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Don't believe me? Want more citations? Here are some
public Dublin webcams [3]. Log on to any of them, any of
them at, say, 03:00 on a Friday night/Saturday morning and
watch the mayhem and madness.
Verdict: TRUE.
2. Common stereotype: The Fighting (“foightin’”) Irish.
The reality: Ireland is a remarkably violent country. For example,
the U.S. has a violent crime rate of 429.4 per capita
[4]. Ireland has an assault rate of 347.9 for the same period
[5]. "But that's great! Almost ten points less violent than the
U.S.! Well done, the Irish!" Yeah. Until you consider the following
two facts:
i. no guns (or very, very few) in private ownership in Ireland.
ii. The Irish figure above is for assault only, whereas the
U.S. figure is for all violent crime (e.g. including homicides,
excluded from the Irish figure) — the two countries simply do
not record crimes in the same way, due to different legislation
in each jurisdiction.
Anecdotal supporting evidence:
The [old fashioned] U.S. slang for a brawl is called a "Donnybrook"
[6], after the location in Dublin [7] where faction
fights took place in the 19th century.
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Donnybrook was once the location of Donnybrook Fair, a fair
held from the time of King John onwards, which became notorious
for drunkenness and violent disorder.
Spotting a theme here perhaps?
Anecdotal supporting evidence II: This Time It's Serious.
The common theme is of course alcoholic excess+violence.
The inter-relationship here is well established, especially in
Ireland, somewhat the "patient zero" for researchers in this
field [8].
• 76% of all rape defendants had been drinking at the time
of the alleged offence.
• Alcohol has been identified as a contributory factor in
97% of public order offenses as recorded under the Garda
PULSe system.