Blow ins

pojfexcsc

Was in my local in Skerries with my missus on Saturday and a few aul ones came over and asked could they sit in beside us, no bother anyway and we got talking to them.

My girlfriends from Liverpool so ofcourse they got endless amounts of craic out of them with the whole scouse thing but I was talking to one or two of them for a bit, one oringinally from Finglas and the other Wicklow town and eventually they said "Ye sure your from Skerries?" I said "Yeah I've lived here me whole life but me ma and da are from Coolock and Crumlin" to which they replied "Ah so your a blow in".

Been called that before many times but is it just a Dublin thing or would ye get that anywhere? , majority of my friends families wouldnt be from here either, its just expansion during the 90's or whatever.

Just hadn't encountered atin like that in a long time so now's the time to share!

Tombi!

Not a Dublin thing AFAIK; Googling suggested it was just an Irish thing mneaning not from the area/foreigner.

Never heard it though.

gozunda

Brutal Deluxe wrote: »

Not a Dublin thing AFAIK; Googling suggested it was just an Irish thing mneaning not from the area/foreigner.

Never heard it though.

Regularly used down the country. Anyone not able to trace their lineage at least 4 or 5 generations back to a particular locality would qualify as a 'blow in'

Nice thing is whether your from Ballinina or Bangalore - it doesn't really matter - your simply not a local. The Irish are very fair about things like that

Big Wex fan

It's a parish/village thing - still common enough around home especially with all these blow-ins from Dublin swomping the place!

coffeepls

I think it's a Skerries thing..... my family go back 3 generations (of both my parents) in Skerries, but I myself haven't lived there since I was 3 years old.
However, that said, it would be pretty much a guaranteed thing that if I moved to Skerries tomorrow I wouldn't be a 'blow in'..... hilarious.
There's still a good few members of both sides of my family living there - scattered from one end of the town to the other. Quite a few are 6 feet under up in the graveyard too.

My grandmother lived in Skerries for the best part of 40 years before she died, but was originally from Armagh. My grandad was local, but she was always considered to be a 'blow in'. She used to call Skerries 'God's little acre' - like it was a separate land to the rest of Dublin!

Ah Skerries..... a strange place.

mikemac1

The mammy would have gotten married, we will say over 35 years ago and moved from Offaly to Tipp

The old biddys still refer to her as coming from Offaly. You'd think it's another world, the two counties border each other :rolleyes:

And so the mammy will always be a blow in

I qualify for local status :cool:

InTheTrees

Bell X1 - Blow Ins

(its a good song, give it time. It builds.)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dfA1sOFr-oM

Tombi!

Ah sure I'm from Dublin. To me it's "Dublin" and "the aliens from outside".

Princess Consuela Bananahammock

I think it's an old-person thing. I;ve heard it teo or thtree times, but never from someone under about 50.

LucidLife

It happens in every parish on every continent from my experience.

eternal

It's well known. You should have every known individual that ever existed in your entire family history buried in your local graveyard otherwise you are a 'blow in'. You could be twenty years living in a town and some die hard elderly person high on age will say 'oh, sure your family weren't born here, you're only a blow in.' You would have to have the sacred remains of Jesus Christ himself in your family tomb to be seen as a local around small towns in Ireland.

gozunda

LucidLife wrote: »

It happens in every parish on every continent from my experience.

It does seem to be an Irish peculiarity that you 'have' to be from somewhere. And by by this is meant where your family were begotten and buried since time immemorial.

Refusal to admit that you might not be from 'somewhere' will be met with sad shakings of the head and utter bafflement. Because by all the powers of logic you must be from 'somewhere' for multiple generations where your lineage can be put up for scrutiny. God forbid if one or more of your ancestors decided to up sticks and go somewhere you they did not come from or even worse move away and marry!

NotCominBack

Its common around these here parts too, anyone with less than 2k posts is a blow in

whisky_galore

Common phrase in rural areas, gives people a sense of superiority I suppose.

The Backwards Man

I hear people use that phrase around here, and them only here a couple of hundred years themselves. Bloody galloglaigh!

ZiabR

I have been called that many times. I have moved around so much I am just used to it now.

Gongoozler

Why anyone would have or entertain this conversation with someone is completely beyond me.

Who gives a ****

Susandublin

It's like been called a newbie on boards if you have less than 1000 posts- even if you were a reader and follower for years. But what would I know, I'm only a newbie!!

