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Boy George Thurles

  • 01-07-2014 2:59am
    #1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,926 ✭✭✭


    Was just listening to the radio and Karma Chameleon was playing and I remembered something I heard about a few years that happened in the town.

    I was born in the late 80s so wasn't around at the time but according to my dad a lot of the people/businesses in the town put up posters saying they didn't want Thurles TC then TUDC to invite him to visit the town. All the Councillors were against the idea too probably because there was a lot of homophobes in the town sadly in some parts there still is I have gay friends who go through hell (Thurles TC tenants mostly behind it) and local elections were on at the time that year.

    Despite recent controversies in Boy Georges life I think Thurles Town Council/Tipperary Council should invite Boy George to come visit Thurles. If Ireland really has changed then I imagine nobody will be objecting to the council sending an invite.


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 41,156 ✭✭✭✭Annasopra


    It was so much easier to blame it on Them. It was bleakly depressing to think that They were Us. If it was Them, then nothing was anyone's fault. If it was us, what did that make Me? After all, I'm one of Us. I must be. I've certainly never thought of myself as one of Them. No one ever thinks of themselves as one of Them. We're always one of Us. It's Them that do the bad things.

    Terry Pratchet



  • Closed Accounts Posts: 5,734 ✭✭✭J_E


    I always find it interesting in a way when someone leaves a place that doesn't initially offer them any success, and then they are put out when they become famous and don't bend over backwards to provide a service to said town! Some people have a similar bitterness towards Graham Norton in the same sense, but it was never Ireland who fostered and appreciated his talents.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 71,130 ✭✭✭✭L1011


    Cydoniac wrote: »
    I always find it interesting in a way when someone leaves a place that doesn't initially offer them any success, and then they are put out when they become famous and don't bend over backwards to provide a service to said town! Some people have a similar bitterness towards Graham Norton in the same sense, but it was never Ireland who fostered and appreciated his talents.

    Boy George isn't actually from Thurles, unlike Norton who is from Bandon. His parents were from Thurles.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 5,734 ✭✭✭J_E


    MYOB wrote: »
    Boy George isn't actually from Thurles, unlike Norton who is from Bandon. His parents were from Thurles.
    In that case, even worse! :P


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 740 ✭✭✭Raven Runner


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,926 ✭✭✭Grab All Association


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5 SliabhnamBan


    Yes, I understand that that is corect. I vaguely recall there being a campaign against inviting Boy George back to Thurles at the time. I would hope the attitude would have changed in the meantime. I am also from Tipp. He should be invited back and should be honoured by the County Council there. Time we grew up!


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 203 ✭✭Uncle Ruckus


    I always thought his parents were from Galway. Great artist either way.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 358 ✭✭SPM1959


    I get angry when reading things like this but then realise that it was a long time ago and attitudes have changed greatly all over Ireland.


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