Proud to be Irish moment?

Abstar · 31-12-2008 2:52am #1

Hi all,

Just wondering what yer proudest moment as an Irish person was (?right forum mods??) ?

Was watching a (THE) clip of riverdance from the Eurovision 1994 on youtube earlier - there's a comment there saying "i kinda tear up with pride everytime I see this. Go on Ireland!". That's exactly how I feel when I see that clip too. How wonderful that we wanted to show off some of our culture to the rest of the world, and just look at how the rest of the world embraced it! Seems like in the last number of years we've become "too cool" for things like that and embarrassed to be different (see especially our ridiculous endeavours in recent Eurovision contests), using our (mostly borrowed it seems!!) money to align ourselves more and more with American culture.

Anyway - any other 'tear up with pride' moments spring to mind?

31-12-2008 7:33am

I'd have to go with hearing the anthems being sung at the Ireland vs. England game at Croke Park. It felt as if Ireland had grown up and now stood not as servant, not as rebel, not as enemy, but as an equal nation. Getting past the hatred, and getting on with business. I was mighty proud that day.

Carroller16 · 31-12-2008 7:36am

seaslacker got there befor me

Lizzykins · 31-12-2008 2:03pm

I'd second both of those and also when we beat England in Stuttgart in 1988. I nearly burst with pride when the final whistle went. We were dancing on air for so long afterwards.

We had never won anything before that. It was always play for a draw or an honourable defeat! No more of that! I think it paved the way for much of our success in other fields in the following years. We now had an attitude of " Yes we can!"

silverharp · 31-12-2008 5:01pm

The Dev rebuttal radio speech to Churchill after the war was pretty cool.

The Mary Robinson Presidency

And more recently the hosting of the special olympics was impressive and to quote my German wife "you see, the Irish can organise something that works":D

Baybay · 31-12-2008 5:05pm

My son was given the Jack Charlton remembers Italia 90 dvd for Christmas. He wasn't born then but has met a lot of the players since. Anyway, I had a lump in my throat during some of it & a real feeling of pride.

MarchDub · 31-12-2008 8:44pm

I agree about the moment that the anthem was sung at Croke Park at the Ireland/England match. I watched it live on a big screen in Washington DC and I felt the pride and the magnanimity of the moment.

But I disagree with the the idea that Ireland had shown that we were "grown up" at that moment. We Irish have always been grown up and I make no apology for our past. If it had not been for the heroic stands of our ancestors we would have been wiped out by now, culturally and ethnically. As Yeats described it we survived being "beaten into the clay through seven heroic centuries".

Zebra3 · 31-12-2008 9:17pm

The 1918 election when the people of Ireland voted for independence.

Sadly the occupiers were not so grown up to respect democracy.

Centauro · 01-01-2009 2:42pm

Watching the boys from the Royal Irish Regiment march past Belfast city hall.

Serenity Now! · 01-01-2009 6:16pm

Zebra3 wrote: »

The 1918 election when the people of Ireland voted for independence.

Sadly the occupiers were not so grown up to respect democracy.

Wow! For a very old person, you seem to have mastered this internet thingy very well :rolleyes:

BossArky · 01-01-2009 9:35pm

This is always a good one to stir the Irish pride :pac:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I5PT65I2ny8

T runner · 02-01-2009 12:57am

Serenity Now! wrote: »

Wow! For a very old person, you seem to have mastered this internet thingy very well :rolleyes:

Come on, its a history forum after all.

T runner · 02-01-2009 12:59am

Centauro wrote: »

Watching the boys from the Royal Irish Regiment march past Belfast city hall.

That made you proud to be Irish? Is it because there was a cross representation of Irish people in that regiment or some other reason?

Zebra3 · 02-01-2009 1:04am

Serenity Now! wrote: »

Wow! For a very old person, you seem to have mastered this internet thingy very well :rolleyes:

Thread title doesn't say you had to be alive for it, just a moment you were proud of.

Personally I think the rugby v England in Croker was media-inspired history-in-the-making rubbish. The majority of people going to watch the Irish rugby team are D4-type snobs and northern protestants who don't do the WC anti-Brit thing and rugby in Croker was very much less a big deal than "soccer".

McArmalite · 02-01-2009 9:23pm

Centauro wrote: »

Watching the boys from the Royal Irish Regiment march past Belfast city hall.

