Easter Rising Commemorations

paky

Was just wondering are their many events in the country marking the 1916 Rising and when they may be on?
It would be great to take the wife and kids out.

LordSutch

I'm taking the wife & kids as far away as possible, and thats for sure :rolleyes:

Two weeks in British Columbia sounds good

El Weirdo

paky wrote: »

It would be great to take the wife and kids out.

Judging by your location, it seems that they're always out.

Buceph

paky wrote: »

Was just wondering are their many events in the country marking the 1916 Rising and when they may be on?
It would be great to take the wife and kids out.

I've never heard of much happening. Paddy's Day is the day to celebrate being Irish generally. Maybe in five years time there'll be more.

Colilfc

No, but Gadafi is coming over to celebrate it. :pac:





*runs"

Sergeant

There will be a large parade with thousands of misty-eyed observers, a generous serving of mawkish sentimentality and streams of vomit on the streets.

I cannot wait.

policarp

There's always something going on at the GPO Easter weekend.

Badgermonkey

LordSutch wrote: »

I'm taking the wife & kids as far away as possible, and thats for sure :rolleyes:

Two weeks in British Columbia sounds good

Ah stay here, in the British Isles.

PeterIanStaker

Charlie Sheen and Gadaffi are taking the salute at the Garden of Remembrance with a Guard of Honour provided by Jedward.

Later, Jean-Claude Trichet will lay a wreath in memory of the Irish state that was killed by Fianna Fail last year.

Pauleta

I dont understand the whole furore about it. I would rather a big deal made of the 100th anniversary of the 1st dail or the treaty being ratified.

gigino

Colilfc wrote: »

No, but Gadafi is coming over to celebrate it. :pac:

*runs"

lol. no, not to celebrate it, but to look for some of the semtex + AK47's back for his lads that he gave our "lads" a few decades ago.

Why a terrorist uprising is glorified and brainwashed in to peoples heads at school as being a good thing and something to be commemorated remains a mystery to many. Do not forget when the 1916 rebels surrendered + came out they were spat at + jeered by the ordinary people in Dublin. Far far more men joined the British army ( then the official army of these islands ) + served the war effort against the Germans than ever were in the IRA.

Glorifying 1916 helped vunerable people to be brainwashed enough to commit atrocities such as Enniskillen, Omagh, Bloody Friday etc.

ballsymchugh

gigino wrote: »

lol. no, not to celebrate it, but to look for some of the semtex + AK47's back for his lads that he gave our "lads" a few decades ago.

Why a terrorist uprising is glorified and brainwashed in to peoples heads at school as being a good thing and something to be commemorated remains a mystery to many. Do not forget when the 1916 rebels surrendered + came out they were spat at + jeered by the ordinary people in Dublin. Far far more men joined the British army ( then the official army of these islands ) + served the war effort against the Germans than ever were in the IRA.

probably because it had to start somewhere. those same people changed their tune when the leaders of the rising were executed, making martyrs out of a bunch of poets and regular joes which gave legs to the war of independence.

the rubbishing of the rising in the past few decades (similar to how you put it in your post) gathered speed when conor cruise o'brien became a government minister. the man was the epitome of a west brit. how he managed to bring himself to take a seat in the parliament of the republic is dumbfounding!

franklyon

gigino wrote: »

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Why a terrorist uprising is glorified and brainwashed in to peoples heads at school as being a good thing and something to be commemorated remains a mystery to many.

Maybe because it led to the foundation of this state?
Terrorist uprising? :rolleyes: I think you need to look up the definition of a terrorist in a dictionary.

gigino wrote: »

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Do not forget when the 1916 rebels surrendered + came out they were spat at + jeered by the ordinary people in Dublin. Far far more men joined the British army ( then the official army of these islands ) + served the war effort against the Germans than ever were in the IRA.

Yes they were spat on and jeered at, public sympathy soon turned in favour of the rebels afte the executions.
Far more people joined the British army it is true but mainly because they believed they were fighting for Home Rule which was promised to them after the war ended.
I for one feel a surge of pride everytime I walk by the GPO and see the shrapnel and bullet holes still visible on the exterior columns. To compare such men to the modern IRA is laughable.

