Irish Don't Really Prefer Guinness

"Ireland's 'Arthur's Day,' in memory of beer maker and purveyor Arthur Guinness, 'is being pitched as a sort of secular St Patrick's Day, a long overdue acknowledgment of the centrality of Guinness to Irish life,' grumbles The Guardian's Ed Power. Unfortunately, for natives the iconic drink has become so pass�that it's viewed as 'the liquid equivalent of a plastic bodhr�n or one of those strap-on Leprechaun beards you can buy in tourist shops.' Harsh words for a beer that's often taken to be a national symbol of the Irish (what Power describes as 'national relic')."

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