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Found in Northern Ireland in the company of youngsters, attempting to appear cool? (4,4,3,4)

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I believe the answer is:

down with the kids

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'attempting to appear cool?' is the definition.
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'found in northern ireland in the company of youngsters' is the wordplay.
'found in' indicates putting letters inside.
'northern ireland' becomes 'downthe' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'in the company of' becomes 'with' (I've seen this before).
'youngsters' becomes 'kids' ('kid' can be a synonym of 'youngster').
'downthe' enclosing 'with' is 'downwiththe'.
'downwiththe'+'kids'='DOWN WITH THE KIDS'

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(Other definitions for down with the kids that I've seen before include "Expression of disapproval of children" , "acting like teenagers?" .)

I've seen this clue in The Irish Times.
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