Corsendonk

paky wrote: »

Was just wondering are their many events in the country marking the 1916 Rising and when they may be on?
It would be great to take the wife and kids out.

The Players Lounge?

Dunjohn

The Galway branch of Sinn Fein usually lays a wreath at the O'Malley statue in Eyre Square. Probably not exactly a family event, or even a big one, but maybe you're a completist.

FlutterinBantam

I'm sure we will see the usual Neanderthals in the sun glasses and the white shirts 'parading' wherever they like to 'parade'

I'll just get in a few rolls of green bog wipes and draw them across my hole after a particularly peppery lad.

1916 men deserve respect, but the gimps who have hijacked their 'cause, don't get mine anyway.

lugha

franklyon wrote: »

Yes they were spat on and jeered at, public sympathy soon turned in favour of the rebels after the executions.

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To compare such men to the modern IRA is laughable.

Yes, the operative word is after. Just as the 1918 elections were after.
Who knows, perhaps the modern day dissidents will be elevated as heroes after.
Authority and mandate cannot be deferred.

Predator_

All the snide remarks from the west brits is laughable, you lot would rather we were under foreign rule.

Notorious97

There was a big parade OP for the 90th anniversary a few years ago by our national army. Im personally looking forward to the 100th anniversary, and will be wearing an Easter Lily with pride this Easter as always in memory of the brave Irish men and women who stayed to fight for their country in 1916 and the subsequent war of independence.

This was not a terrorist act, it was a group of Irish people setting about to free their country and people from the oppression and cruelty which the country and its people endured for centuries at the hands of a murderous empire.

We should mark this with respect ever year in my opinion, along with the sitting of the first Dail, and the treaty, and if i had my way August 22nd would be a national holiday every year, or maybe October 16th for his birthday :)

LordSutch

Predator_ wrote: »

All the snide remarks from the west brits is laughable, you lot would rather we were under foreign rule.

foreign rule? dont think Westminster is foreign, but 'Home rule' devolved from Westminster would have been much better than the faux gaelic, priest ridden, mono cultural, inward looking, backward Republic that we got as a result of the dramatic & total seperation from the North & Britain!

The 1916 rising was a terrorist operation, without the consent of the public at large.

LondonIrish90

paky wrote: »

Was just wondering are their many events in the country marking the 1916 Rising and when they may be on?
It would be great to take the wife and kids out.

You sound like the life and soul of the party. I'm sure most people would take a young family to the seaside or the theme park, not a ceromony of remembrance... thats the sort of thing people go to of their own accord, not get dragged to for a day out.

My name is URL

LondonIrish90 wrote: »

You sound like the life and soul of the party. I'm sure most people would take a young family to the seaside or the theme park, not a ceromony of remembrance... thats the sort of thing people go to of their own accord, not get dragged to for a day out.

Indeed.. I've never once seen a child at an Armistice Day ceremony. /s

gurramok

LordSutch wrote: »

foreign rule? dont think Westminster is foreign, but 'Home rule' devolved from Westminster would have been much better than the faux gaelic, priest ridden, mono cultural, inward looking, backward Republic that we got as a result of the dramatic & total seperation from the North & Britain!

The 1916 rising was a terrorist operation, without the consent of the public at large.

So the British are not foreign then? That's a new one. They are foreign to me just like any other non-Irish nationality as i'm Irish.

Good to see you labelling the founders of this state as terrorists. Many who fought bravely in 1916 went on to fight for your freedom in the War of Independence. You should show some respect towards them.

sensibleken

again?

SERIOUSLY!!!!!

LondonIrish90

My name is URL wrote: »

Indeed.. I've never once seen a child at an Armistice Day ceremony. /s

:eek:

You know what I meant. It's a ceremony for remembering people who have died, not a "take the wife and kids" style event which makes it sound like a bit of fun and entertainment. Maybe it is to the OP, i'm not sure.

smokedeels

I'm heading to the GPO with a rifle to finish the job.

karma_

LordSutch wrote: »

foreign rule? dont think Westminster is foreign, but 'Home rule' devolved from Westminster would have been much better than the faux gaelic, priest ridden, mono cultural, inward looking, backward Republic that we got as a result of the dramatic & total seperation from the North & Britain!

