So what did the Irish make of Saoirse Ronan's Saturday Night Live hosting debut? It turns out that Irish people don't take to kindly to having our national airline mocked. The general perception is that Ronan, who is earning rave reviews for her role in Lady Bird, acquitted herself well in her first appearance on the staple of American comedy. 

Most people were particularly critical of the show's Aer Lingus sketch. It involved Ronan and Cecily Strong acting as air hostesses. For some reason, the plane is filled with dogs while Kate McKinnon is clad in an Aran sweater. There were a few jokes about potatoes, the usual stuff. One commenter under the YouTube version, via Daily Edge, of the sketch read: "What was supposed to be funny here? They were flinging everything at the wall hoping for something to stick… and it didn’t. What was the main thread of the joke? The name joke that’s abandoned 10 seconds in? The dogs getting loose? The accents? The 5 seconds potato gag? I mean, what was this supposed to even  be about?" 

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While Irish Times scribe Donald Clarke wrote on Twitter, "The Brits occasionally claim Saoirse Ronan, but they never put her through that Aer Lingus sketch on SNL. Let’s never speak of it again." Irish sports blog Balls.ie wrote in their coverage of the story, "SNL's Aer Lingus Skit Brought Paddywhackery To New Heights." 

The bizarre sketch ended with Carlow-native Ronan saying, "Folks, as you can see, the captain's dogs has run out of the cockpit. Look, Maeve's got her fiddle out."

Here's the best of the rest of the Irish Twitter reaction:

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