I have Irish family, and I can vouch for that. Never start a fight with an Irishman if you don't really mean it. Seriously.
U2 for starters. I discovered U2 War my first year at Florida. I had the cassette and fall 83 blasted them on my boom box all the time that first difficult semester. If any GatorCountry poster lived in the small apartment complex across from the O' Dome that year- I apologize 40+ years later... I just couldn't believe how great it was and I wanted everyone else to know too! But more seriously- many of my ancestors and my wife's too. Fun fact- Irish population right now- 5.1 million. (About the same as SC.) Irish American population- 31.5 million. And by tomorrow afternoon when Tech beats FSU there will be one more great thing about Ireland!!