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"Ireland: a User Guide"...who should write this?

  • 02-09-2014 6:21pm
    #1
    jetsonx
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,329 ✭✭✭


    Who would you nominate to write "Ireland: A User Guide ".

    The would have to know about mechanisms of the State, the church, economy and cultural life. The person knows about the Irish, their history, their contradictions and their foibles.

    In order words, which social commentator has Ireland completely sussed?

    I nominate Fintan O'Toole.


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  • #2
    cookie24
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 317 ✭✭cookie24


    **** bankers fella


  • #3
    kneemos
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 20,592 ✭✭✭✭kneemos


    Line up every cab driver,stick a pin.


  • #4
    Aint Eazy Being Cheezy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,632 ✭✭✭Aint Eazy Being Cheezy


    jetsonx wrote: »
    In order words, which social commentator has Ireland completely sussed?

    Whichever boardsie has the highest post count in AH.


  • #5
    Adamantium
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,563 ✭✭✭Adamantium


    Dara O Briain ~

    There are three states of legality in Irish law.

    There is all this stuff here under "That's grand"; then it moves into "Ah, now, don't push it"; and finally to "Right! You're taking the piss." And that's where the police sweep in.


  • #6
    diomed
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,744 ✭✭✭diomed


    Bottler.


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  • #7
    Lapin
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 18,184 ✭✭✭✭Lapin


    Shane McGowan.


  • #8
    Sunnyisland
    Closed Accounts Posts: 10,562 ✭✭✭✭Sunnyisland


    Travellers...


  • #9
    wazky
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,516 ✭✭✭wazky


    Me.


  • #10
    Kiwi in IE
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,063 ✭✭✭Kiwi in IE


    A foreigner who lives here. Me? :P


  • #11
    fleet_admiral
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,750 ✭✭✭fleet_admiral


    bang bang or lugs brannigan


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  • #12
    The_Valeyard
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,452 ✭✭✭✭The_Valeyard


    Kiwi in IE wrote: »
    A foreigner who lives here. Me? :P


    No.
    That is all.


  • #13
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 26,052 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    Fr Jack, with a foreword by Garth Brooks.


  • #14
    Kiwi in IE
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,063 ✭✭✭Kiwi in IE


    The_Valeyard wrote: »
    No.
    That is all.

    But I would be brutally honest! ;)


  • #15
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 0 ✭ [Deleted User]


    John Waters and Niamh Horan.

    We'd all learn how to combine being a self-pitying bigoted dinosaur with maintaing a totes amazeballs beauty regime.


  • #16
    c_man
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,436 ✭✭✭c_man


    Failte Ireland. They'd dress it up good.


  • #17
    circadian
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,221 ✭✭✭circadian


    Ireland: a User Guide

    By Rats Doyle


  • #18
    Lyaiera
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,818 ✭✭✭Lyaiera


    A September 2014 reg'ed boards user who trolls in After Hours.


  • #19
    Tail Docker
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,954 ✭✭✭Tail Docker


    c_man wrote: »
    Failte Ireland. They'd dress it up good.

    I think the "Fail" bit in the name might be off-putting for Tourists. They don't see Failte, they see Fail te Ire land. And go "Wut?". Maybe change it to "BigWin Ireland"?


  • #20
    RayM
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,973 ✭✭✭RayM


    Gene Kerrigan of the Sunday Independent.


  • #21
    wretcheddomain
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,094 ✭✭✭wretcheddomain


    The Catholic Church - They know everything about using Ireland.


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  • #22
    is this username available
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 57 ✭✭is this username available


    For dublin it would have to be the guy who writes Ross O'carrol-Kelly.


  • #23
    Lucas Castroman
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 241 ✭✭Lucas Castroman


    Adamantium wrote: »
    Dara O Briain ~

    There are three states of legality in Irish law.

    There is all this stuff here under "That's grand"; then it moves into "Ah, now, don't push it"; and finally to "Right! You're taking the piss." And that's where the police sweep in.

    ....Ahhhhhhhhhhh


  • #24
    John Doe1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,921 ✭✭✭John Doe1


    David Norris or Jim McGuinness


  • #25
    Annasopra
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 41,158 ✭✭✭✭Annasopra


    Ms X

    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



  • #26
    Karl Stein
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,689 ✭✭✭Karl Stein


    Mathews, Linehan and Tim Pat Coogan.


  • #27
    Fighting Irish
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,065 ✭✭✭Fighting Irish


    O'Leary


  • #28
    Diabhal Beag
    Closed Accounts Posts: 15,238 ✭✭✭✭Diabhal Beag


    Gavin Lambe Murphy rising from the dead on the third day


  • #29
    Ruu
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,622 ✭✭✭Ruu


    Twink.


  • #30
    Super-Rush
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19,473 ✭✭✭✭Super-Rush


    Paddy Cole.


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  • #31
    kneesocks11
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15 ✭kneesocks11


    Micheal D - Give him a megaphone and attach a huge flag to his head so you can find him in crowds, sorted.


  • #32
    kneesocks11
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15 ✭kneesocks11


    In all seriousness, I think Alan Hughes from TV3 would do a good job of it


  • #33
    Jesus Wept
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 25,243 ✭✭✭✭Jesus Wept


    twink or jedward


  • #34
    gugleguy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,959 ✭✭✭gugleguy


    June Rogers.


  • #35
    Mr. CooL ICE
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,708 ✭✭✭✭Mr. CooL ICE


    Jim Corr


  • #36
    biko
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 81,220 ✭✭✭✭biko


    Des Bishop or Pete McCarthy


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  • #37
    gugleguy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,959 ✭✭✭gugleguy


    Ardal O'Hanlon


  • #38
    Dravokivich
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Music Moderators, Politics Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 22,360 CMod ✭✭✭✭Dravokivich


    Alison O'Riordan.


  • #39
    harry Bailey esq
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,814 ✭✭✭harry Bailey esq


    kneesocks11 wrote: »
    In all seriousness, I think Alan Hughes from TV3 would do a good job of it

    don't ridiculous,everybody knows Martin Sheen should right it,failing that flatey perhaps.


  • #40
    Berserker
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,046 ✭✭✭Berserker


    kneesocks11 wrote: »
    In all seriousness, I think Alan Hughes from TV3 would do a good job of it

    You don't really. Be honest.


  • #41
    ToddyDoody
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,417 ✭✭✭ToddyDoody


    Brendan Gleeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeson


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  • #42
    gugleguy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,959 ✭✭✭gugleguy


    Liam Neeson although he might be a bit too overly serious :D


  • #43
    Neon_Lights
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,426 ✭✭✭Neon_Lights


    Bertie ahern - a guide to using and abusing the irish people... then getting away scot free with it


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