▁assess ment , ▁pra ising ▁L enn on ' s ▁" bit ter , ▁s ard onic ▁tone " ▁and ▁the ▁wit ▁of ▁his ▁ir onic ▁use ▁of ▁the ▁phrase ▁" l uck ▁of ▁the ▁Irish " ▁but ▁saying ▁that ▁this ▁is ▁und erm ined ▁by ▁the ▁" ris ible ▁lit any " ▁of ▁Irish ▁s tere ot ypes ▁in ▁the ▁bridge . ▁ ▁Cre em ▁critic ▁Dave ▁Marsh ▁similarly ▁concluded ▁that ▁" The ▁L uck ▁of ▁the ▁Irish " ▁has ▁a ▁beautiful ▁mel ody ▁and ▁is ▁" con vin cing ▁mus ically ," ▁but ▁felt ▁that ▁it ▁was ▁un con vin cing ▁lyr ically ▁and ▁that ▁" it ' s ▁about ▁the ▁Irish ▁in ▁the ▁way ▁' Old ▁Black ▁Joe ' ▁is ▁about ▁black s , ▁fost ering ▁s tere ot ypes ▁that ▁are ▁both ▁false ▁and ▁( in ad vert ently ▁but ▁non eth eless ) ▁rac ist ." ▁ ▁According ▁to ▁Beat le ▁bi ograph ers ▁Roy ▁Car r ▁and ▁Tony ▁Ty ler , ▁L enn on ' s ▁prest ige ▁in ▁England ▁n osed ived ▁as ▁a ▁result ▁of ▁the ▁song ' s ▁accus ations ▁of ▁gen o cide . ▁ ▁Live ▁performances ▁L enn on ▁and ▁O no ▁first ▁performed ▁" The ▁L uck ▁of ▁the ▁Irish " ▁live ▁at ▁a ▁freedom ▁r ally ▁protest ing ▁the ▁imprison ment ▁of ▁John ▁S inc la ir ▁on ▁ 1 0 ▁December ▁ 1 9 7 1 ▁at ▁Cris ler ▁Arena ▁in ▁at ▁the ▁University ▁of ▁Michigan ▁in ▁Ann ▁Ar