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Is it a bit common to have Irish flags

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    #272
    Monty Burnz
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    andrew241983 wrote: »
    Get off your high horse u spa this is what the euros and world cup is about the whole country could do with something to cheer about...

    By the way i have two flags and a **** load of buntons outside my place.... And i love it!!!!!!!!!!
    COYBIG....
    The irony is that a lot of the people who bedeck themselves with Irish flags around this time are the same people who make a career of drawing the dole and petty crime. They 'love' 'their country', but spend their lives making it miserable for the rest of us.

    Odd.


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    #273
    devotional1993
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    Monty Burnz wrote: »
    Showing it to whom? Who does it benefit? I'm sure they will be shouting at the telly just as loudly as we get hockeyed by Spain and Italy, or limp out of the tournament with some sort of 'moral victory' (i.e. a defeat or draw).

    It looks like the bandwagon sports fans will be staying with the rugby provinces for a while yet.

    That's a lowball comment

    In fairness I doubt we will and if we do Ill still support them like I have since I was a kid

    Rugby is a great game but remember its played by a couple of handful of nations therefore a lot easier to bloody win!!

    I for one wont be hiding my support for the team or country. Ill actually be glad for the bandwagoners to move onto the next fashionable sporting victory.


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    #274
    Abi
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    Xavi6 wrote: »
    So not quite the patriotic Croat your sig implies then?

    Funny that.
    I thought so anyway.
    Piste wrote: »
    I think this post proves that the answer to the thread question is "yes".

    That is precisely what I thought when I read it.


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    #275
    newport2
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    borzaboy wrote: »
    The people in blackrock should start showing a bit of support for there country!

    They are supporting their country. Who do you think pays for all the council estates with all the flags adorning them? ;)


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    #276
    Wibbs
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    Monty Burnz wrote: »
    The irony is that a lot of the people who bedeck themselves with Irish flags around this time are the same people who make a career of drawing the dole and petty crime. They 'love' 'their country', but spend their lives making it miserable for the rest of us.

    Odd.
    "A lot"? Really? Way to tar many thousands of people with the same brush.

    Rejoice in the awareness of feeling stupid, for that’s how you end up learning new things. If you’re not aware you’re stupid, you probably are.



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    #277
    Pandora2
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    SMASH THE UNIONS wrote: »
    Do they still have murals glorifying dead knackers in West Belfast? Last time I was there I couldn't wait to get out of the place...what a kip. Tricolours everywhere like dogs píssing to mark their terrority.


    I gather you mean their public support for a United Ireland & their modern art salutes to their heroes?? ;) Chill the feck out, we're talking football here!!


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    #278
    Pandora2
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    Sorry, Double Post ><


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    #279
    Mr. Loverman
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    I actually don't know what the word "common" means. Does it mean "common man" as in someone who probably didn't go to university and lives in a working class area? Or is it an insult?

    Genuinely don't know.


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    #280
    Monty Burnz
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    Wibbs wrote: »
    "A lot"? Really? Way to tar many thousands of people with the same brush.
    "A lot" is deliberately vague as I don't have an exact figure or percentage - but I believe 'thousands' certainly fit the bill.


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    #281
    DoesNotCompute
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    Yeah, they're slightly tacky and somewhat common, but I can't help but caught up in the fervour of it all.

    Besides, the country needs a boost in morale at the moment, and seeing flags being erected is nothing but a good thing in that regard.


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    #282
    [Deleted User]
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    Flags & buntings don't boost my morale.
    A good ride would though. :pac:

    Coming into work this morning i saw a car with four flags (one on each window) and the mirror socks too.
    Common as ****!


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    #283
    jack presley
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    RVP 11 wrote: »
    Flags & buntings don't boost my morale.
    A good ride would though. :pac:

    Coming into work this morning i saw a car with four flags (one on each window) and the mirror socks too.
    Common as ****!

    I bet the driver's getting a good ride too though (though hopefully not while driving)


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    #284
    kfallon
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    The more flags the better imo!!!


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    #285
    phasers
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    nlgbbbblth wrote: »
    Surely a St George's Cross rather than a Union Jack?
    Whatever

    Oh and there's been a new addition to the estate, someone painted their car green white and orange. I assume it's off the road because they painted the windshield but God only knows...


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    #286
    flutterflye
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    Mr. Loverman wrote: »
    I actually don't know what the word "common" means. Does it mean "common man" as in someone who probably didn't go to university and lives in a working class area? Or is it an insult?

    Genuinely don't know.

    You know those houses with a million gnomes and things in their garden? - That's common!
    Tacky basically.


