How will you commemorate 1916 anniversary?

DanielODonnell

I will stay away from RTE broadcasts, I will only view TG4 broadcasts. I will probably attend a commemoration too

kfallon

I will only listen to the Wolfe Tones for the duration of the year!

Iwasfrozen

DanielODonnell wrote: »

I will stay away from RTE broadcasts, I will only view TG4 broadcasts. I will probably attend a commemoration too

With a pint in one hand, me rosary beads in another, saluting Paddy Pearse's photo behind a tricolor with a fag in me mouth wearing me best Celtic shirt and leprachan hat. With the Soldier's song playing in the background.

In Gaelic of course.

whiskeyman

A tayto sang

One eyed Jack

I'll commemorate it the same way I commemorate any of these excuses for a good drinking session - by avoiding it completely.

Sunnyisland

With pride and dignity to the men and women who gave there lives in the fight to get this country free and independent from the chains of an imperial aggressor.

SEPT 23 1989

As a Dubliner I will look at my folded union jack and think to myself how much better things might have been

Earthhorse

Probably with some stamps.

MadDog76

When is it on?

Living near Dublin I'll probably find some events to attend. I have an English friend who is very into Irish history (and very apologetic too, though it wasn't him personally that invaded Ireland) who wants to come for a visit around the time and get in a few events too. I think that'll be nice, if he can, but I doubt it since he's a sign language interpreter in the COE so I imagine Easter time will be rather busy for him!

DanielODonnell

SEPT 23 1989 wrote: »

As a Dubliner I will look at my folded union jack and think to myself how much better things might have been

I dare not comment as I have been warned via private message by mods regarding by comments on Dubliners

MRnotlob606

By creating insurrections across the country in post boxes.

hairyslug

I married into the Pearse family so I'm sure they will have something lined up for me.

If I get my own way it'll be a normal day at home

MilesMorales1

Probably go to the parade in Dublin. Nowt else.

DanielODonnell

Iwasfrozen wrote: »

With a pint in one hand, me rosary beads in another, saluting Paddy Pearse's photo behind a tricolor with a fag in me mouth wearing me best Celtic shirt and leprachan hat. With the Soldier's song playing in the background.

In Gaelic of course.

Gaelic is not anti-English, many Scottish unionists in the past and present spoke Gaelic, it just happens that the people the English discriminated against in the past were Gaelic speakers.

P_1

If there are any interesting lectures about it I might check them out. Shall be treating the day of the parade like paddys day though, i.e. getting the fluich away from town

wendell borton

SEPT 23 1989 wrote: »

As a Dubliner I will look at my folded union jack and think to myself how much better things might have been

Just think of the sectarian ghettos we missed out on.

RobertKK

I won't be.

Azalea

SEPT 23 1989 wrote: »

As a Dubliner I will look at my folded union jack and think to myself how much better things might have been

I'll certainly avoid online discussion with all its self loathing wind-up artistry like the above.

gormdubhgorm

Invade the 6 counties wearing De Valera glasses with Bunreacht Na heireann in one hand, a copy of the old Evening Press in the other.

gormdubhgorm

Stupid question. But are they commemorating the start of 1916, the end of 1916 or just giving it the whole 7 days for the craic?

Robsweezie

A big dirty ****.

baldbear

Burn a Protestant church.

vicwatson

I thought these commemorations were for politicians only. You can be sure the ordinary tax paying Irish citizen will get next nor near a commemoration. Photo opportunities left right and centre for politicians. UNFORTUNATELY. Would love to get involved somehow but the bigwigs will run out winners I fear.

I was born in 1981 so its not much to me

If they propose blocking any roads I need to use I'll start a protest otherwise I'll do my best to ignore it

Mahogany Gaspipe

Pearse was an staunch teetotaler and avid drinker of water, hence I will be commemorating by refuse to pay the water tax.

DanielODonnell

wendell borton wrote: »

Just think of the sectarian ghettos we missed out on.

Dublin is a bit different from Belfast as in Belfast only 1/2 of the people are from a plantation background whereas in Dublin everyone is from a plantation background so they get on well. however Dub planters were there before the Ulster ones.

LordSutch

.....will take a holiday for a week or ten days during all the ballyhoo.

Kids will be off school, so we can all escape while the the place goes Easter 1916 Rebel crazy for a week or so.

Mahogany Gaspipe

DanielODonnell wrote: »

Dublin is a bit different from Belfast as in Belfast only 1/2 of the people are from a plantation background whereas in Dublin everyone is from a plantation background so they get on well. however Dub planters were there before the Ulster ones.

Whoaa, did you just go there brah!

Sweetemotion

LordSutch wrote: »

.....will take a holiday for a week or ten days during all the ballyhoo.

Kids will be off school, so we can all escape while the the place goes Easter 1916 Rebel crazy for a week or so.

Just like Catholics up north, heading south for the orange parades.

LordSutch

Sweetemotion wrote: »

Just like Catholics up north, heading south for the orange parades.

Surely you mean "Just like Catholics up north, heading south for the to escape the orange parades".

Anyway, yes we will be avoiding "it" at all costs.

Sir Osis of Liver.

Might fill my fat face with Easter eggs.

Junkyard Tom

With reverence and pride in the Irish resistance fighters who inspired others across the globe.

Mahogany Gaspipe

LordSutch wrote: »

Surely you mean "Just like Catholics up north, heading south for the to escape the orange parades".

Anyway, yes we will be avoiding "it" at all costs.

No no, they are probably referring to that massive Orange Order Parade held in Galway every year that preludes the Galway International Arts Festival.

