Which Irish city is most like a British city?

this is arse

We have british multiples in all our cities but which is more like a british city in attitude?

tonycascarino

Dublin

KungPao

Belfast?

this is arse

doesn't count, it is a british city

Mr. Incognito

all of them judging by soccer shirts and sky subscriptions.

Diabhal Beag

British means smelly so I voted Dublin

Sisko

We only really have one proper city and even so, utterly meaningless poll tbh.


Crap thread. & yes, I could have just ignored it, but I felt like letting you know instead.



:pac:

Mr. Incognito wrote: »

all of them judging by soccer shirts and sky subscriptions.

So any city with people who wear football shirts and subscribe to rupert murdoch's television channels is British? Wow that's most cities in the developed world.

My arse.

this is arse

Sisko wrote: »

We only really have one proper city and even so, utterly meaningless poll tbh.


Crap thread. & yes, I could have just ignored it, but I felt like letting you know instead.



:pac:

thanks, i feel really enlightened now

Buceph

this is arse wrote: »

a british city in attitude?

What's a British attitude?



If you were to ask me which British city is most Irish in attitude I could give you an answer (Liverpool.) But seeing as there's no real British presence here specific to one city it's impossible to say.

starbelgrade

Ballaghadereen.

They're all brits there. And the sign for the town is so long that you have to drive around it to get into the town.

wil

this is arse wrote: »

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need I say any more:(

Hank_Jones

Just waiting for the comments about Dublin people and the queen....

Dempsey

Has to be Dublin, sher wasnt it the pale there for a while...

Sisko

Always amused when I come cross country folk who think not living in a field means your British.....

strobe

Panda.

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Sisko wrote: »

We only really have one proper city and even so, utterly meaningless poll tbh.


Crap thread. & yes, I could have just ignored it, but I felt like letting you know instead.

You have no idea how much i appreciate this comment. there are tears running down my face right now, literally. i haven't laughed this much in such a long time. a big big thank you tonight!

OPENROAD

Clock test.

ElaElaElano

How can there be a 'British attitude'?

Mancunians and Liverpudlians would have vastly different views/attitudes to Londoners, who'd have vastly different attitudes to 'middle-Englanders', who'd have vastly different views to.....you get the point.

If it's some kind of smart aleccy, "which City in Ireland is most subservient to the Queen like all those English people" comment, I think you'd be disappointed to engage in conversation with ordinary English people and find that a pretty fúcking high number of them despise her/monarchism in general and see it as pointless and their wealth and ostentatiousness insulting, in the current climate.

What it boils down to is that history is fúcking history, and the English people of TODAY are in no way accountable for the actions of their rulers 100 years ago. The same way, the Irish people of TODAY are in no way accountable for the self-professed 'freedom fighters' that sought to kill innocent people in the UK 20, 30, 40 years ago. THE SAME WAY, the German people of TODAY are in no way accountable for what their dictator chose to inflict upon the world 70 odd years ago.

History has relevance in every society and shouldn't be ignored- but when it acts as a constant reference point for slanging matches between cultures, years and decades and in some cases centuries after the event in question, it's just fúcking stupid. And when you strip it down and the politicising is stripped away, guess what's left in the Irish vs. English charade?

We're pretty much the same. We've got corrupt politicians and scepticism at the way our economy's being handled, so do they. We've got gangs and an escalation in violence on the streets, so do they. We've got a lot to be proud of and a lot to be ashamed about. So do they.

fonecrusher1

Dempsey wrote: »

Has to be Dublin, sher wasnt it the pale there for a while...

Still is.

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ElaElaElano wrote: »

How can there be a 'British attitude'?

Mancunians and Liverpudlians would have vastly different views/attitudes to Londoners, who'd have vastly different attitudes to 'middle-Englanders', who'd have vastly different views to.....you get the point.

If it's some kind of smart aleccy, "which City in Ireland is most subservient to the Queen like all those English people" comment, I think you'd be disappointed to engage in conversation with ordinary English people and find that a pretty fúcking high number of them despise her/monarchism in general and see it as pointless and their wealth and ostentatiousness insulting, in the current climate.

What it boils down to is that history is fúcking history, and the English people of TODAY are in way accountable for the actions of their rulers 100 years ago. The same way, the Irish people of TODAY are in no way accountable for the self-professed 'freedom fighters' that sought to kill innocent people in the UK 20, 30, 40 years ago. THE SAME WAY, the German people of TODAY are in no way accountable for what their dictator chose to inflict upon the world 70 odd years ago.

History has relevance in every society and shouldn't be ignored- but when it acts as a constant reference point for slanging matches between cultures, years and decades and in some cases centuries after the event in question, it's just fúcking stupid. And when you strip it down and the politicising is stripped away, guess what's left in the Irish vs. English charade?

We're pretty much the same. We've got corrupt politicians and scepticism at the way our economy's being handled, so do they. We've got gangs and an escalation in violence on the streets, so do they. We've got a lot to be proud of and a lot to be ashamed about. So do they.

this gets better by the minute. now we have some nerd giving us a history lesson at 10 to 4 on a saturday morning. i'm feeling sleepy now. almost time for the leaba

Buceph

this is arse wrote: »

this gets better by the minute. now we have some nerd giving us a history lesson at 10 to 4 on a saturday morning. i'm feeling sleepy now. almost time for the leaba

Time for a Junior Infants lesson. It's sunday morning.