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    #287
    Show Time
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    Tri-colour(Green white and gold) out my bedroom window and the Southern Cross flag hanging from my study room in honour of the Cork footballers winning yesterday. For some strange reason the only neighbours of mine who seem any bit upset are the black lads over the road but as they are only renting their views mean nothing to me.


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    #288
    Meauldsegosha
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    phasers wrote: »
    nlgbbbblth wrote: »
    Surely a St George's Cross rather than a Union Jack?
    Whatever

    Oh and there's been a new addition to the estate, someone painted their car green white and orange. I assume it's off the road because they painted the windshield but God only knows...

    I saw a car yesterday with those wing mirror covers on backwards. Made me smile : )


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    Meauldsegosha
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    Show Time wrote: »
    Tri-colour(Green white and gold) out my bedroom window and the Southern Cross flag hanging from my study room in honour of the Cork footballers winning yesterday. For some strange reason the only neighbours of mine who seem any bit upset are the black lads over the road but as they are only renting their views mean nothing to me.

    The Irish tricolour is green, white and orange. What flag are you flying?


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    #290
    Pherekydes
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    Meauldsegosha wrote: »
    The Irish tricolour is green, white and orange. What flag are you flying?

    The Offaly flag, which he does as a proud Corkonian.


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    #291
    Show Time
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    Meauldsegosha wrote: »
    The Irish tricolour is green, white and orange. What flag are you flying?
    I don't go for the orange in my Irish flag as all the lads who follow the orange would rather live under a union jack.


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    #292
    Show Time
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    Pherekydes wrote: »
    The Offaly flag, which he does as a proud Corkonian.
    The Southern Cross flag represents my love of Cork and all that the real capital brings to the country.


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    #293
    Meauldsegosha
    Registered Users Posts: 7,595 ✭✭✭Meauldsegosha


    Show Time wrote: »
    Meauldsegosha wrote: »
    The Irish tricolour is green, white and orange. What flag are you flying?
    I don't go for the orange in my Irish flag as all the lads who follow the orange would rather live under a union jack.

    But its not an Irish flag then as article 7 of the Irish constitution clearly states the colours are green, white and orange.


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    LostInLM
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    Show Time wrote: »
    Meauldsegosha wrote: »
    The Irish tricolour is green, white and orange. What flag are you flying?
    I don't go for the orange in my Irish flag as all the lads who follow the orange would rather live under a union jack.

    Not your choice! It written into our constitution. See earlier threads.


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    Show Time
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    LostInLM wrote: »
    Not your choice! It written into our constitution. See earlier threads.
    That constitution will be changed at a later date.:D


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    #296
    LostInLM
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    Show Time wrote: »
    LostInLM wrote: »
    Not your choice! It written into our constitution. See earlier threads.
    That constitution will be changed at a later date.:D


    Above this Chamber flies the flag of this nation - all Thirty-two counties - the flag of green, white and orange.

    Deputy Gerry Adams -Dail Eireann 2011.
    Vol.728 No. 1 p.8 c.52


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    #297
    Meauldsegosha
    Registered Users Posts: 7,595 ✭✭✭Meauldsegosha


    Show Time wrote: »
    LostInLM wrote: »
    Not your choice! It written into our constitution. See earlier threads.
    That constitution will be changed at a later date.:D

    You can append it in to the next Euro referendum. Nobody reads those things anyway : )


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    #298
    newport2
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    Show Time wrote: »
    The Southern Cross flag represents my love of Cork and all that the real capital brings to the country.

    Great minds,eh? I love Cork and feel that Dublin brings a lot to the country too ;)


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    #299
    Show Time
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    newport2 wrote: »
    Great minds,eh? I love Cork and feel that Dublin brings a lot to the country too ;)
    I have not read the thread fully but would i be right in guessing that a few of the more PC heads on here are claiming that even flying the tricolour is racist.


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    #300
    dmcronin
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    LostInLM wrote: »
    Above this Chamber flies the flag of this nation - all Thirty-two counties - the flag of green, white and orange.

    Deputy Gerry Adams -Dail Eireann 2011.
    Vol.728 No. 1 p.8 c.52

    Only 'come all ye' ballad singers call it gold. Hard to find something to rhyme with orange.


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    #301
    Peetrik
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    Pride in the national flag should be very common amongst Irish people.

    That aside, it's interesting how the people being asked to bear the brunt of sacrifice/austerity are perceived as having more pride in the national flag, as opposed to the more affluent members of our fine country who seem to distain or consider it "common as muck" to display the national flag.

    No real point to make, just find it interesting is all.


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