Foreign neighbours with Irish flag in back garden

Leilak

Just wondering how unusual is this ? As far as I know they are Latvian family and since Paddys day they have put Irish Flag on 30 ft flag pole in back garden. Any thoughts

Parchment

They like Ireland a lot?

Gravelly

Great to see immigrants that are obviously attached to this country. Well done them.

HalloweenJack

With all the whingeing about people not integrating, its nice to see.

Pinch Flat

It's an IRA sleeper cell.

Winterlong

Or they could be confused and from the Ivory coast?

Alkers

It's unfortunate that any pride in being Irish in Ireland can easily be confused with or associated with Republican views and the associated criminal and terrorist ongoings. There is probably no such confusion in Latvia (or wherever these people are from), so showing a bit of national pride is probably far more common over there.

Parchment

Simona1986 wrote: »

It's unfortunate that any pride in being Irish in Ireland can easily be confused with or associated with Republican views and the associated criminal and terrorist ongoings. There is probably no such confusion in Latvia (or wherever these people are from), so showing a bit of national pride is probably far more common over there.

Latvia has a gorgeous flag too. Might get one for my garden.

Pelvis

Bloody foreigners, flying our flags!!

Roger Hassenforder

Leilak wrote: »

Just wondering how unusual is this ? As far as I know they are Latvian family and since Paddys day they have put Irish Flag on 30 ft flag pole in back garden. Any thoughts

I think that's a big flag pole.

Harry Palmr

Clearly not assimilated

odyssey06

Wouldn't you need planning permission for that? They seem to have adopted the ways of the locals in disgrearding such niceties...

NIMAN

Its fleg!

stevek93

Latvian chap living with me he's sounded bloke I've come across.

Parchment

stevek93 wrote: »

Latvian chap living with me he's sounded bloke I've come across.

Really nice people and Latvia is gorgeous.

Jack the Stripper

Don't you get citizen quicker if you fly a flag for 4 months.

jjbrien

Maybe they are getting in practice for Marching season in the North https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o8JqKxrloQQ

anewme

Dey took our flags!

OP, they do it just to piss you off.

seamus

Bit creepy, but maybe it's considered somewhat normal in Latvia?

There's a stigma in Ireland around flying the flag on a residential property; primarily the connotation is that doing so makes one a foaming-at-the-mouth nationalist who supports the IRA.

There's also a snobbery aspect to it, in that flying flags on or around a house is something only the lower classes do.

I can understand how a foreign national would be completely unaware/unconcerned about any of this and would consider it an appropriate way to display their love for their new home.

pilly

Maybe they got their citizenship this year?

Harry Palmr

Do they also own guns and drive a pick up?

rgossip30

Looks like this is the only immigration thread open at present .

MarkR

Leilak wrote: »

Just wondering how unusual is this ? As far as I know they are Latvian family and since Paddys day they have put Irish Flag on 30 ft flag pole in back garden. Any thoughts

Initial thought, they need a bigger wall.

Your Face

Maybe they are hoping it will grow.

Leilak

lol good answers there, they obviously really love Ireland fair play to them and what a pleasant sight to see our national flag flying proudly everyday

jmayo

rgossip30 wrote: »

Looks like this is the only immigration thread open at present .

Next thing you know we can only talk about certain flags.

DEFTLEFTHAND

More people should do it.

I want to erect four flag poles on my front lawn, county, province, country and family coat of arms.

They'll be raised every morning in a short ceremony.

realdanbreen

Leilak wrote: »

Just wondering how unusual is this ? As far as I know they are Latvian family and since Paddys day they have put Irish Flag on 30 ft flag pole in back garden. Any thoughts

Have they a pair of runners slung over the flag?

REBELSAFC

Parchment wrote: »

Really nice people and Latvia is gorgeous.

Parchment wrote: »

Really gorgeous people and Latvia is nice.

Fixed that for ya

AlanG

normal enough in some countries but not in Ireland most likely due to the civil war and the hassle that you are supposed to take the flag down at dusk and not leave it up overnight.

Glenster

Where did they get the money for that flag???


Benefit fraud. And Sharia Law. And smelly food.

