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Absence of Tricolour

  • 03-01-2013 11:12AM
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    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 21


    If you take a walk down Dame street you will notice that there is an abundance of flag poles that do not bear our national flag on top of those beautiful 18th and 19th century buildings. In general we do not fly the bratach na hÉireann as often as other countries would fly their national flag. I believe it is important to showcase our flag and show our Patriotic side. Opinions?

    Ireland ranked number 1 most patriotic country on the worlds value survey in 1992 and number 3 in 2004


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,707 ✭✭✭pablohoney87


    What patriotic side?


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 21 tomlad123


    What patriotic side?

    I was waiting for this comment. We are lacking just that. That may be the problem


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 1,460 ✭✭✭DipStick McSwindler


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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 5,482 ✭✭✭Kidchameleon


    Miniature Irish flags for all!


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,707 ✭✭✭pablohoney87


    tomlad123 wrote: »
    I was waiting for this comment. We are lacking just that. That may be the problem
    Hopefully didnt keep ya waiting too long :p
    But as a people we have very little national pride. Besides gettin together and chanting the fields of athenry when our soccer team is gettin a battering, the irish people are all talk and no action when it comes to making the country a better place.


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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 4,372 ✭✭✭im invisible


    We should put shítloads of them up, just to take them down to please our northern brothers, and then carry on as normal


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,969 ✭✭✭hardCopy


    Miniature Irish flags for all!

    Don't mention the abortions...


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 6,384 ✭✭✭gbee


    tomlad123 wrote: »
    our Patriotic side. Opinions?

    Our flag is stained with blood and embarrassed.

    Which patriotic side? If it is loyalty to the elected Government we should raise the Dienstflagge der Bundesbehörden.

    Followed by flags of all nations.

    On this subject, I'd support making a new Irish Flag and leaving the Green White n Gold or Orange in history. At least then we would know who is patriotic to what.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 1,460 ✭✭✭DipStick McSwindler


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,707 ✭✭✭pablohoney87


    gbee wrote: »
    Our flag is stained with blood and embarrassed.
    Unlike the rest of the world who've never been involved in war :rolleyes:


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 813 ✭✭✭working fool


    Isint some group from the north coming down to protest about their flag flying or something ???

    Quick hide the tricolors


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 3,884 ✭✭✭spank_inferno


    I wouldn't worry about it OP.

    Sure isn't the tricolour the property of Sinn Feinn these days anyway?


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 21 tomlad123


    If your so worried about the flag...why dont you tell us what the flag actually means, what the white in the middle symbolizes between green and orange, then think again about where our "Patriotic" side is......

    Moron

    The flags symbolic meaning is peace between the Catholic and Protestant population living on the island of Ireland.

    The flag officially represents the sovereign State of the Republic of Ireland. As a proud citizen of the Republic of Ireland I believe we should fly it high to show our devotion to our country


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,120 ✭✭✭Tails142


    There is a lot of work to flying a flag, they have to be taken down before dusk, put back out at dawn, it's not all its cracked up to be.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 3,775 ✭✭✭Death and Taxes


    tomlad123 wrote: »
    If you take a walk down Dame street you will notice that there is an abundance of flag poles that do not bear our national flag on top of those beautiful 18th and 19th century buildings. In general we do not fly the bratach na hÉireann as often as other countries would fly their national flag. I believe it is important to showcase our flag and show our Patriotic side. Opinions?

    Ireland ranked number 1 most patriotic country on the worlds value survey in 1992 and number 3 in 2004

    In my opinion trolling is like nostalgia, just not want it used to be!:D


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 6,384 ✭✭✭gbee


    Unlike the rest of the world who've never been involved in war :rolleyes:

    No quite. All national flags will have been born from bloodshed, no problem with that, but we have and use the same flag to hide behind as well.

    As you'll know there was an effort to change our flag to Gold instead of Orange and you'll see in old photos the two sometimes flying together, and it was not the dye fading in the Orange.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,790 ✭✭✭✭Dodge


    tomlad123 wrote: »
    I believe it is important to showcase our flag and show our Patriotic side. Opinions?

    I believe there's nothing patriotic about flying a piece of cloth for no reason. I think Irish people overuse the flag. Tricolour plastic shades made in China, for example. Is there anything less patriotic?

    If you want to be a treu patriot OP, support local businesses and communities. Let local pride grow naturally and stop worrying about flags


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,624 ✭✭✭SebBerkovich


    I like the flag, give us all something to look at while we sing Ireland's Call.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,295 ✭✭✭✭Duggy747


    I suggest pirate flags.

