Which Irish historical would you go for a pint with?

Church on Tuesday · 30-06-2019 05:14PM

James Connolly.

JohnnyFlash · 30-06-2019 05:42PM

Phil Lynott

Dyr · 30-06-2019 05:43PM

Matt Talbot

branie2 · 30-06-2019 05:45PM

Matt would probably have a coke, or water

IAMAMORON · 30-06-2019 05:51PM

Myles na gCopaleen or Flann O'Brien - I can't make me mind up.

Dyr · 30-06-2019 05:55PM

branie2 wrote: »

Matt would probably have a coke, or water

So would I these days, it'd be mad craic.

One eyed Jack · 30-06-2019 06:04PM

Sky King wrote: »

Irish historical what?

What is with people using adjectives as nouns all of a sudden? It's like this new marketing trend that has appeared recently. I can just imagine the haircuts that come up with this stuff.

-"We want to say that we support brave people"
-"Let's just say "We're backing brave"
-"But that sentence doesn't make sense?"
-"What's your point?
-"My point is that I hate stupid"

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One eyed Jack · 30-06-2019 06:06PM

is_that_so wrote: »

Oscar Wilde, although I don't how much absinthe I could take.

Room for one more at the table?

Dr Turk Turkelton · 30-06-2019 06:23PM

DVD-Lots wrote: »

Fionn mac Cumhaill, sher he'd be full of useless info after eating that salmon. Hours of pub entertainment right there.

Any auld lad sitting in the pub on his own on a Tuesday night could give you all the useless info you'd ever want.

Duckworth_Luas · 30-06-2019 06:49PM

is_that_so wrote: »

Oscar Wilde, although I don't how much absinthe I could take.

When Wilde went on his lecture of the United States, that of his famous "I've nothing to declare but my genius" quip, he included venues in what was still then the "Wild West".

Guided by their first impressions, the inhabitants of Leadville, Colorado offered Wilde a miner's supper. With each course being a shot of whiskey they jokingly thought it something beyond what they assumed to be his delicate constitution.

The rough-hewn miners of the Rocky Mountains were fascinated by Wilde, but nothing interested them more than his ability to down impossible amounts of whiskey as he drank them under the table.

ToddyDoody · 30-06-2019 06:54PM

Arthur Guinness

Balmed Out · 30-06-2019 07:20PM

George Bernard Shaw

AMKC · 30-06-2019 08:21PM

branie2 wrote: »

In my case, it would have to be Michael Collins

The same Micheal Collins. There should be statues of him in every big city in the Country. He is the hero of Ireland.

fiveleavesleft · 30-06-2019 08:41PM

Church on Tuesday wrote: »

James Connolly.

Teetotaler.:)

Church on Tuesday · 30-06-2019 08:42PM

fiveleavesleft wrote: »

Teetotaler.:)

I'm not though

Be right back · 30-06-2019 08:49PM

branie2 wrote: »

In my case, it would have to be Michael Collins

He would be at the top of my list too!

jcorr · 30-06-2019 10:37PM

Probably Collins or Griffith to ask them lads why did yis sign that bloody treaty!

branie2 · 30-06-2019 10:44PM

They had no choice

IAMAMORON · 30-06-2019 11:00PM

jcorr wrote: »

Probably Collins or Griffith to ask them lads why did yis sign that bloody treaty!

I heard they got back-handers.

30-06-2019 11:14PM

jcorr wrote: »

Probably Collins or Griffith to ask them lads why did yis sign that bloody treaty!

Griffith had a painful inferiority complex while over there. It's really heartbreaking to read his letters and how naive he was about their promises. He was defintely the weak link in the Delegation. Collins is in a different category.

Mahony0509 · 30-06-2019 11:16PM

Eoin O'Duffy just because he was a bit of a lunatic.

30-06-2019 11:35PM

Balmed Out wrote: »

George Bernard Shaw

Very interesting guy. He must have covered the entire political spectrum by the time of his death. He was also the first (only?) person, if I'm not mistaken, to have won both an Academy Award/Oscar (For the screenplay for Pygmalion, 1938) and a Nobel Prize (for Literature, 1925).

I stayed in a hotel (Raffles) in Beijing a while ago and they put me in the George Bernard Shaw suite. Hilariously enormous suite; the best hotel upgrade ever. Was impressed that he was even known over there.

EmmetSpiceland · 30-06-2019 11:39PM

[Deleted User] wrote: »

Very interesting guy. He must have covered the entire political spectrum by the time of his death. He was also the first (only?) person, if I'm not mistaken, to have won both an Academy Award/Oscar (For the screenplay for Pygmalion, 1938) and a Nobel Prize (for Literature, 1925).

Bob Dylan has won both an Academy Award and a Nobel Prize too.

Jesus Wept · 30-06-2019 11:39PM

jim corr

Which Irish historical would you go for a pint with?

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