Are you ashamed of where you come from?

JohnGalt

I am often made to feel as if I am in some way inferior just because I live in a council house in Finglas. When people ask me where I am from in college there is always a weird silence, and often a snigger, when I say Finglas. I don't care, it doesn't change the fact that I am proud to be from where I am from, and I wouldn't change it if I were given the chance to have been brought up in a more prestigious location. I believe my mother raised me well, and with this in mind I don't think where it was she raised me is really an issue, but still I am looked down at by certain people. Have you ever been looked down upon because of your address, or indeed, have you ever looked down on somebody for this reason?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5cnXawheT1I

Gloom

Who is John Galt?

Dudess

JohnGalt wrote: »

When people ask me where I am from in college there is always a weird silence, and often a snigger, when I say Finglas.

Are you serious?

camel toe

sap in 1st yr pretented he was frm sum council flat, then we found out he was from a poshy area and big anto gave him a good hidin.

AckwelFoley

No, nothing wrong with finglas despite my remark to you in a previous thread.

Random

Dudess wrote: »

Are you serious?

He goes to Oxford

JohnGalt

Dudess wrote: »

Are you serious?

100% unfortunately, doesn't say much for their upbringing does it?

tony1kenobi

Dudess wrote: »

Are you serious?

Yes he is. So answer. Are you ashamed of where JohnGalt comes from?

I, for one, am not.

brendansmith

Ireland? Yeah, morto!

camel toe

imagine goin abroad and sayin im from leitrim???? the shame of it.

stovelid

JohnGalt wrote: »

When people ask me where I am from in college there is always a weird silence, and often a snigger, when I say Finglas.

Their problem tbh.

GirlInterrupted

JohnGalt wrote: »

.... but still I am looked down at by certain people.

Anybody who looks down on another because of their address, accent, looks, dress sense, or level of education is insecure, petty, and probably labours with an inferiority complex that compels them to elevate themselves above another.

Of all the criteria that I could use to form an opinion of another, address is surely the least relevant in what it tells me of them as a person.

Berty

Never be ashamed of your roots. You may well have a better upbringing that somebody from an affluent area.

Your CV does say a lot about you though. When I was applying for jobs in Limerick they would see St Munchins College which was the best all boys school in the city and a great tradition of a rugby school so it had some merit and I was from a "sort after residential area". It stood well to me.

I bought a house in Southill area of Limerick city and people used to do the whole Des Bishop thing.

"Your actually quite normal looking, im not afraid of you at all".

Having money does not make you rich. Being from the southside does not make you a better Dubliner.

Being in College and making your own way in life is your way of saying "Im here and Im proud".

Blah Blah Blah F*uck them all!

Pighead

Pighead has absolutely no shame of where he came from. There is nothing shameful about a woman's vagina.

4zn76tysfajdxp

JohnGalt wrote: »

Have you ever been looked down upon because of your address, or indeed, have you ever looked down on somebody for this reason?

No, though I have looked down on people because of their boasting of where they come from.

drunk_monk

Everyone should be proud of where there from. Although having said that would you want your kids growing up there as well? I'm from Gillingham, loved it growing up there, still have family there & I still support the Gills but I wouldn't want to bring up my kids there now. Doeas that make sense?

JoeTheDumber

God help anyone who is a caucasian, middle class, male.

Nowadays one has to be edgy, black, dressed in baggies, on the dole and about to hit the big time.

I 's not black, man. Dig it?

SEPT 23 1989

i dont know any Dubliner who is ashamed to come from the Capital

4zn76tysfajdxp

JoeTheDumber wrote: »

God help anyone who is a caucasian, middle class, male.

Yeah, they have it real tough. :rolleyes:

AnonoBoy

I'm a bit ashamed of where I'm from:

Chagrin Falls, Ohio.
http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&q=chagrin+falls&sll=40.702761,-73.986695&sspn=0.089404,0.160847&ie=UTF8&ll=41.430894,-81.391745&spn=0.176839,0.321693&z=12

JaneyMc

I get a lot of negative reaction when I tell people where I'm from. It's gotten to the point where I just give them a vague answer if they ask. Not because I'm ashamed of where I'm from, I'm proud and I couldn't see myself living anywhere else when I'm older, but it just it's less hassle with certain types of people.

An example of the ridiculous reactions I have gotten, I was at a party in my friends house one night outside of Dublin.
I was chatting away to some guy for a while and he asked me where I was from. When I replied he told me that the only thing that comes out of my area are criminals and then didn't speak to me at all for the rest of the night. Pathetic excuse fror a human being. :rolleyes:

Radharc na Sleibhte

No. If someone doesn't like where I'm from, I couldn't give a hoot. I'm my own man. I don't judge someone by their postcode either.

