Why Cork is called the Rebel County

shamrockvilla

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.

The_Valeyard

Think it's more the auld civil war thinge

NIMAN

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

The_Valeyard

NIMAN wrote: »

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

The English Market is the the secret Unionist HQ

Erik Shin

Because they have their own passport and declared themselves an independent republic separate from the 25 counties

Are Am Eye

They only had one rebel. And they shot him.

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1

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.

jimgoose

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

The J Stands for Jay

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?

andekwarhola

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

Sam Kade

Are Cork city dwellers culchies?

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1

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.

jimgoose

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?

The_Valeyard

jimgoose wrote: »

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

More offensive than Confederate flags!! Lol

jimgoose

The_Valeyard wrote: »

More offensive than Confederate flags!! Lol

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

The_Valeyard

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,?

jimgoose

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.

Gravelly

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.

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1

jimgoose wrote: »

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

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

jimgoose

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:

Are Am Eye

Definition of a Corkman with an inferiority complex.
He believes he's only as good as everyone else.

shamrockvilla

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.

corner of hells

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

dd972

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

Gravelly

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.

A Battered Mars Bar

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.

smurgen

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

Surreptitious

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.

ForestFire

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.

Itssoeasy

Sam Kade wrote: »

Are Cork city dwellers culchies?

No.

Itssoeasy

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 ?

mezzz

i love cork

Gravelly

mezzz wrote: »

i love cork

I prefer the screw-on ones. Less chance of spoiling due to shrinkage.

Your Face

Because of Roy.
Pure rebel, boy.

mezzz

i havent been in cork in 8-10 years, but the last night i was down there was wonderous trip into another land, a dimension not only of sight and sound , but of mind, a wonderous trip nto that which is beyond the reach of your imagination

old_aussie

jimgoose wrote: »

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

The_Valeyard wrote: »

More offensive than Confederate flags!! Lol

Yeah, but the Tudor coat-of-arms doesn't sell great southern fried chicken.

Surreptitious

Erra, get down to Hillbillies after a feed of Beamish and piss in the fountain. That'll sort the lot of ye out.

Victor

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.

???

r93kaey5p2izun

Gravelly wrote: »

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.

All this time I never knew! I'm devastated to learn I'm a Neilstown culchie.

snotboogie

mezzz wrote: »

i havent been in cork in 8-10 years, but the last night i was down there was wonderous trip into another land, a dimension not only of sight and sound , but of mind, a wonderous trip nto that which is beyond the reach of your imagination

That might be the clumsiest attempt at verbosity I've ever seen. Leave the meandering stories to those with the cognizance to express them clearly

myshirt

As to the Capital of Ireland, Limerick was, Dublin is, and Cork will be.

That's what I was always told.

I was also told by a tearful ould fella that any day spent outside Cork was a day wasted.

They are a proud people and a self sufficient people. Another 10 years of Fianna Fail, and these boys will grasp their opportunities. They won't be the capital, but they can lead the charge on a counterbalance to Dublin. Right now they need to big time sort out the CoCo and expand the city boundaries, it's constraining them.

Ireland needs a strong Dublin, and Dublin needs a strong region (Cork Limerick Galway).

Spider Web

Just heard the Cork Rose has been disqualified from this year's Rose Of Tralee. It seems her father filled out the contest application for her incorrectly. In the area under "Do not write in this space", he wrote "No bother biy".

Dirty Dingus McGee

Spider Web wrote: »

Just heard the Cork Rose has been disqualified from this year's Rose Of Tralee. It seems her father filled out the contest application for her incorrectly. In the area under "Do not write in this space", he wrote "No bother biy".

You just stole that joke form the Simpsons.

The_Valeyard

Dirty Dingus McGee wrote: »

You just stole that joke form the Simpsons.

Simpson did it, Simpson did it.

Spider Web

Dirty Dingus McGee wrote: »

You just stole that joke form the Simpsons.

https://goo.gl/images/pLakO2

jamesbere

Rule Britannia

somefeen

As a proud cork man, I laugh at these threads.

We don't have an inferiority complex, the rest of the country just can't handle a county that is proud of its own unique culture and history. It's everyone else that has the inferiority complex.

ToddyDoody

Was watching a documentary yesterday on people who work on the ports. At one point in the documentary they were in Cork and following the port's "person who drives the ship out of the harbour if required" (official title)

He was generally talking through bits and pieces about ships. One point, "... she's currently maybe just a metre and a half from the sea bed. We call ships a she because, like women, you never know what the hell they're going to do."

The mother is writing a complaint to rte as we speak.

The_Valeyard

ToddyDoody wrote: »

The mother is writing a complaint to rte as we speak.

So that's who actually writes in and complains. She do the same about haunted bread?

ToddyDoody

The_Valeyard wrote: »

So that's who actually writes in and complains. She do the same about haunted bread?

Yes actually.

The_Valeyard

ToddyDoody wrote: »

Yes actually.

She needs to write in about Ray D'Arcy