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Something that reminds me of Ireland

  • 16-10-2009 11:22am
    #1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 44


    Hey everybody,

    I will leave the country next month and head back to Germany. I have been here for 14 months and Im thinking of getting something small that reminds me of Ireland. I will already get one tattoo at the end of this month but I would also like something "ireland-themed".

    Any ideas? At first I thought of a celtic cross but I dont like the connotations with religion (not a huge fan^^)

    I was mainly in Dublin so if you know a patern, sign or symbol, I'd be happy to hear them from you.


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 30,123 ✭✭✭✭Star Lord


    What about something like the Entrance Stone from Newgrange, or a design along these lines?
    ng-k1-700.jpg

    Or probably won't mean anything to you, but I loved the art off the old Irish Punt (our currency before the Euro) notes:
    919093A.jpg
    (^ I have one of those in nice crisp condition myself :D)


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 44 DhalsimHibiki


    Thanks. A friend already told me not to go for a shamrock as that might be a little cheesy. As if somebody gets a beer stein in germany xD.

    I am really intrigued by some celtic animal desugns. Particularely the stag:celtic-stag.gif
    I just would like the motive to have a stronger connection to ireland. Is there anything celtic that particularly has to do with ireland?


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 499 ✭✭tankbarry


    Get a tattoo of biffo :eek:


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 30,123 ✭✭✭✭Star Lord


    Oh, and just so you know, Celtic crosses predate Christianity by roughly 10,000 years...


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 44 DhalsimHibiki


    Oh, and just so you know, Celtic crosses predate Christianity by roughly 10,000 years...

    I know. Swastikas also predated the 3rd Reich but the connotation changed (not that Im saying its the same, its just a good example)


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 30,123 ✭✭✭✭Star Lord


    I know. Swastikas also predated the 3rd Reich but the connotation changed (not that Im saying its the same, its just a good example)
    Oh I know, I was actually thinking the exact same thing just after posting that! :D


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 331 ✭✭glaston


    mr_tayto.jpg


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 44 DhalsimHibiki


    lol, full-back Tayto would be good...but I dont like crisps and popcorn :-P


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,721 ✭✭✭✭CianRyan


    Guinness tattoo, FTW!!!:D
    hahaha

    Is there a moment from your time in Ireland that really sticks out as your favorite?
    Take an image from that and work it into a tattoo, a good artist could draw a mental image if you describe it to him, also.

    It will mean so much more to you, this way.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,848 ✭✭✭soundsham


    poem or line as gaeilge,wolf hound....http://www.luckyfishart.com/irwoche.html
    luckyfishart_2071_75529406


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 44 DhalsimHibiki


    Thanks to everybody. I will think about it until the tattoo convention. Right now I like the Celtic Griffin a lot:

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    Does anybody know a person who is able to make such a "celtified" animal? I would love to have a sloth (my favourite animal^^) in this kind of art style.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 32 dysfunktional


    glaston wrote: »
    mr_tayto.jpg

    you took the words out of my mouth,


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