t our ist ▁bro ch ure ▁cl ich es " ▁creates ▁" more ▁embar rass ment ▁than ▁en light en ment ." ▁ ▁Beat le ▁bi ograph er ▁John ▁Blan ey ▁critic ized ▁the ▁" pl od ding ▁met re , ▁rose – t int ed ▁ly ric ▁and ▁un in sp ired ▁vocal ," ▁con cluding ▁that ▁the ▁song ▁is ▁" imp ot ent " ▁and ▁an ▁" un wel come ▁aber r ation " ▁for ▁L enn on . ▁ ▁Beat le ▁bi ograph er ▁Chris ▁Ing ham ▁mock s ▁the ▁use ▁of ▁le pre cha uns ▁in ▁the ▁song ' s ▁" cond esc ending ▁poetry " ▁and ▁describes ▁the ▁song ▁as ▁" sent iment al " ▁and ▁" polit ical ▁propag anda ." ▁ ▁L enn on ▁bi ograph er ▁Philip ▁Norman ▁found ▁the ▁sent iments ▁expressed ▁by ▁" The ▁L uck ▁of ▁the ▁Irish " ▁to ▁be ▁even ▁more ▁extreme ▁than ▁those ▁of ▁" S und ay ▁Blo ody ▁Sunday " ▁and ▁compared ▁the ▁song ' s ▁s arc asm ▁to ▁L enn on ' s ▁earlier ▁protest ▁song ▁" Work ing ▁Class ▁Hero " ▁but ▁felt ▁that ▁the ▁song ▁was ▁let ▁down ▁by ▁the ▁" ly r ically ▁cl ich ed ▁folk ▁protest ▁form ." ▁ ▁Beat le ▁bi ograph ers ▁Ch ip ▁Mad inger ▁and ▁Mark ▁E aster ▁described ▁" The ▁L uck ▁of ▁the ▁Irish " ▁as ▁" a ▁pleasant ▁little ▁song " ▁but ▁critic ized ▁O no ' s ▁singing , ▁which ▁they ▁described