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Keoghs: Nordie-ist??

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  • 12-08-2013 3:51pm
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    spodoinkle
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    Went to the Blur concert there last week, had 6 cans of Bulmers prior. Didnt bother taking a drink at the gig due to the queue for the bar. Headed into town after and went to Keoghs. Got a drink and sat down just at the front door beside a couple and chatted them. I could see a barman look out from behind the bar at me a few times, thought nothing of it. My girlfriend then went up to the bar to get another drink and was told 'your OK love but we cant serve your man, he has had too much to drink'. We kinda went oooooooooooookkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkk and headed for Whelans. Id understand if I was loaded but I wasnt, has anyone else experienced not being served whilst not drunk?????


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    Yellow121
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    spodoinkle wrote: »
    Went to the Blur concert there last week, had 6 cans of Bulmers prior. Didnt bother taking a drink at the gig due to the queue for the bar. Headed into town after and went to Keoghs. Got a drink and sat down just at the front door beside a couple and chatted them. I could see a barman look out from behind the bar at me a few times, thought nothing of it. My girlfriend then went up to the bar to get another drink and was told 'your OK love but we cant serve your man, he has had too much to drink'. We kinda went oooooooooooookkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkk and headed for Whelans. Id understand if I was loaded but I wasnt, has anyone else experienced not being served whilst not drunk?????

    Do you have a drunk face? I know a lad who never drinks but he looks drunk all the time.


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    Celly Smunt
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    Yellow121 wrote: »
    Do you have a drunk face? I know a lad who never drinks but he looks drunk all the time.

    Was he in a car crash by any chance?


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    shopaholic01
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    Were the couple you were chatting to uncomfortable? Are you loud?

    Are you really asking if you were refused a drink because you're from the North?


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    biko
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    shopaholic01 wrote: »
    Are you really asking if you were refused a drink because you're from the North?
    He doesn't seem sure if it was because of that or that's he looked too drunk.
    Apparently Whelans let drunks in, even Nordie one's, good to know :D


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    lkionm
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    Celly Smunt wrote: »
    Was he in a car crash by any chance?

    Brace yourself.


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    Ruu
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    You were a mess, admit it, you have a problem!


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    chopper6
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    Did you have a check shirt with short sleeves tucked into a pair of faded black Wranglers?

    Because that would make you look like a drunk alright.


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    mike65
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    Keoghs and Whelans

    Well I'm sure we are all familiar with these drinking establishments and can talk from a position of knowledge.


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    biko
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    Must be www.keoghs.eu, didn't know Blur had played there.


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    Pug160
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    Yellow121 wrote: »
    Do you have a drunk face? I know a lad who never drinks but he looks drunk all the time.

    I think it's usually the eyes rather than the face overall. The eyes are usually the giveaway.


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    wazky
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    Pug160 wrote: »
    I think it's usually the eyes rather than the face overall. The eyes are usually the giveaway.

    The vomit all over the shirt and trousers is usually another giveaway.


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    Nemeses
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    biko wrote: »
    Must be www.keoghs.eu, didn't know Blur had played there.

    Someone obtained a free domain from boards here last month...


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    Augmerson
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    What is the story with people saying Nordie? I know its an attempt to differentiate people from other areas but I never meet anyone from Galway saying they are Westest or people referring to Wexford people as Southies. I'd be in favour of dropping it altogether. Tell us what county or town you are from, it's no bother. You can call it Ulster or Northern Ireland, the Six counties or the Province. It just annoys me because sometimes I hear it used derogatively also OP.


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    The Backwards Man
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    Augmerson wrote: »
    What is the story with people saying Nordie? I know its an attempt to differentiate people from other areas but I never meet anyone from Galway saying they are Westest or people referring to Wexford people as Southies. I'd be in favour of dropping it altogether. Tell us what county or town you are from, it's no bother. You can call it Ulster or Northern Ireland, the Six counties or the Province. It just annoys me because sometimes I hear it used derogatively also OP.
    It's an all encompassing term to include northern nordies and southern nordies, I think.

    Regarding the OP, where did he mention you being from the good part of Ireland as a reason not to serve you?


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    FrostyJack
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    Was your girlfriend so rotten he thought you must be drunk?


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    stefan idiot jones
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    FrostyJack wrote: »
    Was your girlfriend so rotten he thought you must be drunk?

    Well done Sir. My first giggle of the day.


