Why do Dubs call the guards "police"?

darkdubh

I always notice on the news whenever theres a shooting or murder In Dublin and they interview bystanders they always refer to the "police" rather than the guards.They havent been offically called that since 1922 so i wonder why this is.You dont get it anywhere else in the country.

Four-Percent

We don't, Sharon Ní Bheoláin does though.It's just the newsreaders.

ironictoaster

the gards.

Kiera

Who cares? In fairness, they've been called worse.

stovelid

Because we're all dirty WEST-BRITS, that's why.

B0X

Eh, no we don't.

In fact, I don't think i've ever heard another dubliner refer to the Gardai as "Police".

Carroller

Watching too much fair city are we??

They piss me off with there "Cops" and "Police" references to try broaden the show to more people than the Irish.....Its never gonne work, give up its the GAURDS

Gary ITR

Being a 'Dub' myself I don't think I've ever heard people call the Guards 'The Police'. Sure what has Sting and the rest of them got to do with An Garda Siochana anyway?

Hagar

We don't. Where do the culchies get these queer ideas?

More to the point why do culchies call the Gardaí guards?

robby^5

pfft I call them the 5-0 homeboy, or the po-lice knowwhaimsayin?

Biggins

robby^5 wrote: »

pfft I call them the 5-0 homeboy, or the po-lice knowwhaimsayin?

Yeaa respeckt Bro'

arybvtcw0eolkf

A.C.A.B.





/nods to Kiera - haven't heard it since about 1978 myself!..

Kiera

Mairt wrote: »

A.C.A.B.

Jesus, Mairt. You've brought be back to 1989

Mark200

I call them police. I don't think it has anything to do with being a Dubliner though.

Jazzy

because we know it annoys anal culchies

Gordon

At least spell it Gards if you can't type Gardaí - spelling it with a u is a tad hypocritical.

Johnny Utah

Old Bill ftw

rossie1977

as someone from outside dublin, i hate the word "guards" to describe our police force. it sounds like instead of a proper police force we have a group of security men

OneForTheRoad

pigs tbh

alannologo

why to the culchies call everyone boss and always end up marrying there sisters?

alannologo

the 5 0

OneForTheRoad

alannologo wrote: »

why to the culchies call everyone boss and always end up marrying there sisters?

probably because they have about 7 nixers on the go on various building sites, and their sisters are hotter than their brothers.

johnp

the PoPo

mikemac

the shades :cool:

Shacklebolt

Hagar wrote: »

We don't. Where do the culchies get these queer ideas?

More to the point why do culchies call the Gardaí guards?

A larger percentage of Dubs do it than people from elsewhere but not allof them by any means.

And we call them guards because 'Garda' means just that-a guard.

Executive Steve

Real dubs call them the Peelers...

stovelid

alannologo wrote: »

and always end up marrying there sisters?

To do the honourable thing after they've...well, you know.

Call Me Jimmy

rossie1977 wrote: »

as someone from outside dublin, i hate the word "guards" to describe our police force. it sounds like instead of a proper police force we have a group of security men

but it's not "guards" as in security guards... it's "gards" as in gardai...

Pen1987

The real youngest of the chung'fellits around my way (Blanch) have taken it a step further, they refer to "the Kevs". I've never heard anyone over 14 say "the kevs" though, so it must be some way to assert your masculinity...

They seem to have developed their own language like their chav brothers in the cockney districts of London. I think it the logic works like this...

Gards = Pigs
Pigs = Bacon
Bacon = Kevin Bacon
Kevin = Kevs
Therefore
Gards = Kevs


Da'Boy-yizzzz!

Mossy Monk

darkdubh wrote: »

rather than the guards.They havent been offically called that since 1922

Where was their name officially changed to guards?

darkdubh

alannologo wrote: »

why to the culchies call everyone boss and always end up marrying there sisters?

How come you cant spell?

