Mickey Rourke's IRA tattoo

steo87

Apparently he has an IRA tattoo....why?

Anyway, does anyone know what the tattoo is like, pictures etc? Tried searching the net to see what it looks like but no luck.




Source: http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/film/article1162601.ece

Red Hand

Does he know what IRA stands for and what it means?


Off topic: I wonder if many people who get Asian characters on their arms and backs know what they mean?

There is the generic stamp tatoo on the lower back that women seem partial to....many being Asian characters in origin. I wonder how many of these tatoos mean what the tatooee (lovely word) thinks they mean?

Blazer

"He's catholic and sports a IRA tatoo"..

Rephrase " He's a muppet who supports murdering scumbags"
Probably hasn't a fcukin clue what the tatoo means..

Glenbhoy

Jeremiah 16:1 wrote: »

Does he know what IRA stands for and what it means?

Having spent considerable time in West Belfast in the 80's, it's a fair guess that he does.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0093771/

Karoma

Mathew Reilly wrote: »

"He's catholic and sports a IRA tatoo"..

Rephrase " He's a muppet who supports murdering scumbags"
Probably hasn't a fcukin clue what the tatoo means..

I support murdering scumbags. Does that make me evil? Nobody likes a scumbag, except maybe a scumbag.


I'd be amazed if that Thick Mickey can spell IRA.

Mossy Monk

Mathew Reilly wrote: »

Rephrase " He's a muppet who supports murdering scumbags"
Probably hasn't a fcukin clue what the tatoo means..

Or he could be one of those idiots who believes in the IRA's cause

Blazer

Mossy Monk wrote: »

Or he could be one of those idiots who believes in the IRA's cause

like yer man about you?

Red Hand

Glenbhoy wrote: »

Having spent considerable time in West Belfast in the 80's, it's a fair guess that he does.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0093771/

Ah...a man battling demons.

That film might be a laugh.

Biggins

Jeremiah 16:1 wrote: »

Ah...a man battling demons.

That film might be a laugh.

Wasn't funny for America when they got Bush battling his! :rolleyes:

vestanpance

Jeremiah 16:1 wrote: »

There is the generic stamp tatoo on the lower back that women seem partial to....many being Asian characters in origin. I wonder how many of these tatoos mean what the tatooee (lovely word) thinks they mean?

I believe that's a tramp stamp, there was a thread about these not too long ago

javaboy

Mickey why do you have a dude's name tattooed on your arm?

Eh... no... that's not Ira. That's um I.R.A. you know like Richard Gere in The Jackal. /phew

stovelid

It probably says No War In Iraq but he's got so fat, the other letters are hidden in folds of skin.

K-9

Was he in a film about the IRA in the mid 80's? Maybe that's it!

CSC

I believe he openly supported Sinn Fein and the IRA. I have also read that one of my favourite actors Sean Penn supported them as well.

seanybiker

feck some people get their knickers in a twist over the smallest of things. Its his body if he wants a tattoo he gets one. He dont have to prove to anyone what he does or doesnt know.

dlofnep

Good man himself. And he's a great actor.

K-9

A prayer for the dying, couldn't think of the name. Wasn't bad considering.

http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/prayer_for_the_dying/

Karoma

dlofnep wrote: »

Good man himself. And he's a great actor.

Stop trolling.
"great actor"= clearly a trolling. Down with that sort of thing.

rovert

Seanies32 wrote: »

Was he in a film about the IRA in the mid 80's? Maybe that's it!

It is and he regrets the tatoo now. He got too into the role.

lostexpectation

alison doody
fap
what ever happend to her.

ejmaztec

So what is the tattoo? Is it a head with a finger in each ear?

PrivateEye

http://www.hecklerspray.com/rose-mcgowan-hearts-the-ira/200816090.php

Rose McGowan says Chucky Our Law!

I think the funniest part of it all is that a lot of Americans seem to still think Sinn Féin are some radical left-wing organisation, and not the "If you don't like the thing about corpo-tax we'll get yer one who used to be in Fianna Fail to tipex it out" talkshop they became. You often hear mention of 'supporting the Irish struggle' from European and American leftists, there's not much of a struggle to support beyond a few dissidents failing terror 101. The IRA are spoken of in very real,modern terms.

