"My grandad could beat your grandad"...

Stooped

So post interesting things that your relatives and ancestors were/did.

My great grandad was in the Old IRA based in Roscommon where he played a significant role against the Black and Tans during the War of Independence.
My other great grandad was due to go on the Titanic but unfortunately he didn't have all the vaccinations done so he couldn't go.
And my mam's cousin was the pianist in The Commitments.

Where To

If everybody that missed the Titanic actually got on it it would have sunk before it left Cork.

dodderangler

Bring it on!
My granda is 20 feet tall

frozenfrozen

my daddy is the highest earning partner in KPMG

Where To

My Grandads are dead.

Lia_lia

My Grandad took a photo of the Loch Ness monster.

Lol.

Throw inverted commas in there somewhere!

the keen edge

Where To wrote: »

If everybody that missed the Titanic actually got on it it would have sunk before it left Cork.

Seriously Where To, how are you always the first respondent to new threads?

Do you live inside the internet or what?

im invisible

Lia_lia wrote: »

My 'Grandad' took a 'photo' of the 'Loch' 'Ness' 'monster'.

'Lol'

'

donvito99

I have no grandad.

I was immaculately conceived.


I am Christ.

efb

My grandads are also dead- beating dead people isn't much to brag about

efb

donvito99 wrote: »

I have no grandad.

I was immaculately conceived.


I am Christ.

Joachim was your grandad

Pilotdude5

My grand-mother was questioned by special branch over paramilitary activities in the 70's.

*I was not born and have no-links to said organizations.

Ted_YNWA

Mine shot JR ...




Disclaimer : Statute of limitations has long since past

3ndahalfof6

My grandad looks like he is only 30, I am told he is 103, I never get to see him during the day, what a fine set of teeth he has considering considering, I hope I have his teeth gene.

Where To

the keen edge wrote: »

Seriously Where To, how are you always the first respondent to new threads?

Do you live inside the internet or what?

No, I just like imposing my opinions on strangers.

LoonyLovegood

My grandad worked in the same company for 69 years until it closed down.

1ZRed

My grandad's family were soldiers, as were his brothers, and they were fairly high up in the Irish army as well.

Where To

CTYIgirl wrote: »

My grandad worked in the same company for 69 years until it closed down.

What did he do after that? Did he take early retirement?

3ndahalfof6

Where To wrote: »

What did he do after that? Did he take early retirement?

I am guessing he stoked the fire.

Duckworth_Luas

donvito99 wrote: »

I have no grandad.

I was immaculately conceived.


I am Christ.

Christ was not "immaculately conceived", his mother was.

rain on

My paternal grandfather was involved in the IRA in some small way I think. My maternal grandfather was a sculptor.

Cool_CM

My Granddad was involved in Allied war crimes during the 2nd world war.

He used to bring Italian POWs to watch Scottish football matches.

3ndahalfof6

Cool_CM wrote: »

My Granddad was involved in Allied war crimes during the 2nd world war.

He used to bring Italian POWs to watch Scottish football matches.

I would be guessing they wished they were killed on the battle field, that is worse than water boarding.

Cee-Jay-Cee

My grandmother was Tony Blairs grandmothers driver back in the 40's nd 50's

Killer Wench

Stooped wrote: »

So post interesting things that your relatives and ancestors were/did.

My great grandad was in the Old IRA based in Roscommon where he played a significant role against the Black and Tans during the War of Independence.
My other great grandad was due to go on the Titanic but unfortunately he didn't have all the vaccinations done so he couldn't go.
And my mam's cousin was the pianist in The Commitments.

So I guess this means that your father never did anything significant, and that includes your awesome self.

senorwipesalot

Coincidentally, my great grandad rode a bird in Roscommon while her fella(some big shot in the old RA) was off fighting the Black and Tans.

Pottler

My grandfather invented the blow-up sex doll, but I don't want to over-inflate his influence on humanity.





ok, he didn't, but he was a Mayor, so that's quite posh. No idea how things went downhill so rapidly after he died...

Rasheed

Grandad did 6 months in jail in the 30's.

mattjack

My Grandfather died in a Japanese POW camp.












He was a corporal in the Japanese Light Infantry.
He fell out of a watch tower one night , he was drunk on duty.

Conall Cernach

Stooped wrote: »

So post interesting things that your relatives and ancestors were/did.