Four-Percent

Call Me Jimmy wrote: »

but it's not "guards" as in security guards... it's "gards" as in gardai...

http://www.focal.ie/Search.aspx?term=guard

guard=garda
therefore guards= gardaí

SV

Call Me Jimmy wrote: »

but it's not "guards" as in security guards... it's "gards" as in gardai...

It's An Garda or Gardaí.

Abi

The uncivilised/ unwashed say 'guards'.

Context: "Get de fúck off me lennd boy, or I'll get de gyarrds fer ye / shoot ye'

Context: "Gerraway frum dah bleedin washin line ye pervo, or I'll ge d fookin Gards far ye"

Police / Gardaí ftw. Regardless of what you call them, they're a farce.

reggiethefirst

I've always referred to them as "Cops."

arybvtcw0eolkf

"Your Guardaship" usually gets me off with a warning!..

Mmmm, I think I usually refer to the Guards and 'Guards' but I do know alot of people who refer to them as 'police'.

Why do boggers refer to Garda stations as 'the barracks'?.

Pen1987

Abigayle wrote: »

Police / Gardaí ftw. Regardless of what you call them, they're a farce.

The Pi-lease Farce to some people.

Call Me Jimmy

Jayperz lads! I'm after gettin egg all over me bleedin' face.

Shacklebolt

Mairt wrote: »

Why do boggers refer to Guarda stations as 'the barracks'?.

Because thats what RIC stations were known as and the name has stuck even though Garda stations are nothing like the militarised RIC stations.

Holsten

I call them Gardaí, and I'm from Dublin.

In fact every single Dub I know calls them Gardaí.

Call Me Jimmy

You north or south Holston?

johnnyskeleton

It's actually "the ****in' gards".

Sharpshooter

What about their cars?
I always call them Police cars , am I wrong?

Woden

Yeah you're wrong.

phasers

I call them the Rozzers

neil_hosey

darkdubh wrote: »

I always notice on the news whenever theres a shooting or murder In Dublin and they interview bystanders they always refer to the "police" rather than the guards.They havent been offically called that since 1922 so i wonder why this is.You dont get it anywhere else in the country.

why do you refer to the Gardaí as the guards?

tech77

K-Jet wrote: »

Being a 'Dub' myself I don't think I've ever heard people call the Guards 'The Police'. Sure what has Sting and the rest of them got to do with An Garda Siochana anyway?

LOL.
Great stuff.

icdg

darkdubh wrote: »

I always notice on the news whenever theres a shooting or murder In Dublin and they interview bystanders they always refer to the "police" rather than the guards.They havent been offically called that since 1922 so i wonder why this is.You dont get it anywhere else in the country.

Actually, they kept the name "police" in Dublin for a few more years. The RIC was abolished in 1922 but the DMP in Dublin continued on until both were amalgated in 1926. And even now, we still have the Airport Police and Harbour Police both of which exist indepently of An Garda Siochana.

In relation to calling An Garda Siochana "the guards", that stems from the force's original name of the Civic Guard (renamed after only one year in 1923), and the fact that the entry grade was referred to as "Guard" until the 1980s when it became officially "Garda"

I challenge you to find anyone who refers to them as "An Garda Siochana" in casual conversation though, to most people its "the guards" or "the Gardaí" (even though using "Garda" as plural is allowed).

Sir Gallagher

Is this how petty its getting.. We already had a 'who hates Dublin' thread where enough idiots where exposed for their ignorant views towards Dublin and Dubs. And now there's this, 'oh you call the gardai 'police' wow you dubs are the anti-irish'!

We get it, a lot of folks here from all over the country dont like us, but really threads like this are just sad and embarrasing to those on here who've no problem with Dubs.

They even call themselves a police service www.garda.ie :pac:

An Garda Síochána. Ireland's National Police Service

getz

[cm]tyranny wrote: »

Real dubs call them the Peelers...

peelers or [bobbies] was the system was introduced in the uk in 1829 [robert peels government] i used to think gardai was a irish name untill i first went to spain when it was still under franco and found out the army [marching the goose step] around the streets also are called the gardai