Nabber

The winds a blowin

kylith

eternal wrote: »

It's well known. You should have every known individual that ever existed in your entire family history buried in your local graveyard otherwise you are a 'blow in'. You could be twenty years living in a town and some die hard elderly person high on age will say 'oh, sure your family weren't born here, you're only a blow in.' You would have to have the sacred remains of Jesus Christ himself in your family tomb to be seen as a local around small towns in Ireland.

Him? Sure he's a feckin' arab blow-in!

Lapin

It's a Cornish thing.

In Cornwall, if you can't trace every ancestor you've had back to St Piran via Queen Guinevere while pointing to your castle and naming all who have ever slept there, then you're just a useless sub human blow-in who's birth into this life is a curious freak of nature.

Sh1tbag OToole

If my great grandad didn't grow up with your great grandad then you're a blow-in

iDave

Remember it being very common in the 90s as a kid in Meath. During the first wave of Dubs moving to the country and many from other counties moving there because of proximity to Dublin. Don't hear it as much now, maybe people are just more used to 'blow ins' theres no need for the phrase.

Baggy Trousers

Only after 3 generations do you lose the blow-in tag in the west of Ireland.

skooterblue2

You do know the opposite of a blow in is a Red neck?

The Backwards Man

skooterblue2 wrote: »

You do know the opposite of a blow in is a Red neck?

Farmeing Democrats in the Deep South? Shure they're the biggest blow ins of the lot.

Kiwi in IE

Have been called a 'blow in' more times than I could count.

From what I have observed of those who use the term, it is most certainly preferable to not qualifying as one!

Meathlass

iDave wrote: »

Remember it being very common in the 90s as a kid in Meath. During the first wave of Dubs moving to the country and many from other counties moving there because of proximity to Dublin. Don't hear it as much now, maybe people are just more used to 'blow ins' theres no need for the phrase.

It's still extremely common in rural Meath. My area has a lot of people whose ancestors moved from Mayo and Donegal during the 30s due to the Congested Districts Board legislation. Their great, great, great grandchildren are still called blow-ins. In a friendly way though, there's nothing sinister about it.

josip

NotCominBack wrote: »

Its common around these here parts too, anyone with less than 2k posts is a blow in

Working hard to revoke my current blow in status and be seen as "from around here"

iDave

Meathlass wrote: »

It's still extremely common in rural Meath. My area has a lot of people whose ancestors moved from Mayo and Donegal during the 30s due to the Congested Districts Board legislation. Their great, great, great grandchildren are still called blow-ins. In a friendly way though, there's nothing sinister about it.

Ah you see I'm a townie from Trim, were overrun with the fcukers :pac:

I remember hearing stories of near riots in Athboy back in the day when the galtees first moved over.

Triceratops Ballet

Lived in Crumlin all my life, but my parents are from Ballyfermot and Inchicore. We're a family of blow ins!

Woshy

coffeepls wrote: »

I think it's a Skerries thing..... my family go back 3 generations (of both my parents) in Skerries, but I myself haven't lived there since I was 3 years old.
However, that said, it would be pretty much a guaranteed thing that if I moved to Skerries tomorrow I wouldn't be a 'blow in'..... hilarious.
There's still a good few members of both sides of my family living there - scattered from one end of the town to the other. Quite a few are 6 feet under up in the graveyard too.

My grandmother lived in Skerries for the best part of 40 years before she died, but was originally from Armagh. My grandad was local, but she was always considered to be a 'blow in'. She used to call Skerries 'God's little acre' - like it was a separate land to the rest of Dublin!

Ah Skerries..... a strange place.

Skerries is a strange place! My aunts and uncles all live there and it's like it's own separate world or something. It just seems to suck people in - they act like it's the centre of the universe and it's almost impossible to get them to leave Skerries to met up etc

Meathlass

iDave wrote: »

Ah you see I'm a townie from Trim, were overrun with the fcukers :pac:

I remember hearing stories of near riots in Athboy back in the day when the galtees first moved over.

There's a Donegal road and a Mayo road in my local area - god forbid people would ever be let forget they're not locals :pac:

gozunda

iDave wrote: »

Ah you see I'm a townie from Trim, were overrun with the fcukers :pac:

I remember hearing stories of near riots in Athboy back in the day when the galtees first moved over.

Why the 'galtees'? the Galtee mountains are on the Limerick / Tipp border.

bjork

I usually charge 25 euros, but if he's sexy I'll drop for 15

weldoninhio

pojfexcsc wrote: »

Was in my local in Skerries with my missus on Saturday and a few aul ones came over and asked could they sit in beside us, no bother anyway and we got talking to them.

