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Perceptions about Ireland that people just assume but aren't true

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    #272
    dundalkfc10
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 4,719 ✭✭✭dundalkfc10


    blinding wrote: »
    Do you think that James Connolly consider himself “ Not an Irishman “ ?

    He was born in Cowgate, Edinburgh, Scotland and lived there for 14/15 years. He was Scottish.

    Are all the Liverpool and Utd fans who call themselves Scouse and Mancs British?


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    #273
    blinding
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    James Connolly was a Better Irishman than all but a Very Few !

    Ireland has always had its traitors , spys and informers.

    I’d take James Connolly as an Irishman above any of ye lot any day !


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    #274
    Dav010
    Registered Users Posts: 14,058 ✭✭✭✭Dav010


    blinding wrote: »
    James Connolly was a Better Irishman than all but a Very Few !

    Ireland has always had its traitors , spys and informers.

    I’d take James Connolly as an Irishman above any of ye lot any day !

    I’d take him as a Scotsman above you any day, but that’s just me. Is there any truth he played for Rangers under 6s?


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    #275
    TragicJohnson
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    blinding wrote: »
    James Connolly was a Better Irishman than all but a Very Few !

    Ireland has always had its traitors , spys and informers.

    I’d take James Connolly as an Irishman above any of ye lot any day !

    Take it easy on the hydroxychloroquine.


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    #276
    Hangdogroad
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    That the Irish are mad for fighting. Apart from a certain ethnic group largely not true.


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    #277
    blinding
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 7,466 ✭✭✭blinding


    Hangdogroad wrote: »
    That the Irish are mad for fighting. Apart from a certain ethnic group largely not true.
    Probably true about 60 , 70 years ago. They would have no trouble putting young lads fighting to toughen them up a bit in those days. This was before television.

    50 years ago their would be fights outside dance halls and the like. I suppose bits and pieces of that still go on !


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    #278
    steddyeddy
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    Dav010 wrote: »
    33 million Americans consider themselves Irish. Does it make them Irish?

    He was born to Irish parents, he most certainly considered himself Irish.


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    #279
    blinding
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 7,466 ✭✭✭blinding


    steddyeddy wrote: »
    He was born to Irish parents, he most certainly considered himself Irish.
    He would get an Irish Passport no Problem Today.

    He was more Irish than the Traitors , Spies and Informers ! !


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    #280
    kravmaga
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    1 sheep2 wrote: »
    You have an interesting approach to punctuation.

    The English I have met have been very fond of the Irish. Our 'accent' has been voted the most attractive in the British Isles. Perhaps there's another reason they haven't warmed to you.

    Rubbish


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    whisky_galore
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    blinding wrote: »
    Probably true about 60 , 70 years ago. They would have no trouble putting young lads fighting to toughen them up a bit in those days. This was before television.

    50 years ago their would be fights outside dance halls and the like. I suppose bits and pieces of that still go on !

    Faction fights were a thing 150 or so years ago.
    Fill the head of a blackthorn stick with lead for extra skull smashing capability.

    Men, women, everyone getting stuck in after a wedding, fair or funeral. It sounds kind of familiar.


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    #282
    fryup
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    Hangdogroad wrote: »
    That the Irish are mad for fighting. Apart from a certain ethnic group largely not true.

    not remember the troubles?? went on for 25 yrs:cool:


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    #283
    completedit
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    Positive one. That Ireland is this homely agricultural society with rolling green fields and zero crime. Very prevalent on the continent.


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    #284
    The One Doctor
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    fryup wrote: »
    not remember the troubles?? went on for 25 yrs:cool:

    Northern Ireland is not the ROI. Different country, remember?


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    #285
    Figel Narage
    Registered Users Posts: 474 ✭✭Figel Narage


    completedit wrote: »
    Positive one. That Ireland is this homely agricultural society with rolling green fields and zero crime. Very prevalent on the continent.

    Yeah I've heard that one a lot. If they even know Ireland exists, they think of the above and wonder if we have wifi haha


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    #286
    fryup
    Registered Users Posts: 18,069 ✭✭✭✭fryup


    fryup wrote: »
    not remember the troubles?? went on for 25 yrs:cool:
    The One Doctor wrote: »
    Northern Ireland is not the ROI. Different country, remember?

    well its still Ireland,

    and the title of the thread says...Perceptions about Ireland it doesn't differentiate


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    1 sheep2
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    kravmaga wrote: »
    The English I have met have been very fond of the Irish. Our 'accent' has been voted the most attractive in the British Isles. Perhaps there's another reason they haven't warmed to you.
    Rubbish

    According to this person, my experience is rubbish. But could it be that the English don't warm to his Anglophobia?!


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    #288
    steddyeddy
    Registered Users Posts: 27,564 ✭✭✭✭steddyeddy


    In fairness we have relatively low levels of crime. We're just very good at putting ourselves down.


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