More Irish than the Irish themselves
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"More Irish than the Irish themselves" (Template:Lang-ga, Template:Lang-la) is a phrase used in Irish historiography to describe a phenomenon of cultural assimilation in late medieval Norman Ireland.
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See also
- More German than the Germans
- Plastic Paddy
- West Brit – a somewhat opposite expression
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