The 1916 rising was a terrorist operation, without the consent of the public at large.

Damn, because it's in bold means it's a like a fact n' shít and can't be reasonably argued against.

Damn you bold!!!!!!

LordSutch

gurramok wrote: »

So the British are not foreign then? That's a new one. They are foreign to me just like any other non-Irish nationality as i'm Irish.

In the contest of the 1916 rising Westminster certainly was not 'Foreign' and even today, many people on this island do not consider westminster or the island next door to be 'foreign'.

gurramok wrote: »

Good to see you labelling the founders of this state as terrorists. Many who fought bravely in 1916 went on to fight for your freedom in the War of Independence. You should show some respect towards them.

Many good Irish men died on the Somme in 1916, and I would much rather commerate them instead of the rebble rabble rag tag who took it upon themselves to rebel, without the consent of the Irish people!

Ghost Buster

Im going to loot a blown up sweet shop on O'Connell St and ignore the reading of the declaration.:)

karma_

LordSutch wrote: »

In the contest of the 1916 rising Westminster certainly was not 'Foreign'.



Many good Irish men died on the Somme in 1916, and I would much rather commerate them instead of the rebble rabble rag tag who took it upon themselves to rebel, without the consent of the Irish people!

Here's an idea for you, why don't you commemorate those men, no one will hold it against you, but maybe it would be a little more magnanimous not to piss over the reputation of men a lot of people in Ireland would like to commemorate.

My name is URL

LordSutch wrote: »

Many good Irish men died on the Somme in 1916, and I would much rather commerate them instead of the rebble rabble rag tag who took it upon themselves to rebel, without the consent of the Irish people!

When you say 'consent from the people' what exactly do you mean?

Does Britain have the majority of people's consent every time their soldiers are sent abroad to murder? Is a vote taken on it each time?

Your views are extremely narrow banded.

Predator_

LordSutch wrote: »

foreign rule? dont think Westminster is foreign, but 'Home rule' devolved from Westminster would have been much better than the faux gaelic, priest ridden, mono cultural, inward looking, backward Republic that we got as a result of the dramatic & total seperation from the North & Britain!

The 1916 rising was a terrorist operation, without the consent of the public at large.

1916 was a glorious event for every Patriot Irishman.
Of course the enemy of Ireland looks at it the opposite view, you being one example.

Ghost Buster

Predator_ wrote: »

1916 was a glorious event for every Patriot Irishman.
Of course the enemy of Ireland looks at it the opposite view, you being one example.

They seemed very fond of us. Wouldnt leave, couldnt lets us go. hardly the action of an enemy.

LondonIrish90

Predator_ wrote: »

1916 was a glorious event for every Patriot Irishman.
Of course the enemy of Ireland looks at it the opposite view, you being one example.

The enemy of Ireland? Who would that be exactly?

Predator_

This website is a joke, why cant we have a discussion on the Easter Rising Commemoration without anti Irish trolls ruining it. If this was an American website and the title of the thread was 4th of July Commemorations and it was infested with anti-American trolls then they would be banned or warned, not here, no chance:rolleyes:

LordSutch

My name is URL wrote: »

Your views are extremely narrow banded.

My views are based on the views of the vast majority of Irish people who lived "then" in 1916.

By all accounts of the day, the Easter Rising was not a popular rising among Irish people of that time < obviously in hindsight many nowadays would like to portray the Rebels as striking a blow for Irish freedom (with the full will of the Irish people behind them), but this was not the case at that time!

Notorious97

LondonIrish90 wrote: »

:eek:

You know what I meant. It's a ceremony for remembering people who have died, not a "take the wife and kids" style event which makes it sound like a bit of fun and entertainment. Maybe it is to the OP, i'm not sure.

Not true, at he 90th anniversary there was a huge parade and there was plenty of familys with young children watching.