My girlfriends from Liverpool so ofcourse they got endless amounts of craic out of them with the whole scouse thing but I was talking to one or two of them for a bit, one oringinally from Finglas and the other Wicklow town and eventually they said "Ye sure your from Skerries?" I said "Yeah I've lived here me whole life but me ma and da are from Coolock and Crumlin" to which they replied "Ah so your a blow in".

Been called that before many times but is it just a Dublin thing or would ye get that anywhere? , majority of my friends families wouldnt be from here either, its just expansion during the 90's or whatever.

Just hadn't encountered atin like that in a long time so now's the time to share!

Its 3 generations in Rush until you aren't classed a blow-in. But living in Skerries, you should be thankful they see you as an outsider, who wants to be a goat?? :P:P:P:P

biko

It's a common expression around Galway anyway for non-Galwegians living here. It's not a loaded expression by any means here, just anyone not born here.

fleet_admiral

I was told in Arklow that you have to have 2 generations before you in the graveyard before you are considered a local.
I would rather be in a cell awaiting an ISIS beheading than be called an Arklow local tbh

Wabbit Ears

Worked in Eircom for 7 years and was still considered a 'blow in' by the ex-P&T lifetime workers there. Pack of cnuts.

Jake The Fat Ma

I moved into this village where I live now 10years ago next month. My wife is from here and I am from about 3 miles away.

On the first Friday night we went up to the local and you would swear we came down from mars. The band even stopped playing (probably).

But I have not stood in the place since.

Desolation Of Smug

I'm where I live for 28 years now. They still call us "the new people that moved into...". MOG. Our kids are born and raised here..they're "The Germans kids...".


My auld lad lived here in Ireland almost his whole life from age 25 to 80...he was vaguely German. Me? Not so much.

josip

Desolation Of Smug wrote: »

I'm where I live for 28 years now. They still call us "the new people that moved into...". MOG. Our kids are born and raised here..they're "The Germans kids...".


My auld lad lived here in Ireland almost his whole life from age 25 to 80...he was vaguely German. Me? Not so much.

Heinrich, sind sie das?

Desolation Of Smug

josip wrote: »

Heinrich, sind sie das?

Nein, das ist es nicht ich.

josip

Nicht so gern?

Zippie84

pojfexcsc wrote: »

Was in my local in Skerries with my missus on Saturday and a few aul ones came over and asked could they sit in beside us, no bother anyway and we got talking to them.

My girlfriends from Liverpool so ofcourse they got endless amounts of craic out of them with the whole scouse thing but I was talking to one or two of them for a bit, one oringinally from Finglas and the other Wicklow town and eventually they said "Ye sure your from Skerries?" I said "Yeah I've lived here me whole life but me ma and da are from Coolock and Crumlin" to which they replied "Ah so your a blow in".

Been called that before many times but is it just a Dublin thing or would ye get that anywhere? , majority of my friends families wouldnt be from here either, its just expansion during the 90's or whatever.

Just hadn't encountered atin like that in a long time so now's the time to share!

ah but... the important question is how come you've got both a missus and a girlfriend? :P

pauliebdub

It's common where I come from in Co Tipperary but only people who move from.the cities or large towns to the country and are viewed as different are called a blow in.

Big Wex fan

fleet_admiral wrote: »

I was told in Arklow that you have to have 2 generations before you in the graveyard before you are considered a local.
I would rather be in a cell awaiting an ISIS beheading than be called an Arklow local tbh

I understand that. 2 generations before you could call yourself a 'wozzya'.

Mesrine65

Strictly a Fingal thing.

Lived in Loughshinny for years & was always asked in that nasally Fingal drawl, 'so you're from Dublin?'

WTF, Fingal is Dublin

Lingua Franca

I hate that term. I've heard it many times and always, always in a nasty, sneering and dismissive context for the sole purpose of excluding someone when a genuine reason can't be found.

Babooshka

coffeepls wrote: »

I think it's a Skerries thing..... ....

She used to call Skerries 'God's little acre' - like it was a separate land to the rest of Dublin!

Ah Skerries..... a strange place.

Woshy wrote: »

Skerries is a strange place! My aunts and uncles all live there and it's like it's own separate world or something. It just seems to suck people in - they act like it's the centre of the universe and it's almost impossible to get them to leave Skerries to met up etc

....Shudda called it "Scaries"

LoonyLovegood

I'm still considered a part of the area I grew up in, despite the fact we left when I was four, I was born in Dublin and have only been back for daytrips since. It's what having half of your family buried in the local cemetery does! My Mam's considered a blow in there, despite her family all being from there, as is my Dad, but he's Dublin through and through. But yet I'm not...I don't give it much heed, people always like pointing out the one odd thing about any family.