My great grandad was in the Old IRA based in Roscommon where he played a significant role against the Black and Tans during the War of Independence.
My other great grandad was due to go on the Titanic but unfortunately he didn't have all the vaccinations done so he couldn't go.
And my mam's cousin was the pianist in The Commitments.

Your great grandad was not in the "Old IRA" as no such organisation fought the Tans. He was in the IRA.

Somewhat ironically one of my great grandfathers was in the British Army and was wounded in action at Ypres.

LenaClaire

My granddad was a fighter pilot in WWII and flew on D-Day.

mrsbyrne

My grandad was injured (well, trench foot) in the battle of the Somme. brought back to jolly old England for treatment. absconded, was discovered back in Wexford, and court martialled ,imprisoned and sent back to the Somme, survived and fathered nine kids, one of whom my late lamented dad.

MadsL

My Grandfather was a Machine Gunner and somehow avoided getting killed in the Somme, he then served as a firefighter in Coventry during the Blitz. Survived that too. He was also a glassblower and got four free pints of beer a day. Basically, he was a badass mofo.

My great-grandfather was a sledgehammer swinging badass too. He was a chainmaker - and worked on the anchors and chains for Titanic. He had the good sense not to be on it, nor even supposed to be on it when it sailed.

Gloomtastic!

My Granny's Grandad had twelve kids with the wife until she died. He then married his niece and had thirteen more kids - legend!

steddyeddy

My uncle organised the first civil rights march in the north.

senorwipesalot

Gloomtastic! wrote: »

My Granny's Grandad had twelve kids with the wife until she died. He then married his niece and had thirteen more kids - legend!

Did each of the thirteen kids have thirteen toes?

steddyeddy

steddyeddy wrote: »

My uncle organised the first civil rights march in the north.

Micheal mcloughlin if anyone wants to search for him

Inbox

I've the same name as my granda

SparkySpitfire

Stooped wrote: »

So post interesting things that your relatives and ancestors were/did.

My great grandad was in the Old IRA based in Roscommon where he played a significant role against the Black and Tans during the War of Independence.
My other great grandad was due to go on the Titanic but unfortunately he didn't have all the vaccinations done so he couldn't go.
And my mam's cousin was the pianist in The Commitments.

Your mam's cousin is/was (haven't been to mass in years) the keyboardist for the family mass in Queen of Peace church, Bray? :pac:

steddyeddy

Inbox wrote: »

I've the same name as my granda

Inbox? :P

The_Gatsby

My Grandad was telling me about the Jew man the other day. They used to lend money off him and when he came looking for it back they'd chase him with bacon. The good old days...

MadsL

The_Gatsby wrote: »

My Grandad was telling me about the Jew man the other day. They used to lend money off him and when he came looking for it back they'd chase him with bacon. The good old days...

Did he sing that great old song about "Throw the Jew down the well?"

mirekb

My Grandad was the last king of Ireland

up for anything

Stooped wrote: »

My other great grandad was due to go on the Titanic but unfortunately he didn't have all the vaccinations done so he couldn't go.

That's a strange thing to say. The chances are that if he had travelled on it it, he would have died.

Nedser101

My granda is tiger woods!

Stooped

up for anything wrote: »

That's a strange thing to say. The chances are that if he had travelled on it it, he would have died.

Yeah, I should probably phrase myself better

mikemac1

My grandparents had no tea at their wedding in 1944

No tea :eek:

Ireland suffered badly in WWII!

ArtyM

Iko Iko Anay

Itwasntme.

1ZRed wrote: »

My grandad's family were soldiers, as were his brothers, and they were fairly high up in the Irish army as well.

Huh ?

My maternal grandfather was almost seven foot tall;
He was 40 years older than my grandmother who was about 16 when they got married;
He never drank a glass of pure water in his entire life because no self respecting nomadic pastoralist at the time did unless of course you were going through hard times and you had no cows or something;
He was totally fit until he died in his sleep at the age of 101.



Total badass.

Conchir

My paternal great-grandfather was in the Irish Guards in WWI, and fought and was injured at Hill 70 in France in 1915. He was shot in the leg, and had a limp the rest of his life from it. I'd like to point out I came across all this information due to the help of the amazing people in the World War I forum here.

My maternal great-grandfather fought in the War of Independence and later the Civil War on the Free State side. A huge contrast between the two men.

My great-uncle on my father's side also fought in World War I, and he was unfortunately killed on the last day before the Armistice with Germany.

MickFleetwood

my grandfather beat the **** out of a regional boxing champion once.