In fairness to Chris, the type of Irish people he's likely to meet probably *are* the type who would have no truck for the IRA. Their support has always been concentrated in working-class areas, where you find a lot fewer world travellers. This is true in both jurisdictions in Ireland. Go into West Belfast, or Dublin's South Inner City, and you're absolutely guaranteed to find plenty of support for the IRA and other armed (or formerly armed) republican groups. The universities and business world, especially in the south, not so much.