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Why Cork is called the Rebel County

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  • 17-08-2017 4:02pm
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    shamrockvilla
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    The ‘rebel’ comes from Cork city’s support for pretender to the English crown Perkin Warbeck. If Cork people had got their way King Perkin I would have sat on the English throne.


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    The_Valeyard
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    Think it's more the auld civil war thinge


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    NIMAN
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    They love the British royal family in Cork, so they do.


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    The_Valeyard
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    NIMAN wrote: »
    They love the British royal family in Cork, so they do.

    The English Market is the the secret Unionist HQ


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    Erik Shin
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    Because they have their own passport and declared themselves an independent republic separate from the 25 counties
    ;);):)


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    Are Am Eye
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    They only had one rebel. And they shot him.


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    ytpe2r5bxkn0c1
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    The_Valeyard wrote: »
    Think it's more the auld civil war thinge

    No, it predates the civil war and does indeed refer to the support from the county for Perkin Warbeck.


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    jimgoose
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    That would be because of the Massassi Base on the fourth moon of Dunmanway.


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    The J Stands for Jay
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    Eliseo Icy Wiring wrote: »
    No, it predates the civil war and does indeed refer to the support from the county for Perkin Warbeck.

    So, they rebelled against the rest of the country in their love for the English oppressors?


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    andekwarhola
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    The arrant insecurity that usually results from being a small regional conurbation as opposed to the capital city.


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    Sam Kade
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    Are Cork city dwellers culchies?


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    ytpe2r5bxkn0c1
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    McGaggs wrote: »
    So, they rebelled against the rest of the country in their love for the English oppressors?

    What country?
    The merchants and burghers of Cork supported Warbeck when he visited the area to seek backers for his attempt to reclaim the throne for the Yorkists. Cork was declared a Rebel county by King Henry VII.


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    jimgoose
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    Eliseo Icy Wiring wrote: »
    What country?
    The merchants and burghers of Cork supported Warbeck when he visited the area to seek backers for his attempt to reclaim the throne for the Yorkists. Cork was declared a Rebel county by King Henry VII.

    So we should really be waving the Tudor coat-of-arms at GAA matches? :D


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    The_Valeyard
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    jimgoose wrote: »
    So we should really be waving the Tudor coat-of-arms at GAA matches? :D

    More offensive than Confederate flags!! Lol


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    jimgoose
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    The_Valeyard wrote: »
    More offensive than Confederate flags!! Lol

    Or the Vindaloo Curry Standard, a.k.a. the Rising Sun. :pac:


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    The_Valeyard
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    Eliseo Icy Wiring wrote: »
    No, it predates the civil war and does indeed refer to the support from the county for Perkin Warbeck.

    So, should we resurrect the cause,?


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    jimgoose
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    The_Valeyard wrote: »
    So, should we resurrect the cause,?

    I think "Perkin Warbeck and the Pretenders to the Throne" would be a fantastic name for a thrash string quartet.


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    Gravelly
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    Sam Kade wrote: »
    Are Cork city dwellers culchies?

    I have it on good authority from a work colleague that anyone who lives outside the M50 is a culchie. I pointed out to him that this would include New Yorkers, Londoners, Parisians, Berliners etc. but he is adamant that this is the case.


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    ytpe2r5bxkn0c1
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    jimgoose wrote: »
    So we should really be waving the Tudor coat-of-arms at GAA matches? :D

    Not if you're from Cork. They supported opposition to the House of Tudor.


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    jimgoose
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    Eliseo Icy Wiring wrote: »
    Not if you're from Cork. They supported opposition to the House of Tudor.

    Ah - understood. What we want is the Armorial of Plantagenet. :pac:


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    #21
    Are Am Eye
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    Definition of a Corkman with an inferiority complex.
    He believes he's only as good as everyone else.


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    shamrockvilla
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    http://triskelartscentre.ie/christchurch/famous-characters/perkin-warbeck/

    I wonder would the boys on the Blacrock end be shouting "rebels,rebels" if they were aware of the above.


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    corner of hells
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    Is it something to with having arses like blood oranges from being clattered by Christian brothers armed with hurls.


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    dd972
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    Do they say 'La' in Cork?, like Scousers do meaning 'mate' or 'buddy', I'm sure I've encountered it a couple of times.


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    Gravelly
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    dd972 wrote: »
    Do they say 'La' in Cork?, like Scousers do meaning 'mate' or 'buddy', I'm sure I've encountered it a couple of times.

    Only if you manage to punch them in the mouth when they are halfway through saying langer.


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    A Battered Mars Bar
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    Cos they're dumb little losers. Sad babies the lot of em. Never met anyone normal from Cork. Pity we can't just slice off the county and dump it somewhere in the artic.


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    smurgen
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    Why did you pose a question and answer it all within your first post?


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    Surreptitious
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    A Battered Mars Bar wrote: »
    Cos they're dumb little losers. Sad babies the lot of em. Never met anyone normal from Cork. Pity we can't just slice off the county and dump it somewhere in the artic.

    Jesus, tell us how you really feel.


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    ForestFire
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    smurgen wrote: »
    Why did you pose a question and answer it all within your first post?

    But there is no question ( no ? In title)

    It's the heading for the OP's synopsis on the subject.


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    Itssoeasy
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    Sam Kade wrote: »
    Are Cork city dwellers culchies?

    No.


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    Itssoeasy
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    A Battered Mars Bar wrote: »
    Cos they're dumb little losers. Sad babies the lot of em. Never met anyone normal from Cork. Pity we can't just slice off the county and dump it somewhere in the artic.

    The artic ? Wouldn't it be the Atlantic seeing as his cork is on the south coast ?


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