Jack the Stripper

Extra entitlements maybe for flying the flag perhaps.

corner of hells

DEFTLEFTHAND wrote: »

More people should do it.

I want to erect four flag poles on my front lawn, county, province, country and family coat of arms.

They'll be raised every morning in a short ceremony.

How short will this ceremony be and will you be playing with your bugle ?

Dr. Kenneth Noisewater

Neighbours of mine of Asian origin have an Irish flag hanging on their clothesline constantly. I dunno whether they're drying themselves with it or what the story is.

Guffy

But, do they have planning permission for the flag pole?

Harry Palmr

odyssey06 wrote: »

Wouldn't you need planning permission for that? They seem to have adopted the ways of the locals in disgrearding such niceties...

gufc21 wrote: »

But, do they have planning permission for the flag pole?

[something about loss of light, being overlooked]

Maybe they're Irish now. I know a few Brazilian and Asian colleagues who went 'full-blown Irish' when they had their naturalization ceremonies. I think it's super cute how one Korean girl practices the Luas stop announcements in Irish so when I say I'm getting off in Ranelagh, she'll say "Raghnallach!".

They're really into Saint Patrick's Celebrations and during the 1916 commemorations, were asking the Irish workers to tell them about the history behind the Rising.

Just like the Normans, the phrase 'more Irish than the Irish themselves', springs to mind.

KindOfIrish

HalloweenJack wrote: »

With all the whingeing about people not integrating, its nice to see.

Where have you seen Latvians who have not integrated???

Guffy

Harry Palmr wrote: »

[something about loss of light, being overlooked]

Nah if a 30 foot flag pole fell what would it land on.... is was taking the piss though

odyssey06

KindOfIrish wrote: »

Where have you seen Latvians who have not integrated???

When they are really Russians masquerading as Latvians...

Jurgen Klopp

Excellent, just the type of immigrants you'd want, I'd even class it as going above and beyond to integrate, but it's very nice to see.

Frankly, anyone that thinks it's something a lower class would do are people with the Irish self hating mentality. Like that UK Labor party councilor who posted a picture in Twitter of s house with the English flag flying from their house and tried to make off they were some sort of foaming at the mouth bigots, she and Labour weren't long grovelling from the back lash.

As for the republican angle, I'm as far from a Sinn Fein supporter but can't say that's what I'd associate it with, but maybe it's a known thing in Dublin and that.

Beyondgone

I've a Latvian mate with four poles in his back garden.

No idea how he gets away with renting them his shed as "accommodation" but they seem happy enough.

pickarooney

Leilak wrote: »

Just wondering how unusual is this ? As far as I know they are Latvian family and since Paddys day they have put Irish Flag on 30 ft flag pole in back garden. Any thoughts

Your lack of indefinite articles gives you away, Leila!

Chuchote

Strictly speaking, the national flag is only supposed to be flown by official bodies, not by private individuals. They'll catch on in a bit that this isn't usual, I'm sure.

LordSutch

Lucky its in the back garden & not in the back passage.

peckerhead

Lucky they're not communists. 'Cause that'd be a big red flag for me.

...And Justice

The Irish do the same in the USA for 4th of July. American flags out everywhere.

Chuchote

...And Justice wrote: »

The Irish do the same in the USA for 4th of July. American flags out everywhere.

Camouflage

Anongeneric

Leilak wrote: »

Just wondering how unusual is this ? As far as I know they are Latvian family and since Paddys day they have put Irish Flag on 30 ft flag pole in back garden. Any thoughts

Lost a bet?

harry Bailey esq

DEFTLEFTHAND wrote: »

More people should do it.

I want to erect four flag poles on my front lawn, county, province, country and family coat of arms.

They'll be raised every morning in a short ceremony.

I was thinking about that,there's a certain etiquette attached to hoisting the tricolour.Im not 100% certain about the full ins and outs of whole thing. Something I am sure of is though is that it must be raised at dawn lowered at dusk. So yeah if decking flags around the property is your wont,and if you were to do it properly then there would be a little ceremony involved.
Op are the neighbours playing by the rules?