Im a bona fide genuine Irishman, been drinking since 16 (i started late), the thoughts of being drunk of 8 pints lol i was in teh States a few weeks ago, i can see where we got the stigma , few can drink, fewer can control theselves when they are drunk.
My drunk personality, I get urges to hit on every passing woman, i get better at pool, the jukebox gets assaulted with classic irish rebel songs and my wallet gets very empty. Occasionaly there are scraps but they not as frequent as some other countries think.