"Weird Ireland" offers a wonderfully whimsical tour of the Emerald Isle

"My name is Brinsley McNamara and welcome to Weird Island."

That's the flat, almost unaffected introductory line to every short Instagram reel posted by the eponymous Brinsley McNamara since January 2024. In just over a year, he's gained hundreds of thousands of followers with his brief, matter-of-fact video missives exploring the strangest secrets of th…