2023 will go down as a very sad/bad year for us Irish

AMKC

So far we have lost at least two great singers on Christy Dignam and Sinead 'O Conner. Anyone elsewhere? The Women have not had the luck of the Irish in Australia. They will not now make the group stages. Yes it's there fault. They could have done better no doubt.

Hopefully next year will be better for us all.

yourdeadwright

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/2058306636/2023-will-go-down-as-a-very-sad-bad-year-for-us-irish

I don't understand this,

Obviously its sad to see anyone pass away & god bless them & there families

As artist Sinead & Christy have given us there best work years ago now at this stage that we can listen to whenever we want, So as people who don't actually know them personally we haven't really lost anything we will always have what they gave to the public, For there close friends & family its obviously a different story & god bless them

People die daily , many of us will lose people this year we are actually deeply care about ,

We all knew they would go out at the group stage its hardly sad to be not good enough at a sport its just reality

As someone from a distance to the 3 events you mentioned , If these are the 3 saddest things that happen tis year you'll have a pretty good year be thankful

z80CPU

^^^^ echoing previous poster, OP should count their blessings if that's all that affects them.

bennyineire

2 celebrities' that I've never met have died this year, many more will too.

Sad that they died but honestly way down the list of my concerns.

These events certainly won't make or break 2023 for me and for the vast majority of people in this country I wager

No it won't. A thread doesn't have to be started for absolutely EVERY thought.

Gregor Samsa

Hopefully next year we have zero mortality for all Irish people globally, and 100% sporting success for all Irish teams and individuals in all sports at all levels, even those playing against each other.

Ten of Swords

It's no 2016 that's for sure 🥺

Akrasia

Ireland could win the Rugby world Cup this year.

We are the world number one ranked team

Munster won the URC, that was good. First Irish team to ever win that competition.

The U20s won another 6 nations grand slam

Not bad to be an Irish rugby supporter

ancapailldorcha

This is ridiculous. While it's sad to see people like O'Connor pass away, that's a part of life. Plenty of people couldn't care less about sport regardless of who's playing or what sport it is. We just had covid not 5 years ago which was hell for a lot of people. That sets my bar for a sad year pretty high. 2016 was a desperately sad year but covid set the standard for me. If I can travel, go out and work then I'm thankful.

Jim_Hodge

If that's all it takes for you to think the entire nation has had a bad year, you need to look at your priorities. Two singers died (l'll admit to never listening to either of them and not knowing one of them even by name) and a sports team performs as was expected of them...hardly heart wrenching.

LambshankRedemption

My father died in March and Im getting the family home ready to go on the market. I'm having to throw out loads of things, each with its own individual memory attached to it.

Kind of puts the OP into perspective.

TedBundysDriver

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120911139#Comment_120911139

Rugby is rubbish. Played seriously by a handful of nations it's about as competitive as i'd be in a 100 meter race with Usain Bolt.

Danzy

Christy had bad luck with his health but fought hard, bore it well, lasted longer than expected and was genuinely inspirational.

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Sad news on his passing but not a tragedy and not a national one.

Sinead O'Connor was a troubled soul and had great tragedy.

National tragedy it was not.

Death is the price of life, a cheap price,not always fairly applied though

mikemac2

Forgive my ignorance but what happened in 2016? Two mentions of it on the thread

Jim_Hodge

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120911262#Comment_120911262

2016 in Ireland - Wikipedia

How 2016 unfolded in Ireland: month by month – The Irish Times

cute geoge

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120911250#Comment_120911250

I just can not under stand the fasination by a large amount of ordinary people in this rugby .Do people actually understand any of the rules ,tactics or game plan .The amount of sponsorship it gets from banks ,drink companies,phone companies is some joke compared to underage soccer ,gaa which take a hell of a lot of kids off the streets and is a great outlet for 100's of thousands of youngsters .I just dont get it .

Back 70 years ago ,a local character who had returned to Ireland from Australia had to describing rugby to the locals before T.V. that never knew what rugby entailed said it was like a litter of bonhams suckling on a sow

magicbastarder

It's a reference to musicians dying. In 2016, Bowie, Prince, Cohen, and George Michael died, along with a slew of others.

Finty Lemon

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/2058306636/2023-will-go-down-as-a-very-sad-bad-year-for-us-irish

Indeed. We should write to the UN for help immediately. How will we cope at all?

Montage of Feck

Maybe we should sacrifice the odd celebrity to the gods, as this year doesn't seem particularly bad compared to any other year of recent times.

Montage of Feck

Even the 2016 thing is a load of crap, just google celebrity deaths xxxx for any year it will spew out a list featuring widely known people.

The loss of Sinéad and Christy is felt by their families and closest friends, not by random strangers like myself. Yes I know the pseudo-sadness that can be felt when a figure one has admired dies, and when you imagine you have known them.

To me 2023 is the year I developed progressive multiple sclerosis, ending a huge element of my independence, and that is what I am grieving.

AMKC

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120911237#Comment_120911237

Awe sorry to hear that. My condolences for your loss.

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120911435#Comment_120911435

Sorry to hear that.

An aunty in law I used to get on with well recently developed dementia and does not know me now at all :(

board silly

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/2058306636/2023-will-go-down-as-a-very-sad-bad-year-for-us-irish

Really makes you think.

whisky_galore

Two people died and we lost at the sportsball.

The latter hardly merits a national mourning, we lose at stuff nearly all of the time, get over it. At least we are not fighting a war for our very existence, battling floods or wildfires like some other places.

astrofool

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120911250#Comment_120911250

In the top 10 World sports, what sports would youblist above it?

magicbastarder

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120911435#Comment_120911435

pseudo-sadness? can you not feel genuine sadness when someone you respect dies?

@AMKC

Jesus H @AMKC you couldn't even get their names right in your newest inane thread.

Oranage2

Our economy is apparently booming but our public services are falling apart, teacher shortages,gardai leaving in their droves, long hospital and doctor waits. The cost of living have forced many 30 and fourty somethings to move back home and many young Educated people to emigrate. No social housing and no affording housing which many people would like.

A year and a half past the lockdowns and I'd say most would like to go back to that period as the current situation seems a lot worse.

Akrasia

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120911250#Comment_120911250

Ha ha ha ha. Good one

dxhound2005

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120911701#Comment_120911701

People can emigrate or stay at home by choice. Back in the day there was mass forced emigration, and still 15% or more unemployment for those at home. I can't remember any golden age in the past that I want to go back to.

TedBundysDriver

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120911640#Comment_120911640

Football, Motorcycling, Tennis, Golf, Ice Hockey, Baseball, Cricket, Boxing, Formula 1, Basketball.....

There's also a raft of other sports i'd watch ahead of it.