain and a lot of surprises at facts I did not know (mostly based on mind busting statistics).The autobiographical parts were an easy read by comparison and interesting in the way other peoples lives are interesting while not being extraordinary. I believe this was both the problem and the solution. This book is really two books, one autobiographical one fact and statistics. In the hands of another author the autobiography might have framed the lesson of each chapter with a small amount of facts to illustrate the point in each case and the resulting book would have been more readable, more enjoyable and perhaps even have greater impact.Its a missed opportunity that perhaps another immigrant might write some day in an entertaining style, with enough facts to keep you informed, enough humour to keep you laughing and enough gentle poking at the "national character or personality"to make you feel you were examined in a kind but thorough way.As a final thought I believe his mother who inspired this book was the most fascinating thing about it in the end. Her character was really interesting in the contradictory way she is retold here. If she was the inspiration for the Irish Paradox perhaps there is an opportunity to look into the lives of Irish people of her era who immigrated and returned with mixed feelings as to their identity both away and at home.
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