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An "offensive" St Patrick's Day T-shirt has been pulled off the shelves after coming under criticism.

The T-shirt, launched by American retail company J Crew, sparked controversy after it showed a map of the country with Northern Ireland cut out alltogether.

It also featured words like "beer", "whiskey", and "more beer" along with a giant Dutch-style windmill, a few shamrocks and Dublin Castle thrown in for good measure, BelfastLive reports.

Angered social media users were less than impressed with the effort, which left out the places where St Patrick lived and was later buried.

Northern Ireland's Co Armagh is considered the high seat of Ireland for both the Catholic and Anglican faiths, and where the Archbishops are based.

While the island's patron saint is buried in the graveyard at Down Cathedral. Both counties are on the part of the island they left out.

One social media user said: "This is absolutely appalling carry on. St. Patrick is buried in the bit of Ireland that you have LEFT OUT."

Another added: "So the North of Ireland no longer exists & the South of Ireland is inhabited by alcoholics."

J Crew have since removed the T-Shirt from its factory outlet.

They told the Irish News: "We regret any unintended offence it may have caused".