There are 40 million people worldwide who identify themselves as Irish. Irish people have fought wars and built skyscrapers all over the world, served as policemen, missionaries, liberators and oppressors, and created inventions that changed the world, from the torpedo to the flavoured crisp (chip), the entire world's supply of botox and much of its viagra is made in ireland. Factories in Ireland make micro processors that power computers all over the world and guide spacecraft. Not to mention our literature (Dracula was created by an irish writer) or our alcohol. There's a little bit of ireland in every city in the world.