Fair. And if a group of Irish people expressed that the name bothered them, it would only be right to listen to what they have to say.
You said "It would be so blatantly idiotic and racist that nobody would ever do it". People have being doing exacty this forever and, while it may be sometimes cringe-worthy or even insensitive, I would contend it is not inherently a bad thing to find inspiration in other peoples culture and history.