Flags at events abroad

The Raptor

Is it custom to bring the Irish flag to events abroad?

Senna

Uncles funeral, No.
Football match, Yes.

The Backwards Man

The highest respect you can give any flag is to scrawl the name of your local boozer across it, then hang, drape or suspend it from every railing, scoreboard, advertising hoarding or fellow drunken fan you encounter.

Badly Drunk Boy

Amazingly, it's not just Irish people that bring their country's flag to events abroad. Look at pictures from Glastonbury or other music festivals and you'll see all sorts of flags.

Omackeral

Senna wrote: »

Uncles funeral, No.
Football match, Yes.

Show everyone how Irish you are by unfurling a massive tricolour a few weekends a year at an English football ground with the likes of Irish Scousers on Tour scrawled across our nations' flag.

The Backwards Man

Omackeral wrote: »

Show everyone how Irish you are by unfurling a massive tricolour a few weekends a year at an English football ground with the likes of Irish Scousers on Tour scrawled across our nations' flag.

It also shows you can spell your own name and know how to initiate a greeting or salutation in the English language.

stimpson

Senna wrote: »

Uncles funeral, No.
Football match, Yes.

We brought a tricolour for my uncles coffin in England last year. Almost tempted to wear a balaclava and dark aviators too but apparently that would be in bad taste.

ToddyDoody

Wave the LGBT flag instead why not?

(think otside the box)

Strumms

In some people's minds it's also appropriate to bring one on holiday and drape it over the balcony of your apartment while sitting on the balcony, having a smoke, a few beers and annoying the **** out of everyone in ear shot as to how bad your taste in music is.... first, last and only package deal holiday I was ever on and that's the craic we had from the gang opposite....

Turtyturd

John 3:16 says hello.

entropi

Yes, it is a necessity. If you don't, you're an unpatriotic little fcuker.

Also: it's illegal to deface or alter an Irish flag. Doubt most of those that do, know about that.

Del2005

entropi wrote: »

Also: it's illegal to deface or alter an Irish flag. Doubt most of those that do, know about that.

You'd think a retailer would know

http://www.lidl.ie/en/Offers.htm?action=showDetail&id=40393

But at least they are foreign, doubt they sell them with their flag

This is just wrong

http://www.carrollsirishgifts.com/ireland-tri-colour-flag-with-the-print-of-the-easter-proclamation.html

PARlance

entropi wrote: »

Yes, it is a necessity. If you don't, you're an unpatriotic little fcuker.

Also: it's illegal to deface or alter an Irish flag. Doubt most of those that do, know about that.

It's not illegal to deface the Irish Flag.

osarusan

The Backwards Man wrote: »

The highest respect you can give any flag is to scrawl the name of your local boozer across it, then hang, drape or suspend it from every railing, scoreboard, advertising hoarding or fellow drunken fan you encounter.

Guilty of pretty much exactly this, except the name of the local boozer was not scrawled but carefully measured and block printed out.

Croatia versus Ecuador in Yokohama, 2002.

entropi

PARlance wrote: »

It's not illegal to deface the Irish Flag.

Actually, you are correct. However, it should be, due to ignoring the respect of the flag guidelines issued by the Dept. of the Oireachtas.

Birneybau

osarusan wrote: »

Guilty of pretty much exactly this, except the name of the local boozer was not scrawled but carefully measured and block printed out.

Croatia versus Ecuador in Yokohama, 2002.

You a football hipster? :pac:

Riders Of Rohan

I knew a lad who brought it everywhere it was cringe, he brought it to a club because he thought it would help him get laid. Sure Ill get a load of girls take a photo with me, theyll love it and then they know Im Irish