    Everyone likes pirate flags....


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 16,499 ✭✭✭✭DEFTLEFTHAND


    tomlad123 wrote: »
    The flags symbolic meaning is peace between the Catholic and Protestant population living on the island of Ireland.

    The flag officially represents the sovereign State of the Republic of Ireland. As a proud citizen of the Republic of Ireland I believe we should fly it high to show our devotion to our country

    It does fly in a lot of places around the capital though doesn't it. I'd be wary of going down the American route, I hate the way they plaster their flag over everything.


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,707 ✭✭✭pablohoney87


    gbee wrote: »
    No quite. All national flags will have been born from bloodshed, no problem with that, but we have and use the same flag to hide behind as well.

    As you'll know there was an effort to change our flag to Gold instead of Orange and you'll see in old photos the two sometimes flying together, and it was not the dye fading in the Orange.
    Hide behind it how?
    BTW I am in no way patriotic. Couldnt give a balls once I'm happy. But why was it changed to gold? I still see orange on most flags


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,583 ✭✭✭✭cson


    How can a flag be embarrassed? It's an inanimate ****ing object in the words of Harry.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 6,384 ✭✭✭gbee


    tomlad123 wrote: »
    The flag officially represents the sovereign State of the Republic of Ireland. As a proud citizen of the Republic of Ireland I believe we should fly it high to show our devotion to our country

    The flag, like many other in Irish Politics swapped sides a bit, we could devote two books to this exact subject, who designed it, who parted sides, who continued to fly it and why, after being defeated, who swapped sides and raised the same flag with a different motive.

    It is the law in most territorial waters that the national flag must be the highest flag, in state owned buildings, civil service and military organisations it must also be the biggest flag and flying the highest, it must come down at dusk and be raised at dawn.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,396 ✭✭✭RobbieTheRobber


    tomlad123 wrote: »
    The flags symbolic meaning is peace between the Catholic and Protestant population living on the island of Ireland.

    The flag officially represents the sovereign State of the Republic of Ireland. As a proud citizen of the Republic of Ireland I believe we should fly it high to show our devotion to our country

    Just FYI the country is called either Éire or Ireland.

    "The Republic of" part is descriptive.

    Most self proclaimed free speech absolutists are giant big whiny snowflakes!



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 37,485 ✭✭✭✭Khannie


    I noticed this first when I went to the US. They have flags *everywhere*. Made me realise how little you see the tricolour here. I think it's actually really nice how proud they are of their nation. I think we have a fine country when you weigh it all up and wondered why we don't fly our flag as much.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,230 ✭✭✭Leftist


    tomlad123 wrote: »
    I was waiting for this comment. We are lacking just that. That may be the problem


    why would that be a problem?

    patriotism is nationalism. It's a pathetic form of self esteem substitute via the safety of a flock. Anyone who needs to feel passion because of colours on a sheet should take a hard look at themselves as an individual.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 6,384 ✭✭✭gbee


    Duggy747 wrote: »
    I suggest pirate flags.

    Everyone likes pirate flags....

    On that note, Cork used to fly the Confederate Flag ~ it is more or less banned now, well we tried. :)

    OH, gosh, nearly forgot, UCC flies the Pirate Flag.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 4,372 ✭✭✭im invisible


    Tails142 wrote: »
    There is a lot of work to flying a flag, they have to be taken down before dusk, put back out at dawn, it's not all its cracked up to be.
    and don't talk to me about folding it, the green must never touch the orange, it all kicks off when you get them two in the same room...


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 43,038 ✭✭✭✭SEPT 23 1989


    Writing anything on a Tricolour rendures its powers useless


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,230 ✭✭✭Leftist


    Khannie wrote: »
    I noticed this first when I went to the US. They have flags *everywhere*. Made me realise how little you see the tricolour here. I think it's actually really nice how proud they are of their nation. I think we have a fine country when you weigh it all up and wondered why we don't fly our flag as much.

    I think it's absolutely vile how nationalist the americans are. It's an unhealthy obsession fostered from 9/11 and subsequent wars, how could that be enviable?

    They have american flags on police uniforms of states which are numerous days land travel to a foreign border. They have massive american flags outside private homes. Who are they sending this message to?
    It's a constraint on the people too, everyone has to abide by some plastic 'american way'

    We had far more intense nationalism in this country for a long time, tied in with the the 'true identity' of ireland, which was the rcc. Everyone is paying lip service to some group mentality. If you sway from which you are alienated.

    Absolutely ridiculous that any adult with self respect for their own intelligence would want to encourage that.


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