the Irish question

Here’s a lovely question from Ron in Albuquerque, for the craic:

I started listening to your podcast while visiting a friend and have since become a subscriber.

The friend that introduced me to your podcast, we’ll call him SuperGenius to protect his identity, is from Crumlin, Ireland and often makes reference to the “Irish Curse,” as a reference to Irish men having smaller than average penises.

My question is: Is this based on some study, or common knowledge from across the pond? Also, if this is true, is this why they drink so much?

Can’t say we’ve ever heard of the “Irish Curse” before, nor have we conducted our own proper scientific survey, travelling through Ireland detrousering the natives. But if any of you have, then by all means tell us the results in the comments.

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7 Responses to “the Irish question”

Julie Says:
June 13, 2010 at 6:44 pm | Reply
My mother (Irish) and her best mate (also Irish) had a drink too many and started telling me about a man from Lahinch (IRISH) who had a penis so large when he sat down he had to put a stool between his legs to hold up his goolies. It’s the luck of the Irish people!!
john Says:
June 12, 2010 at 12:58 pm | Reply
im irish, and i have a huge penis.

Cheers 🙂
murrayNE Says:
June 11, 2010 at 5:24 am | Reply
Apparently the internet at large is well and truly familiar with this term:
http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=irish%20curse

Perhaps it stems somehow from St Patrick getting rid of all of the snakes in Ireland? Did it work for the larger trouser snakes also?
JHReid Says:
June 8, 2010 at 9:12 pm | Reply
It’s their only excuse…..and it failed….
Keefaz Says:
June 8, 2010 at 8:19 pm | Reply
I heard the ‘Irish curse’ relates to various skin problems that mainly affect those of ‘Irish’ descent (i.e. those with fair skin and red hair): freckles, ruddy complexion, etc.
Ryan Says:
June 8, 2010 at 4:13 pm | Reply
I’m sure there are Irish men with perfectly large penises. There’s probably even Irish porn stars somewhere…
Andrew Says:
June 8, 2010 at 1:53 pm | Reply
I’m not Irish. And I don’t have a large penis.

Just wanted to let you know that.