An Irishwoman in New York: I'm flattered, but why do Americans love the Irish so much?

Sarah Moran in New York: ‘The love that Ireland receives abroad seems to far outweigh any amount of craic an Irish person could have.’ At a supermarket where the workers are overly friendly - a few months after I moved from Dublin to New York - the cashier told me that the Irish are his favourite people. The cashier at the till next to us interrupted her transaction to chime in, telling me how much she loves the Irish, and that the Cork accent is the best in the world. As I struggled not to give a cynical answer, it…