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I've got a close friend from Ireland that is also big into MMA/Boxing/Kickboxing.
We've talked about McGregor a few times and he's actually given me a lot of local intel.
According to him, McGregor was actually well received in Ireland for some time at the beginning.
But once McGregor started getting real money is when he started hanging around with actual Irish thugs/gangsters. There was never any previous association between the two.
He said the gangsters over there knew exactly what they were doing. They'd chum around with McGregor for a bit, and it made McGregor feel like he's a "real thug gangster".
Meanwhile they started getting him hooked on whatever he fancied (girls, but most importantly; drugs).
Over time the relationship swung from "McGregor and his 'friends' " and now the Gangs effectively own McGregor.
They have him hooked. He works for them as they likely have tons of dirt on him at this point that they can go to the police/public with. They control him with his drug habits. And they probably have a close eye on him and his family.
I imagine that's the real reason he keeps "working" so hard. He said many times he wanted to get in, get rich, and get out, and yet here he is frothing at the mouth trying desperately hard to get another match as his body is rapidly falling apart.
TLDR: We was initial well liked in Ireland, but his gang associations, drug use, antics and disrespect have made him quite unpopular.
LOL.