John Lennon once carried a placard that read "Victory to the IRA Against British Imperialism!" and donated money to NORAID, which raised money for Irish Republicans engaged in activity against the British state. I think its important you look at the difference in context between then and now, thats what makes Mickey Rourke a fool and Lennons support understandabe, with 'politically agreeable' being another debate in itself.

ejmaztec

lostexpectation wrote: »

alison doody
fap
what ever happend to her.

God, that was a long time ago - probably changed her name to Doddery and gets to grip with a Zimmer-frame these days.:(

lostexpectation

lennon went waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay left, supported all sorts of outrageous things

ejmaztec

PrivateEye wrote: »

thats what makes Mickey Rourke a fool and Lennons support understandabe, with 'politically agreeable' being another debate in itself.

But Mickey Rourke has been punched in the head quite a few times. Perhaps he's a bit slow.

Terry

No harm in supporting the cause.
Supporting hte means is another thing though.

pogmotoe

steo87 wrote: »

Apparently he has an IRA tattoo....why?

Anyway, does anyone know what the tattoo is like, pictures etc? Tried searching the net to see what it looks like but no luck.




Source: http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/film/article1162601.ece

tis a phoenix rising from the flames

Royal Seahawk

And whats so bad about supporting the IRA back in the 70's and 80's?

Would you prefer if he supported the British government back then instead? Maybe he looked into it but wasn't interested in supporting state sponsored killings and an appalling lack of basic human rights for the Catholic population of the six counties.

Maybe he got the tattoo because he didn't think it was right that an Empire could just illegally invade a country and force their customs and laws on the people who lived there for generations and he wanted to support the organisations that were fighting against this immoral enslavement of a proud country and its people.

Just a thought....

javaboy

Royal Seahawk wrote: »

And whats so bad about supporting the IRA back in the 70's and 80's?

MIDDLE GROUND

Would you prefer if he supported the British government back then instead?

petrochemical

Royal Seahawk wrote: »

And whats so bad about supporting the IRA back in the 70's and 80's?

Would you prefer if he supported the British government back then instead? Maybe he looked into it but wasn't interested in supporting state sponsored killings and an appalling lack of basic human rights for the Catholic population of the six counties.

Maybe he got the tattoo because he didn't think it was right that an Empire could just illegally invade a country and force their customs and laws on the people who lived there for generations and he wanted to support the organisations that were fighting against this immoral enslavement of a proud country and its people.

Just a thought....

The "lack of basic human rights" is a bullsht myth. The catholics and the protestants coexisted peacefully until Bernadette Devlin & co. started spouting hate and creating trouble out of thin air. There was some preference in housing and jobs and some gerrymandering in elections but nothing that couldn't have been resolved peacefully. The IRA are, and were, scumbag gangsters who brutally tortured and murdered countless innocent people, and ruined peoples lives, and all for nothing. And you dare to support them?

Also most Irish were happy to consider themselves British until 1916. Many gladly went off and fought in WW1. Indeed many went in WW2 also, out of a retained loyalty. By 1916 the people of Ireland were considered part of the Empire, and were by no means "immorally enslaved".

K-9

Royal Seahawk wrote: »

And whats so bad about supporting the IRA back in the 70's and 80's?

Would you prefer if he supported the British government back then instead? Maybe he looked into it but wasn't interested in supporting state sponsored killings and an appalling lack of basic human rights for the Catholic population of the six counties.

Maybe he got the tattoo because he didn't think it was right that an Empire could just illegally invade a country and force their customs and laws on the people who lived there for generations and he wanted to support the organisations that were fighting against this immoral enslavement of a proud country and its people.

Just a thought....

Facepalm moment.

petrochemical wrote: »

The "lack of basic human rights" is a bullsht myth. The catholics and the protestants coexisted peacefully until Bernadette Devlin & co. started spouting hate and creating trouble out of thin air. There was some preference in housing and jobs and some gerrymandering in elections but nothing that couldn't have been resolved peacefully. The IRA are, and were, scumbag gangsters who brutally tortured and murdered countless innocent people, and ruined peoples lives, and all for nothing. And you dare to support them?

Also most Irish were happy to consider themselves British until 1916. Many gladly went off and fought in WW1. Indeed many went in WW2 also, out of a retained loyalty. By 1916 the people of Ireland were considered part of the Empire, and were by no means "immorally enslaved".