Rob_l

There is no shame in coming form a council estate, there is shame in bragging about were you come from a "good" postal code doesn't make a decent human.

Radharc na Sleibhte

JaneyMc wrote: »

he told me that the only thing that comes out of my area are criminals and then didn't speak to me at all for the rest of the night.

meh, tit.

JaneyMc

Rob_l wrote: »

There is no shame in coming form a council estate, there is shame in bragging about were you come from a "good" postal code doesn't make a decent human.

I know, I don't even come from a council estate, there are a lot in my area but my parent's own their house. :rolleyes:

drunk_monk

JaneyMc wrote: »

I get a lot of negative reaction when I tell people where I'm from. It's gotten to the point where I just give them a vague answer if they ask. Not because I'm ashamed of where I'm from, I'm proud and I couldn't see myself living anywhere else when I'm older, but it just it's less hassle with certain types of people.

An example of the ridiculous reactions I have gotten, I was at a party in my friends house one night outside of Dublin.
I was chatting away to some guy for a while and he asked me where I was from. When I replied he told me that the only thing that comes out of my area are criminals and then didn't speak to me at all for the rest of the night. Pathetic excuse fror a human being. :rolleyes:

You didn't say where your from

gurramok

Its an accident of birth where you come from. You didn't have a choice, your parents brought you up in that area.

What counts is how that person turns out. You sound like a decent fella and are a shining example that postcode/addresses do not count as to how to judge people.

Rob_l

JaneyMc wrote: »

I know, I don't even come from a council estate, there are a lot in my area but my parent's own their house. :rolleyes:

Im orignally from a council estate was born into one and lived their for my early formative years then the family gots the monies and moved but I never left the people i met from those places behind and to this day if people ask where Im from I will still give a nice broad answer of Tallaght, I haven't lived there in years but its where Im from and if peoples opinion changes of me because of that answer good I was never going to like them either.

JaneyMc

drunk_monk wrote: »

You didn't say where your from

Dublin City Centre.

stovelid

I was brought up in a very 'bad' area, and have never hidden it, but the amount of prejudice I've encountered is minimal. Sure, people have made awful comments about the area without knowing I'm from there, but very few people have been rude to my face. And that includes my time studying in TCD.

I'm wondering are some of you (not saying you OP) spoofing, being overly paranoid about people's reactions, or playing up your background to the extent where you bug people?

JaneyMc

I was brought up in a very 'bad' area, and have never hidden it, but the amount of prejudice I've encountered is minimal. Sure, people have made awful comments about the area without knowing I'm from there, but very few people have been rude to my face. And that includes my time studying in TCD.

I'm wondering are some of you (not saying you OP) spoofing, being overly paranoid about people's reactions, or playing up your background to the extent where you bug people?

Well I know for a fact I'm not, but there probably people out there that do make themselves out to be a victim. I didn't actually get any negative reactions when I was in UCD either, it's usually when I'm out and about. It doesn't happen as much as it used to though.

I couldn't care less what people think, what bugs me is when I get snide comments or I'm in a social situation that becomes difficult because of someone else's ideas of what kind of person I must be.
That saying there are people who don't give a crap . I have friends from all different classes and areas and tbh it doesn't bother me whether they are minted or whether they are on the dole. People deserve the same amount of respect, if they are respectable people.

here.from.day.1

Well I used to live near Navan.. I think the fact that I got as far away from that place as soon as possible answers the question with a resounding yes.

Princess Consuela Bananahammock

I lie and tell people I'm English.

Irishcrx

I grew up in Coolock and still live there and i'm 100 percent proud of it, anybody who has an opinion or a snigger because of it...well **** them.

HarryD

I grew up in Carlow town and am 100% ashamed of it..
The smallest minds in Ireland.
Would never go back.. uughhh

super_furry

Not at all. Born and raised in Tallaght and it's a great place.

thelordofcheese

Well i'm from sligo, so our default stance is shame.
On occasion that changes, not so much to pride as to 'less shame'

AckwelFoley

thelordofcheese wrote: »

Well i'm from sligo, so our default stance is shame.
On occasion that changes, not so much to pride as to 'less shame'

thats bollox. Sligo is a great town, quite a few caravans there, but a really nice town.

tuam or any part of offaly are about the only places in ireland id be ashamed to be from,

tammie

im living in finglas the past few years, but i only tell who i have to! anyone else, i tell them my original address!

