People answering the question 'Would you die for Ireland?'

“If the money was right.”

ARTIST JOHN BYRNE took to the streets of Dublin to ask passers-by if they would die for Ireland.

The answers he got were… varied.

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The footage was shot in 2003, but only appeared only more recently. Remember when Dublin buses used to look like that?

To see more of John Byrne’s work, click here.

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People answering the question 'Would you die for Ireland?'

What happens when Spock and Captain Kirk try to speak Irish?>

Dog doing uncanny impression of a barking dog>