Ditto.


YEP, Alyson was fine, especially as a Nazi!

Tom65

He said he got it whilst making a movie about the IRA, and now regrets:
http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/theticket/2009/0109/1231405971958.html

His incessantly flappy mouth continued to attract adverse publicity. In 1987 he played an IRA man in Mike Hodges's iffy thriller A Prayer for the Dying and began to identify himself with the Provos. It is said that he got an IRA tattoo and that he donated his income from a later film to "the cause".

"Oh yeah, yeah, yeah," he says, wagging his head wryly. "I am not talking about that. Hey, I can't even hear what you are asking me. What's that? Look, I got carried away in a role. I was immature and got carried away with the research. I was advised not to do it by Richard Harris. He said it would be trouble and I should have listened to him. Look, if I was doing a cowboy and Indian film, I would have researched that. It was just very bad timing. I look back and think: yeah, I should have listened to Richard Harris."

K-9

Tom65 wrote: »

He said he got it whilst making a movie about the IRA, and now regrets:
http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/theticket/2009/0109/1231405971958.html

LOL, if Richard tells ya something will ye bother, you should listen!

Voice of experience and all that.

MS.MONEYPENNY

seanybiker wrote: »

feck some people get their knickers in a twist over the smallest of things. Its his body if he wants a tattoo he gets one. He dont have to prove to anyone what he does or doesnt know.

Here, here!

ghostdancer

petrochemical wrote: »

The "lack of basic human rights" is a bullsht myth. The catholics and the protestants coexisted peacefully until Bernadette Devlin & co. started spouting hate and creating trouble out of thin air. There was some preference in housing and jobs and some gerrymandering in elections but nothing that couldn't have been resolved peacefully.

stop highlighting your ignorance of the situation.

K-9

ghostdancer wrote: »

stop highlighting your ignorance of the situation.

Agreed, but I'd add Royal Seahawk to the ignorance.

TBH, One is as bad as the other.

dolliemix

MS.MONEYPENNY wrote: »

Here, here!

Is that 'here, here' or do you mean 'hear, hear'? There is a difference!:)

petrochemical

ghostdancer wrote: »

stop highlighting your ignorance of the situation.

The troubles were created out of thin air. Nothing that couldn't have been resolved peacefully. Scumbag elements fanned the flames for their own agenda. This has been confirmed to me by many people from there at the time.

newballsplease

Mossy Monk wrote: »

Or he could be one of those idiots who believes in the IRA's cause

without that cause, we would still be under british rule

K-9

newballsplease wrote: »

without that cause, we would still be under british rule

We still are under Brits rule because of them.

newballsplease

Seanies32 wrote: »

We still are under Brits rule because of them.

ehh???

Degag

petrochemical wrote: »

The "lack of basic human rights" is a bullsht myth. The catholics and the protestants coexisted peacefully until Bernadette Devlin & co. started spouting hate and creating trouble out of thin air.

Regardless of whether catholics and protestants got along together, the irish and british didn't... i think there is evidence of that going back 800 years.

There was some preference in housing and jobs and some gerrymandering in elections but nothing that couldn't have been resolved peacefully.

This is a serious LOL. How could this have been resolved peacefully? Seriously, How???

The IRA are, and were, scumbag gangsters who brutally tortured and murdered countless innocent people, and ruined peoples lives, and all for nothing. And you dare to support them?

I think that you will find that the IRA was not established for this. In any case you will also find that thed British also "brutally tortured and murdered countless innocent people, and ruined peoples lives"

Also most Irish were happy to consider themselves British until 1916.

Really? First i heard of this:rolleyes:

Many gladly went off and fought in WW1. Indeed many went in WW2 also, out of a retained loyalty. By 1916 the people of Ireland were considered part of the Empire, and were by no means "immorally enslaved".

I think loyalty had next to nothing to do with it.

dlofnep

petrochemical wrote: »

The "lack of basic human rights" is a bullsht myth. The catholics and the protestants coexisted peacefully until Bernadette Devlin & co. started spouting hate and creating trouble out of thin air. There was some preference in housing and jobs and some gerrymandering in elections but nothing that couldn't have been resolved peacefully. The IRA are, and were, scumbag gangsters who brutally tortured and murdered countless innocent people, and ruined peoples lives, and all for nothing. And you dare to support them?