ElaElaElano

this is arse wrote: »

this gets better by the minute. now we have some nerd giving us a history lesson at 10 to 4 on a saturday morning. i'm feeling sleepy now. almost time for the leaba

Don't ask a question and moan when people give answers. Go asleep if you're sleepy. You'll be sorely missed but we'll soldier (!) on I'm sure.

K-9

Cork.

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ElaElaElano wrote: »

Don't ask a question and moan when people give answers. Go asleep if you're sleepy. You'll be sorely missed but we'll soldier (!) on I'm sure.

tongue in cheek, no offence intended.

UsernameInUse

Oh look, it's this thread again. :rolleyes:

wil

Leaves bad taste :pac:

this is arse wrote: »

tongue in cheek.......

Confuscius he say

Has to be Dublin, loads of West Brit private schools there, supply and demand theory would imply there are lots of British minded knob ends there :pac:

spider guardian

Sydney, sure doesn't their flag have a union jack yet still has copious amounts of irish there

Overheal

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/City_status_in_Ireland#Republic_of_Ireland

this is arse

RoverJames wrote: »

Has to be Dublin, loads of West Brit private schools there, supply and demand theory would imply there are lots of British minded knob ends there :pac:

Didn't you know, Dublin is the official knobhead capital of Europe?

Horse_box

This is arse is an arse

Seaneh

this is arse wrote: »

doesn't count, it is a british city

No it's not.
Not Geographical, not legally, not ethnically, not in anyway.

Its a city in the United Kingdom of Great Britian and Northern Ireland.

The full name of the United Kingdom makes a clear differentiation between Britian and Northern Ireland.

Seaneh

and to answer the OP.

In Eire.

Dublin.

CatFromHue

other than some places in the north there is no city/town in the republic like a town/city in the uk.

the difference between an irish city compared to an english city is huge

Daegerty

British means knife crime so I voted Limerick

Predator_

Has to be Dublin, lots of west Brits there. What we need is a Gaelic revolution that sweeps away all this impurity.

dark crystal

OP has only named 4 out of the 5 cities in Ireland.


...But that's ok, Waterford isn't anything like the U.K either.

Riamfada

Dublin ****e ... everywhere else good. Same thread gets posted every few days and its boring.

Dublin envy to be honest, piss off back down the bog.

God save the King

Mr Benevolent

'British in attitude'? Don't be so fucking idiotic. Might as well ask which city is most Norwegian in attitude. OP, you're either a troll or an Irish Sun journalist.

Seanchai

Seaneh wrote: »

and to answer the OP.

In Eire.

Dublin.

Ahem! If Belfast is in Ireland, which it obviously is, then equally obviously Beal Feirste is in Eire. Ireland is quite simply the English word for Eire. Only in British media does 26 of the 32 counties constitute "Eire".

Mr Benevolent

Seanchai wrote: »

Ahem! If Belfast is in Ireland, which it obviously is, then equally obviously Beal Feirste is in Eire. Ireland is quite simply the English word for Eire. Only in British media does 26 of the 32 counties constitute "Eire".

Why is it only English people who refer to Ireland as 'Eire'? Ok, they named it, but does anyone find it ironic that our country is actually called 'Anger Land'?

PrincessLola

Question to the insecure country folk:
What does 'west-brit' mean?
Considering Britain is so large and varied culturally.

amiable

Daegerty wrote: »

British means knife crime so I voted Limerick

How original. Yawn
Think up that all by yourself?

Predator_

PrincessLola wrote: »

Question to the insecure country folk:
What does 'west-brit' mean?
Considering Britain is so large and varied culturally.

Insecure country folk? Strange logic, its not the ' country folk ' that get their culture from foreign countrys.

Coriolanus

Cork has an English market, so Cork.

Seaneh

Seanchai wrote: »

Ahem! If Belfast is in Ireland, which it obviously is, then equally obviously Beal Feirste is in Eire. Ireland is quite simply the English word for Eire. Only in British media does 26 of the 32 counties constitute "Eire".

Eire is the legal name for the Irish Republic.

cursai

Dublin.....its full of west Brits!

PrincessLola

Predator_ wrote: »

Insecure country folk? Strange logic, its not the ' country folk ' that get their culture from foreign countrys.

'countries'
What culture? You are not making any sense, do you realize this?
If you are going to accuse Dublin of 'getting their culture' from another country then you have to:

1. specify what culture specifically you are refering to (Britain is large and varied).

2. Understand that all cultures shift and mix with each other over time.

galwayrush

Nevore wrote: »

Cork has an English market, so Cork.

If Dublin apparently has lots of West Brits, does that mean that Cork has lots of South Brits?, and by such expert definition applyed by those who like to use the term , shouldn't Dublin be full of East Brits? :pac::pac:

Coriolanus

Seaneh wrote: »

Eire is the legal name for the Irish Republic.

Well, one of them. Eire and Ireland are given equal status in the constitution.

cursai

galwayrush wrote: »

If Dublin apparently has lots of West Brits, does that mean that Cork has lots of South Brits?, and by such expert definition applyed by those who like to use the term , shouldn't Dublin be full of East Brits? :pac::pac:

Hell No!!! The definition stops at Lucan Junction!