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Was the expression "The luck of the Irish" invented in America?

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Was it? For it seems to me that in many ways the Irish have been very unlucky, at least collectively.

― MarkH (MarkH), Wednesday, 22 December 2004 11:17 (twenty-one years ago)

Read "The Luck of the Irish" John Lennon.

I think it was invented by the irish, as a 'hey hang with me and it might rub off orn yew mary poppins' sort of thing.

― mark grout (mark grout), Wednesday, 22 December 2004 11:19 (twenty-one years ago)

Word Detective suggests that it's an old English expression and that it means a type of luck which seems good at first but then turns out to be bad.

Which seems to make a lot more sense.

― accentmonkey (accentmonkey), Wednesday, 22 December 2004 11:37 (twenty-one years ago)


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