Also most Irish were happy to consider themselves British until 1916. Many gladly went off and fought in WW1. Indeed many went in WW2 also, out of a retained loyalty. By 1916 the people of Ireland were considered part of the Empire, and were by no means "immorally enslaved".

LOL. We we all rejected our British heritage only after 1916? I guess you missed 1798 in history class, or perhaps 1641? Or perhaps you just skipped history altogether, and went straight to British Propaganda 101.

You have written quite possibly, the most historically and factually inaccurate post in the history of boards.

And as for civil rights being a myth, I literally spit a mouthful of tea out with laughter. Your understanding of the situation in the North, especially Derry for catholics is extremely skewed and uninformed.

javaboy

So about that Mickey Rourke guy eh? Remember the story of Johnny Depp's tattoo? He had Winona Forever on his arm and after they broke up he had the na removed .

Any suggestions on what Mickey could do with his tat to make it look less foolish? I'd put "st" before it and "as seen on the late late show" after it.

seanybiker

Tis funny how the anti ira and pro ira are trying to belittle each other over some yank who got a tattoo. Makes ya proud to be Irish.
Some fella got a tattoo. Who cares. Get over it.

4zn76tysfajdxp

I'm looking forward to the first poster who will accuse another of being a "West Brit."

seanybiker

Jocelyn Tart Jig wrote: »

I'm looking forward to the first poster who will accuse another of being a "West Brit."

Ha ha ha . Suprised it hasnt popped up yet

Nodin

petrochemical wrote: »

The "lack of basic human rights" is a bullsht myth. The catholics and the protestants coexisted peacefully until Bernadette Devlin & co. started spouting hate and creating trouble out of thin air. There was some preference in housing and jobs and some gerrymandering in elections but nothing that couldn't have been resolved peacefully.

Emmmmm....What drugs are you on? After 50 years of institutional discrimiination at every level, there was a peaceful civil rights movement which was batoned off the streets.

petrochemical wrote: »

This has been confirmed to me by many people from there at the time

Ah yes, the anecdote. I've a whack of those too, but as they aren't really worth a ****, I'll keep them to myself. I prefer facts.....

[QUOTE=Viscount Brookeborough]
Many in this audience employ Catholics, but I have not one about my place. Catholics are out to destroy Ulster...If we in Ulster allow Roman Catholics to work on our farms we are traitors to Ulster...I would appeal to loyalists, therefore, wherever possible, to employ good Protestant lads and lassies.[
[/QUOTE]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basil_Brooke,_1st_Viscount_Brookeborough

MS.MONEYPENNY

dolliemix wrote: »

Is that 'here, here' or do you mean 'hear, hear'? There is a difference!:)

It's his body if he wants to deface it he can, thats all, I'm sure he has enough money 2 remove it now if he really wanted to.:)

Nodin

seanybiker wrote: »

Ha ha ha . Suprised it hasnt popped up yet

What, the West Brit or the accusation?

Terry

petrochemical wrote: »

The "lack of basic human rights" is a bullsht myth. The catholics and the protestants coexisted peacefully until Bernadette Devlin & co. started spouting hate and creating trouble out of thin air. There was some preference in housing and jobs and some gerrymandering in elections but nothing that couldn't have been resolved peacefully. The IRA are, and were, scumbag gangsters who brutally tortured and murdered countless innocent people, and ruined peoples lives, and all for nothing. And you dare to support them?

Also most Irish were happy to consider themselves British until 1916. Many gladly went off and fought in WW1. Indeed many went in WW2 also, out of a retained loyalty. By 1916 the people of Ireland were considered part of the Empire, and were by no means "immorally enslaved".

The events of the 30th of January 1972 disagree with you.

As for the wars, there were also plenty of Irish people in the French, German, Spanish (mostly) and various other armies.
I'd imagine they still considered themselves Irish though.

Having family who fought in both world wars on the side of the British, I can tell you in no uncertain terms that they considered themselves 100% Irish and they only wwent to war for the money. They were anti-IRA, but that does not make them anti-Irish either.

Let's not allow facts get in the way of post-IRA apologetic history though.

Christ, we must be the only former colony in the world which apologises to its former oppressors.