Irish

"They say God invented whisky to stop the Irish from ruling the world."

- Irish

 is a supporting character featured in Red Dead Redemption. He is an immigrant to the American west, still possessing a thick Irish brogue. He is a dysfunctional alcoholic, known to greatly exaggerate and tell tales of which he rarely remembers the finer details. Marston often does the dirty work, and Irish is nowhere to be found, further perpetuating him as a bumbling drunk and coward.

Quotes
"They call me El Rato, 'The Cat', on account of my agility and cunning."

- Irish

"What's the Spanish word for 'cunt'?"

- Irish

'''"Ain't you got some peckers to be smoking?"

- Irish '''

"Oh, me virgin ears!"

- Irish

"You're an angry and a feck-ugly man; but not a bad one."

- Irish's last words to John Marston

Epilogue
After entering Nuevo Paraiso, is not seen again. In 1914, the "miscellany" section of the newspaper says that an "Irish man, of unknown name" accidentally shot himself dead in an outhouse in Thieves' Landing, a poignantly undignified death.

Mission Appearances

 * A Frenchman, a Welshman and an Irishman (Boss)
 * Man is Born Unto Trouble (Boss)
 * On Shaky's Ground (Boss)
 * The Assault on Fort Mercer
 * We Shall Be Together in Paradise (Boss)

Controversy
At least one news outlet has criticized the portrayal of Irish as the "town drunk" who attempts to talk his way out of situations as being the "Stereotype of the drunken Paddy."

Trivia

 * After attempting to (drunkenly) rob two nuns at gun-point, John arrives, and after a few lines Irish will say he thought the nuns were doxies', dismissing John's criticism by replying that he is a "good Catholic boy."