EdgarAllenPoo

Not really, given the college I'm in and the friends I have it's a good conversation piece/chance to take the p!$h.

AnonoBoy

snyper wrote: »

tuam or any part of offaly are about the only places in ireland id be ashamed to be from,

Ah now - Longford's a ****ing hole and all!

luckylucky

JohnGalt wrote: »

100% unfortunately, doesn't say much for their upbringing does it?

your attitide to the starving people of the world imo doesn't say much for yours either though

getz

:pharryd-how can you call carlow its a beautiful place i would love to live in it- being english i can understand people not wanting to live in dublin-its to much like any uk city but for the rest of ireland

Tigger

AnonoBoy wrote: »

Ah now - Longford's a ****ing hole and all!

and athlone

SpookyDoll

Northside and proud.

Be who you are...never be intimidated by anyone.

Know a girl from Donaghmede though and she speaks with an exaggerated fake D4 accent.

Its embarassing, I pity her.

I think a lot of people do this (speak with the fake D4 accent) -the pathetic thing is this accent never actually existed until the last 20 years.

Its a total manufactured creation and it actually makes me cringe to hear it. Ive been known to openly burst out laughing when I hear some D4 wannabe squealing "ouuuhhh moooooiii GODGE LOIKE i WAS TODALLLY....."
or whatever.

And since when did Cork become CWOOOORK, there is no fukkin W in Cork.
Tw@ts

FAKE !!!

book smarts

SpookyDoll wrote: »

Northside and proud.

Be who you are...never be intimidated by anyone.

Know a girl from Donaghmede though and she speaks with an exaggerated fake D4 accent.

Its embarassing, I pity her.

I think a lot of people do this (speak with the fake D4 accent) -the pathetic thing is this accent never actually existed until the last 20 years.

Its a total manufactured creation and it actually makes me cringe to hear it. Ive been known to openly burst out laughing when I hear some D4 wannabe squealing "ouuuhhh moooooiii GODGE LOIKE i WAS TODALLLY....."
or whatever.

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I'd much rather hear a fake D4 accent than the incomprehensible neanderthal gruntings of a northside dubliner

"Bleedin' jayzus, shtaory, wot!? Ya nowat-oimeean? *belch* Fookin goin dowin get me fookin tenspot off Anto, den goin bleedin dowin get me fookin flaggin a coider gona get mad ou of it! *"gozzies" on the ground*
Fookin poshy basturds. Who do dey dink dey are? We run this bleedin city! Fookin jayzus *fart* Fook off jonny, give me a bleedin blem on dat joint, you fookin bastud.*belch*"

P.S. Anyone with a Dublin accent is pure scum.

AckwelFoley

AnonoBoy wrote: »

Ah now - Longford's a ****ing hole and all!

Im in a place called arvagh in longford at the moment.
Got to be seen to be believed

AckwelFoley

Tigger wrote: »

and athlone

Eh, yer aul wan

antodeco

Me ma's gowler?

Yeah.

DamoKen

there's no @ in twat. just saying is all...

SpookyDoll wrote: »

Northside and proud.

Be who you are...never be intimidated by anyone.

Know a girl from Donaghmede though and she speaks with an exaggerated fake D4 accent.

Its embarassing, I pity her.

I think a lot of people do this (speak with the fake D4 accent) -the pathetic thing is this accent never actually existed until the last 20 years.

Its a total manufactured creation and it actually makes me cringe to hear it. Ive been known to openly burst out laughing when I hear some D4 wannabe squealing "ouuuhhh moooooiii GODGE LOIKE i WAS TODALLLY....."
or whatever.

And since when did Cork become CWOOOORK, there is no fukkin W in Cork.
Tw@ts

FAKE !!!

SEPT 23 1989

SpookyDoll wrote: »

Northside and proud.

Be who you are...never be intimidated by anyone.

Know a girl from Donaghmede though and she speaks with an exaggerated fake D4 accent.

Its embarassing, I pity her.

I think a lot of people do this (speak with the fake D4 accent) -the pathetic thing is this accent never actually existed until the last 20 years.

Its a total manufactured creation and it actually makes me cringe to hear it. Ive been known to openly burst out laughing when I hear some D4 wannabe squealing "ouuuhhh moooooiii GODGE LOIKE i WAS TODALLLY....."
or whatever.

And since when did Cork become CWOOOORK, there is no fukkin W in Cork.
Tw@ts

FAKE !!!

This is very true the older generation of my family were from a very well to do Dublin area and they never spoke like these morons you speak of