LordSutch wrote: »

In the contest of the 1916 rising Westminster certainly was not 'Foreign' and even today, many people on this island do not consider westminster or the island next door to be 'foreign'.



Many good Irish men died on the Somme in 1916, and I would much rather commerate them instead of the rebble rabble rag tag who took it upon themselves to rebel, without the consent of the Irish people!

Britain is foreign to Ireland, the same way as Poland or China is, they arent Irish, and we arent British or Chinese. Yes indeed many good fools died on the Somme, off fighting so that 'smaller nations might be free', give me a break, both my great grandfathers fought in the first world war, and i am not proud of either of them for it. irish men should have stayed home to rid this land of tyranny, and then when we had our own independant nation we could consider fighting other empires wars for them.

Too many irish men bought easily and brain washed into fighting in WWI by the home rule gombeens.

gurramok

LordSutch wrote: »

In the contest of the 1916 rising Westminster certainly was not 'Foreign' and even today, many people on this island do not consider westminster or the island next door to be 'foreign'.

Ireland was ruled by a foreign parliament, that is Westminister. If you were telling the truth about not considering Westminster rule to be foreign, we'll all be Unionists.

LordSutch wrote: »

Many good Irish men died on the Somme in 1916, and I would much rather commerate them instead of the rebble rabble rag tag who took it upon themselves to rebel, without the consent of the Irish people!

Strange how many of them who fought on the Somme(including my great grandfather) fought for the IRA in the War of Independence. Britain annexed Ireland without her consent in the first place and there was not widespread voting rights in 1916.

smokedeels

Ghost Buster wrote: »

They seemed very fond of us. Wouldnt leave, couldnt lets us go. hardly the action of an enemy.

The Empire was too clingy, really cramped our style. I think we should have played the field for a bit longer before getting hitched to Europe.

CommuterIE

Badgermonkey wrote: »

Ah stay here, in the British Isles.

What are these British Isles you speak of?

Oh yeh, those ones THAT DON'T EXIST :cool:

LordSutch

CommuterIE wrote: »

What are these British Isles you speak of?

Oh no, not this again :rolleyes:

gurramok

CommuterIE wrote: »

What are these British Isles you speak of?

Oh yeh, those ones THAT DON'T EXIST :cool:

See my location

Predator_

CommuterIE wrote: »

What are these British Isles you speak of?

Oh yeh, those ones THAT DON'T EXIST :cool:

Its a commonly used phrase here by west brits

The term British Isles is controversial in Ireland,[7][12] where there are objections to its usage due to the association of the word British with Ireland.[13] The Government of Ireland does not use the term[14] and its embassy in London discourages its use.[15] As a result, Britain and Ireland is becoming a preferred description,[13][16][17] and Atlantic Archipelago is increasingly favoured in academia

Even our west brit Goverment doesnt use it.

LordSutch

I use it.

Mardy Bum

LordSutch wrote: »

I use it.

Embarrassed for you if you are actually Irish.

gurramok

LordSutch wrote: »

I use it.

Now, that's stating the obvious

Ghost Buster

Mardy Bum wrote: »

Embarrassed for you if you are actually Irish.

Genuine question and yes I will google it later..BUT.. I thought that the British isles was a proper geographical term for these islands. Similar in a way to how we have "The Americas" but only one part is called America.
No?

smokedeels

Mardy Bum wrote: »

Embarrassed for you if you are actually Irish.

What time zone is your watch set against?

gurramok

Ghost Buster wrote: »

Genuine question and yes I will google it later..BUT.. I thought that the British isles was a proper geographical term for these islands. Similar in a way to how we have "The Americas" but only one part is called America.
No?

The Irish were never consulted on the name put into use by an Englishman called Mr Dee on behalf of the British Empire. Its not just here, big colonial powers had a habit of labelling geographical areas without the consultation of the inhabitants the world over.

LordSutch

Mardy Bum wrote: »

Embarrassed for you if you are actually Irish.

But I am Irish, and you obviously dont know the origins or the true geographical meaning of the Term

Ghost Buster

smokedeels wrote: »

What time zone is your watch set against?

Glenamaddy mean time.