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    dxhound2005
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    Augmerson wrote: »
    What is the story with people saying Nordie? I know its an attempt to differentiate people from other areas but I never meet anyone from Galway saying they are Westest or people referring to Wexford people as Southies. I'd be in favour of dropping it altogether. Tell us what county or town you are from, it's no bother. You can call it Ulster or Northern Ireland, the Six counties or the Province. It just annoys me because sometimes I hear it used derogatively also OP.

    Nordies call southerners Mexicans.


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    wazky
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    dxhound2005 wrote: »
    Nordies call southerners Mexicans.

    Wexford - Wexico?


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    Hande hoche!
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    I jumped the gun and thought this thread would be about delicious crisps.


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    Norwesterner
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    I ordered a pint of Harp in a Dublin pub (mild Nordie accent) a few years ago.
    "Jaysus......said my Dublin partner at the time "only knackers drink that down here"
    I sheepishly then ordered a "pint of bud, brudder"
    Nordie-phobia is strong in Dublin.
    Any chance we can get an E.U grant or something?


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    Super-Rush
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    Norwesterner wrote: »
    I ordered a pint of Harp in a Dublin pub (mild Nordie accent) a few years ago.
    "Jaysus......said my Dublin partner at the time "only knackers drink that down here

    You forgot to order the packet of dates.


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    Cody Pomeray
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    spodoinkle wrote: »
    Went to the Blur concert there last week, had 6 cans of Bulmers prior. Didnt bother taking a drink at the gig due to the queue for the bar. Headed into town after and went to Keoghs. Got a drink and sat down just at the front door beside a couple and chatted them. I could see a barman look out from behind the bar at me a few times, thought nothing of it. My girlfriend then went up to the bar to get another drink and was told 'your OK love but we cant serve your man, he has had too much to drink'. We kinda went oooooooooooookkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkk and headed for Whelans. Id understand if I was loaded but I wasnt, has anyone else experienced not being served whilst not drunk?????
    No, but I have been pretty far gone in Keogh's and been served. I've never been refused drink for having had too much, despite many barmen having grounds!

    Was there anything else at all, apart from the possibility of your accent? I'm sure Keoghs gets its fair share of Northerners, being so central to the city.


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    Alias G
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    mike65 wrote: »
    Keoghs and Whelans

    Well I'm sure we are all familiar with these drinking establishments and can talk from a position of knowledge.

    Why would anyone care if you personally aren't familiar with those pubs.


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    Super-Rush
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    Alias G wrote: »
    Why would anyone care if you personally aren't familiar with those pubs.

    Cos this is not the Dublin forum.


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    Pug160
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    Norwesterner wrote: »
    I ordered a pint of Harp in a Dublin pub (mild Nordie accent) a few years ago.
    "Jaysus......said my Dublin partner at the time "only knackers drink that down here"
    I sheepishly then ordered a "pint of bud, brudder"
    Nordie-phobia is strong in Dublin.
    Any chance we can get an E.U grant or something?

    I'd be more worried about the taste than its reputation. Harp is middle-of-the-road but Budweiser just tastes like 100% chemical beer. I can't understand its popularity.


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    Norwesterner
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    Pug160 wrote: »
    I'd be more worried about the taste than its reputation. Harp is middle-of-the-road but Budweiser just tastes like 100% chemical beer. I can't understand its popularity.
    I just wanted to be loved.


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    dundalkfc10
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    Harp is the nicest Beer in Ireland if the Pint is poured properly, biggest seller here in Dundalk by a mile and I know its very popular down South in Parts of Cork and Kerry aswell.

    On the Nordie thing, My ex was from the North. She always claimed that whenever we went out down South, be it Dundalk, Drogheda or Dublin that people treated her different. I dont know how true it is as I always told her she was overthinking things.

    I do know that the clubs in Dundalk are not too fond of Northerners coming down and many often get turned away


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    alaimacerc
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    Augmerson wrote: »
    You can call it Ulster or Northern Ireland, the Six counties or the Province.
    Because after all, no-one considered any of those to be loaded terms, in respect of The National Question!


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    josip
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    Norwesterner wrote: »
    I ordered a pint of Harp in a Dublin pub (mild Nordie accent) a few years ago.
    "Jaysus......said my Dublin partner at the time "only knackers drink that down here"
    I sheepishly then ordered a "pint of bud, brudder"
    Nordie-phobia is strong in Dublin.
    Any chance we can get an E.U grant or something?

    We were passing through Chicago a few years ago and we asked for a couple of bottles of Coors in a bar.
    One of the guys sitting at the bar turned to us and asks "What you doin' drinkin' n1gger beer?"


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    anncoates
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    Super-Rush wrote: »
    Cos this is not the Dublin forum.

    That's obvious.

    Place is rammed with silage abusers.


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