The top ten worst Irish compliments ever made

You won’t want anyone to say this about you

GENE FLYNN,

IrishCentral.com Contributing Writer

Published Monday, July 18, 2011, 7:34 AM

Updated Monday, July 18, 2011, 7:34 AM

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DrTrelawney | Jul 22, 2011, 02:41 PM EDT

Oh for goodness sake. The "much to be modest about line" was famously said by Winston Churchill about Clement Attlee. In what possible sense are any of these Irish. The millionaire line was Caroline Aherne on Debbie McGee. This is ridiculous.

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Madeliene | Jul 22, 2011, 09:44 AM EDT

My Da used to say "I'm so hungry, I could eat a childs arse through a chair" LOL

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Bocktherobber | Jul 18, 2011, 05:51 PM EDT

emanresu -- What makes you say that?

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emanresu | Jul 18, 2011, 02:19 PM EDT

Ohhh, Bocktherobber, you must be half English

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mountainyetti | Jul 18, 2011, 12:57 PM EDT

My grandmother was so good at this, she rarely cracked a smile but her eyes twinkled. In later years, though, it made her grumpy, never seeing the good full on.

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Liam3494 | Jul 18, 2011, 12:27 PM EDT

Sometimes I wish I was a Fake Irishman, so I could believe this tripe.... Instead of cringing all the time.... Umm 60 Minutes? Is that not an American programme?

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Bocktherobber | Jul 18, 2011, 11:25 AM EDT

Who makes up this fake Irish nonsense? For the record, "A modest man, but then he has so much to be modest about" is attributed to Winston Churchill, a man not famous for his Irishness.

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davelar | Jul 18, 2011, 11:02 AM EDT

Well, he didn't lick it off the floor!

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torbreezy | Jul 18, 2011, 09:19 AM EDT

Ah sure he was very, very good to his mother: he rarely went home . . . .

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