The march culminates in a massive trans-sexual gangbang.
I tell thee, open minded and liberal crowd those Orangemen.

Gaygooner

Read great literary works regarding the time

JRant

DanielODonnell wrote: »

I will stay away from RTE broadcasts, I will only view TG4 broadcasts. I will probably attend a commemoration too

Ah wee Daniel, it's not RTE's fault you made a complete tit of yourself in that B&B program. I mean who doesn't drink tae and then asks for beans on toast.

Now I'm not say you don't like Magella but come off it, you're fooling nobody with that charade. We seen the real wee Daniel on strictly and he looks his happiest in tight spandex and glitter.

Ah yes the great rising of '16. Twas a great aul time. 52 of us to a tenament, not a pair of shoes between us but we were happy. Not like this lot today.

I'm going to commemorate it in the best way possible, with a big pot of coddle and a large bottle of guiness off the top shelf.

_Kaiser_

I fully expect that the majority of people who will take this seriously will also be the ones who get ****-faced at every opportunity (Xmas, Paddy's Day etc) - although this time with added ranting on about "de Brits" and such.

As someone else said, I'm sure Enda and Co will use it as a platform to tell us how they rescued our Republic from FF and remind us how we're the "fastest growing economy in Europe" and other such meaningless waffle designed to sound good in 30 second news reports and to the locals back in their constituency.

Me I will do my best to ignore it.. in 100 years this country has nearly been bankrupted on several occasions, stumbled from one corrupt, incompetent Government to another, supported an organisation that held the social development of the place back decades while abusing generations of Irish kids and young women (and which STILL holds far too much sway over our education system), and then "we" sold the place off to the EU which may prove to be the biggest mistake yet IMO.

Lots to celebrate there alright!

Berserker

LordSutch wrote: »

.....will take a holiday for a week or ten days during all the ballyhoo.

Kids will be off school, so we can all escape while the the place goes Easter 1916 Rebel crazy for a week or so.

Sorting out our flights for the escape at the moment. Best to avoid Dublin city centre in particular that week if you are not a lover of the 1916 'rebels'. It'll be very messy and nasty, I'd imagine. The St. Patrick's day shenanigans we all know about will be replicated over and over again. The A&E's will be busy!

Azalea

Yep, here they come, those Irish people with an inferiority complex. They fact they still choose to live here (when moving abroad has never been easier) is a strange one...

Bitching and moaning about how terrible it is, oblivious to the irony of them also being part of it/not doing anything to improve it.

Fluffy Cat 88

Play nothing but Wolfe Tones cds in the car, late at night whilst driving through housing estates in provincial towns far and wide.

Mahogany Gaspipe

Azalea wrote: »

Yep, here they come, those Irish people with an inferiority complex. They fact they still choose to live here (when moving abroad has never been easier) is a strange one...

Bitching and moaning about how terrible it is, oblivious to the irony of them also being part of it/not doing anything to improve it.

Strange as it may appear they provide a necessary reality check to this great little country.

Azalea

Mahogany Gaspipe wrote: »

Strange as it may appear they provide a necessary reality check to this great little country.

I have no interest in going on about how brilliant Ireland is either, but I really find it sneery and arrogant of *Irish* people to go on about how inferior Irish society is.

super_furry

Do Bolands still make biscuits? Might have some of them.

Iwasfrozen

Azalea wrote: »

I have no interest in going on about how brilliant Ireland is either, but I really find it sneery and arrogant of *Irish* people to go on about how inferior Irish society is.

Is Ireland inferior in some ways to other countries? Of course! Pointing out those failings is healthy.

Junkyard Tom

Berserker wrote: »

Sorting out our flights for the escape at the moment.

No doubt you'd have 'escaped' in the years after 1916 too seeing as you're still unsure of your nationality and where your loyalties lie over a century later:

daveyeh wrote: »

Make the British pay for it though.

Berserker wrote: »

Or we could just knock it off the billions that you owe us from the loan we gave you during your banking system collapse. As usual, you were over in London with 'cap in hand' when it all went wrong.

As for 'LordSutch' look at this deliberate ignoring of Irish soveriegnty while attempting to position the British Army (that caused so much misery, death, and destruction, in Ireland) as 'our' Army.

Originally Posted by LordSutch:
We are 'de facto' always going to be protected by Great Britain & their (our) proper highly equipped army with Irish regiments.

You guys really are relics of pre-independence. You lost. Get with the times.

topmanamillion

I intend to go to Beal na blath and recreate the big man's assination. To ensure the accuracy of the recreation, I and my future generations will then spend the next hundred odd years talking about how Cork is "da rebel County" when in truth they shot the only rebel they ever had.

Azalea

Iwasfrozen wrote: »

Is Ireland inferior in some ways to other countries? Of course! Pointing out those failings is healthy.

Doing nothing about them yourself yet somehow feeling superior enough to moan about others not doing anything is poor self awareness though.

Junkyard Tom

topmanamillion wrote: »

I intend to go to Beal na blath and recreate the big man's assination.

You'd be six years too early for the centenary of that.

topmanamillion

Junkyard Tom wrote: »

You'd be six years too early for the centenary of that.

I would, but every good joke has some truth and a lie mixed together. Shot in the dark but by any chance would you be from Cork?

Junkyard Tom

topmanamillion wrote: »

Shot in the dark but by any chance would you be from Cork?

Not exactly, no.

DEFTLEFTHAND

Campaign to have John Redmond moved from that nettle infested unkempt Wexford tomb to Glasnevin. A great Irish Statesman who's not shown the respect for his life's work for his people, if Parnell is in Glasnevin then Redmond should be also.