Just wondering, is it forbidden by law to fly the Union Jack in Ireland?
And if it's not forbidden would one be beaten up about it if he or she was flying the Union Jack somewhere?
If I saw a union jack flag flying in some British guys garden in Ireland, I would think he was trying to cause offence and also I would think if Britain is so great why don't you fcuk off back over there? or is the social welfare too good in Ireland? lets face it a lot of their unemployed move here to get better social welfare payments, a great addition to the Country. 🙄
It generally wouldn't be a problem in England if somebody had an Irish flag on display, they are mostly a tolerant lot.
Here In Ireland if a Union Jack was flown Some people would be peeved, others indifferent. I'd be indifferent.
Such a stupid lazy point this. ^^
So what?
You don't give allegiance to a country or government just because you follow a sports team.
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Similar to waving the Russian flag around a gathering of displaced Ukrainians.
All flags even our own tricolour can cause an emotional reaction (that is their intention after all) and some times the wrong emotional reaction particularly if flown to taunt.
Certainly not as bad here as it used to be but still very contentious in the north.
I'd personally have a moratorium on flying any flags. Unworkable maybe but I don't have any grá for flag worship TBH
@tinytobe it is not the Union Jack technically, it is only called the UJ when flown on a ship.
Of course not, but then flying flags in the garden is not a thing in either country, so no matter what flag you fly, you'll probably create a certain negative perception among the locals.
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And yet these people probably follow man united, Liverpool and the rest. Perspective is needed.
im not so sure about that.
There were villages and towns burned to the ground in the republic, innocent people murdered and raped by British thugs and psychopaths for hundreds of years, that flag is hated by lots still in the south and if not hated it is disliked and id say the majority of people wouldn't want to see it flown in the republic.
Shannon is a special case alright, as a massive amount of people from the north came to Shannon back in 70’s.
might not be so bad now , but knowing that pub well and the said location of pub, flying a Union Jack there if it was 10, 20 years ago they probably got off lightly.
actually if a Union Jack was flying there now I’m sure people would still take an exception to it :-D
WW2 was the Nazi flag and only 6 years. We've over 800 years and it was people originally from Northern Ireland who had the issue.
Most people in Ireland couldn't care less if you fly the Union Jack.
Interesting situation. I didn't know it was that way.
I only noted that the British Embassy in Dublin seems to be the only Embassy of the countries in Europe not having a flag at their Embassy. Spain has one, the Netherlands as well. There seems to be a flagpole in the grounds of the British Embassy, I think actually two of them, but there is no flag flying there.
I don't think that the German flag has the same negativity to it, in countries like France, Poland or Austria, given Germany's WW2 history, than the Union Jack in Ireland.
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A company I worked for had an annual inter-office 7 a side soccer tournament years ago. Big social occasion, and we'd all be flown over to the UK or Germany for it and a party after. One year, it was held in Shannon (where our office was). The astroturf pitches are on the grounds of the local GAA club (Wolfe Tones). They also have a bar there.
All the people from the various offices had their national flags, including the crowd from the UK. Next thing this guy comes barreling out of the bar, clearly the worst for wear, roaring and shouting about Brits and butchers aprons what he'd do to them. The manager of the bar then comes out and asks us to put away the Union flags, but the Irish, German, Luxembourg and Swedish ones could stay flying - turns out there was an after-funeral reception in the bar, and the attendees (many Shannon natives are originally from Northern Ireland) took great exception to the flags.
Just have a fire extinguisher close to hand when you sleep.
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