Well, being an irish citizen of irish decent who lives in ireland, i can probably tell you more than a yank on the west coast (quite possibly the farthest point from the island here).
Ireland is small - it takes 2 1/2 hours to drive from east-west and 4 hours to drive it from north-south. I ride with a bike club here and we literally drive 10 hours or so on a nice saturday passing through 18-24 counties (there are 26 in the ROI, and 6 in NI) in a day.
And yes, most people here know many people. The entire island is only a couple million people.
Plus on weekends most everyone travels to another county to meet, drink, and take in the craic.
So, yes, I know almost everyone. Think of the six degrees of seperation game, and make it the one (or two) degrees here with everyone.
Slán
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