I'd say he knows exactly what he's getting into. Historically in Ireland the early adopters (as they would now be called) have always relied on the protection of the people (in other words, public sentiment). Today, Ireland is nearly wiped out as a country because of the full-on assault by globalism (psychological warfare) especially over the last 20 years, however, the ancestral memory remains - for the moment - especially in working-class communities and in rural Ireland. As a nation we are at a precipice unlike any other in our history.