Royal ' Irish ' Regiment ??

MarchDub · 03-01-2009 2:35am

McArmalite wrote: »

Royal ' Irish ' Regiment ??

McArmalite - as the Chinese say, one picture worth a a thousand words. You made me laugh anyway.

Phototoxin · 03-01-2009 2:43am

I'd have to go with hearing the anthems being sung at the Ireland vs. England game at Croke Park. It felt as if Ireland had grown up and now stood not as servant, not as rebel, not as enemy, but as an equal nation. Getting past the hatred, and getting on with business. I was mighty proud that day.

+1

Centauro · 03-01-2009 2:10pm

T runner wrote: »

That made you proud to be Irish? Is it because there was a cross representation of Irish people in that regiment or some other reason?

Yeah, the lads parading were Irish men. They had been abroad putting their lives in danger, and were welcomed home by the people of their home city, which is located on the Island of Ireland. Shamrocks, Harps, the colour green in abundance, and bands playing Irish tunes, why would it NOT have made me proud to be Irish?

Centauro · 03-01-2009 2:15pm

McArmalite wrote: »

Royal ' Irish ' Regiment ??

"IRISH" indeed, the fact that their politcs don't necessarily match yours does not mean you can deny them their birthright. If you look closely I think you'll see that that's an Irish flag they are displaying.

Tannylan · 03-01-2009 2:26pm

When we voted NO to Lisbon

03-01-2009 6:56pm

When we voted NO to Lisbon

Not one I'd support, but hey, what floats your boat......

Zebra3 wrote: »

Personally I think the rugby v England in Croker was media-inspired history-in-the-making rubbish. The majority of people going to watch the Irish rugby team are D4-type snobs and northern protestants who don't do the WC anti-Brit thing and rugby in Croker was very much less a big deal than "soccer".

Try saying that to the packed pub deep in Culchieland I watched the match in.

Tannylan · 03-01-2009 7:05pm

Deleted User wrote: »

Not one I'd support, but hey, what floats your boat.....

Well I did not ask you

jojobrad · 03-01-2009 7:07pm

Seeing Robbie Keane score against Germany in the world cup.

Cow Moolester · 03-01-2009 7:16pm

Any time I'm in the states and everyone loves you because you're irish

Zebra3 · 04-01-2009 2:48am

Deleted User wrote: »

Bitter much?

No, I'm just explaining the facts....

ElCrapula · 04-01-2009 3:00am

Zebra3 wrote: »

The 1918 election when the people of Ireland voted for independence.

Sadly the occupiers were not so grown up to respect democracy.

Zebra3 wrote: »

Thread title doesn't say you had to be alive for it, just a moment you were proud of.

Personally I think the rugby v England in Croker was media-inspired history-in-the-making rubbish. The majority of people going to watch the Irish rugby team are D4-type snobs and northern protestants who don't do the WC anti-Brit thing and rugby in Croker was very much less a big deal than "soccer".

Jesus Christ

04-01-2009 1:12pm

Ah, the age old mix-up between "facts" and "the facts as one sees them" i.e. An opinion. There's a lot of that in sunday newspapers. Also, i made a mistake (now rectified), i watched the match in a packed pub full of farmers and smalltowns-folk, as anti D4 a place as you could find. However, i digress. Another moment of Irish pride? How about Clinton's visit?

Zebra3 · 04-01-2009 5:21pm

What's some people's problem with the people of Ireland voting for independence as a proud to be Irish moment?

Another was the removing of the RC church's special position from the constitution in 1973.

Disonyxiated · 04-01-2009 9:22pm

The Royal Irish O.o' Mmm'yeah serving the British crown in another show of the empire's military power. So they're back marching on our streets again. Proud to be Irish O.O Still though, you're entitled to your opinion.

For me I'm gonna go with that time I was in New York & was treated like a sex-god because of my Irish accent :] Now there's an ego & national pride boost!

todolist · 04-01-2009 9:27pm

JFK's visit in 1963.Proud that one of our own had made it to the most powerful office in the world.

Serenity Now! · 05-01-2009 10:04am

todolist wrote: »

JFK's visit in 1963.Proud that one of our own had made it to the most powerful office in the world.

A Catholic?

Proud to be Irish moment?

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