St Patrick's are one of the better teams in Ireland, granted, but they beat the Russian team 1-0, at home and lost 3-2 away. Now, Krylia are second bottom of the Russian league, with only 3 wins all season (out of 21).
The Russian league isn't one of the 'best league's in the world', although it may be one of the richest.
Also, their european coefficient 'status' isn't much better than Scotlands.
I bet on Irish football fairly often, and watch live streams when I can, and I'm pretty sure most of League One would have no problem in beating any team other than maybe, Bohemians, St Patrick's or Shamrock Rovers.
Anyway, the Irish Premier League rates close to very low League One/League Two in my eyes. The crap teams, like Drogheda and Bray, are Conference level.
The beauty of opinion.