Not at all. In fact, your post sheds some light on Ireland in general. Eamon de Valera, essentially the Prime Minister of Ireland for Life, was such a man as you describe. Hard core hatred and bitterness for the British and pathologically selfish in his political ambition (de Valera had Michael Collin's murdered)..
On the day after Pearl Harbor, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill telegraphed de Valera, who was Prime Minister of Ireland at the time, and made the offer that if Ireland threw her lot in with the American and British Allies, that, after the war, Churchill would devote his life to the unification of Ireland. de Valera turned Churchill down and welcomed Nazi submarines in Dublin harbor for fueling and provisions as a "neutral country". de Valere hated the British so much, that Ireland could hardly be considered "neutral".
Had de Valera accepted Churchill's offer, US Army Air bases would have been built on the Island. The economy of Ireland would have prospered with the presence of the American military due to its payroll and its technology, long after the war ended. Instead, Ireland remained agricultural and poor.
'Tis a sad tale. I have cousins in Ireland, and the first time I talked of what de Valera did to them, they nearly threw me in Cork Harbor. Over the years, they have began to accept my opinion of de Valera. He hurt Ireland with hatred almost as much as the British did with it's occupation.
I have cousins in Ireland, and the first time I talked of what de Valera did to them, they nearly threw me in Cork Harbor.
That's Fianna Fail for you.... LOL!!
Never forget: when Hitler killed himself DeValera signed a sympathy book at the German Embassy.
This was mere weeks after the world saw those horrific newsreels of the liberation of the death camps with piles of bodies.