Beer, Brits, and bad language are the few culturally accurate elements of the new Netflix series, House of Guinness . Loved by American and UK critics, hated by Irish critics, the series on the battle for control of the iconic Irish Guinness family brewery in 19th-Century revolutionary Ireland has sharply divided opinion.

Are we Irish an over-sensitive lot?

A ‘steampunk Mr. Tayto’ or a ‘rollicking retelling’ of an Irish version of Succession sums up the extent of the divide. The eight-part drama debuted with an 89 per cent audience approval rating on Rotten Tomatoes and a five-star review from the Guardian . But to Irish critics, House of Guinness is historically inaccurate, stereotypical tosh.

As the Guardian ’s Ireland correspondent, Rory Carroll, wrote: ‘They hate the depic

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