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Traditionally, there has been a stereotypical image of the Irish as happy-go-lucky, loveable male rogues and flaming, red-haired, hot spirited lassies.

So what is the feckin’ Irish character really like? What better way to find out than to take a gander inside at individual characters themselves? You never know, you might just recognise yourself!

As you read, please remember what the great psychoanalystSigmund Freud had to say about the Irish – ‘This is one race of people for whom psychoanalysis is of no use whatsoever’.

Colin Murphy is the author of The Most Famous Irish People You’ve Never Heard Of and co-author of the bestselling ‘Feckin’ collection (The O’Brien Press). His début historical novel Boycott (Brandon) was published in 2012 to great acclaim. 

Donal O'Dea is a senior Art Director at one of Ireland’s leading advertising agencies.