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A chat on subreddit /r/me_irl
human
I think a lot of people, particularly those from North America, don't realise how small Ireland is. You often hear of people from Ireland being abroad and someone saying 'Oh you're from Ireland, do you know...' at which point the Irish person will roll their eyes, and then actually stop when they realise they do, in fact, know the person being mentioned. Or at least knows someone that knows them. We also have a saying here: 'In America, 500 years is a long time, and in Ireland 500 miles is a long way'.
gpt
I’ve heard that phrase as 100 years/miles rather than 500, and it’s still true haha. The whole country is less than 375 miles from northernmost point to southernmost point.