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The Guardian made a wholly incorrect statement about Cork people yesterday

What is this “Corkonian modesty” you speak of?

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YESTERDAY, THE GUARDIAN published a profile of actor Cillian Murphy to coincide with the return of Peaky Blinders next month.

But when profiling the Corkman, they made a rather egregious error — they called Cork people “modest”.

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“Corkonian modesty,” you say? We take if you’ve never been to Cork then.

Irish readers were quick to see the humour in the mistake.

I love it when English journalists say really wrong things about Ireland. #cork pic.twitter.com/mdDycoWyTS
— Luke McManus (@lukemcmanus) April 23, 2016

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Cillian Murphy interviewed in yesterday's Guardian. Apparently he has "an iron Corkonian modesty at the core of him". More oxymorons, vicar?
— Jonathan O'Brien (@obrien_jonathan) April 24, 2016

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Interview in Guardian with Cillian Murphy mentions his ''Corkonian modesty''. I'm saying nothing.
— Kieran Cunningham (@KCsixtyseven) April 24, 2016

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