“圣人与学者”之岛的居民们证明了,他们也是精明的商人。牛津大学爱尔兰史教授罗伊·福斯特说,经过几个世纪的不幸之后,爱尔兰终于时来运转了。1988年,英国《经济学家》杂志以“富人中最穷的国家”为标题描写爱尔兰,封面是乞丐蹲在地上讨钱;然而,1997年《经济学家》杂志又以爱尔兰做封面,标题变成了“闪耀爱尔兰”。每逢周末,各个大的赛马场上,随处可见爱尔兰 The inhabitants of Saints & Scholars Island proved that they are also savvy merchants. Roy Foster, a professor of Irish history at Oxford University, said Ireland has finally come to an end after centuries of misfortune. In 1988, the British “Economist” magazine described Ireland under the title “the poorest country of the rich,” with beggars squatting on the ground asking for money; however, in 1997, The Economist again made Ireland The cover, the title became “Shine Ireland”. Every weekend, every big racetrack, everywhere in Ireland