A fellow Celt here -- from Wales in my case!
I think we share quite a lot with you culturally in Eire, and as such board shorts/running shorts used for swimming are most common here, followed by the square-cut boxer brief style and then the traditional speedo brief.
It seems to me (based on this forum and 'speedoforum' too) that in America, wearing speedos is a much bigger deal.
While I'm fairly unusual amongst my friends for wearing speedos, some people might have some banter about my choice but that's it. Nobody really cares what I wear! I get the impression in America that it's almost a cardinal sin!
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