100 year 1916 anniversary: commemorations?

Myrddin · 24-07-2009 09:12PM

galwayrush wrote: »

We might as well celebrate the FF tent at the Galway Races,it's had a major impact on the country, and besides, we'll probably be too broke to celebrate anything after bailing out the bankers with all our tax money. Look how far we've come.:(

Difference being we've had a long time to evaluate Fianna Fail, and yet still voted them in.

galwayrush · 24-07-2009 09:12PM

Haha, Life Of Brian moment, what ever have the Romans British ever done for us?..............:D

galwayrush · 24-07-2009 09:16PM

brummytom wrote: »

Good stuff, we'll come back over then.

Just long enough to rebuild our railways and finish off the Motorways.

I think if we never had 1916, we probably would have got independence later on , no divisive civil war and Motorways build many years ago.:rolleyes:

stovelid · 24-07-2009 09:18PM

A giant interpretive sculpture of a half-open tin of worms would be fitting.

brummytom · 24-07-2009 09:18PM

galwayrush wrote: »

Just long enough to rebuild our railways and finish off the Motorways.
I think if we never had 1916, we probably would have got independence later on , no divisive civil war and Motorways build many years ago.:rolleyes:

I would do the motorways but I've got a bad back so erm....

Take yer potatoes!

*Runs*

ejmaztec · 24-07-2009 09:19PM

Perhaps the Irish people are gluttons for punishment, only deciding every 800 years that some other shower of feckers should be telling the people to bend over and take it up the hole.:eek:

denon · 24-07-2009 09:24PM

Sir Molle wrote: »

I don't celebrate terrorism.

When you start secondary school in September, you should pay a lot attention in history class.

dlofnep · 24-07-2009 09:24PM

Sir Molle wrote: »

That's complete bullshit. Ireland was actually better off under British rule. Collins is entirely to blame for the troubles in the north. He was a terrorist scum bag which ever way you look at it.

Of course we were.. With all them penal laws, sure didn't we have a great craic under British rule.

And weren't they great to us during the famine? With all that aid they gave us, and shipments of food exported to England while a million people died?

Bring back British rule! I'm only a glutton for punishment.

Yixian · 24-07-2009 09:28PM

Come on, even the biggest cynics amongst you must surely soften to the idea of a Statue of Éire

"Welcome back ye sons of Éireann" emblazoned in gold lettering.. it's time for a big neo-classic stone statue, enough of all this foamed glass and brushed metal!

I think it's worth making an topic dedicated to the effects of scottish independence on Irish unity, if you think about it it could REALLY shake things up, very interesting...

Robbo · 24-07-2009 09:30PM

I'll be taking over my nearest biscuit factory and post office. It will be hailed as a triumph.

I will also construct a cenotaph to the fallen of the Irish Internet Republican Army, the martyrs who were banned from Boards for their unwavering support for the process of killing a Garda whist robbing a post office or declaring all human history since Carthage to be a Westbrit conspiracy. Bless their brave souls.

Sir Molle · 24-07-2009 09:34PM

dlofnep wrote: »

Of course we were.. With all them penal laws, sure didn't we have a great craic under British rule.

And weren't they great to us during the famine? With all that aid they gave us, and shipments of food exported to England while a million people died?

Bring back British rule! I'm only a glutton for punishment.

In 1922 we were better off being part of the British Empire. Home rule only caused more trouble.

Sir Molle · 24-07-2009 09:34PM

denon wrote: »

When you start secondary school in September, you should pay a lot attention in history class.

Are you saying the IRA are not terrorists?

enniscorthy · 24-07-2009 09:38PM

lets change our national flag from the green white orange to this

http://www.nndb.com/people/600/000022534/gglitter-yipes.jpg

hehehehehehehehehehehehahahahahahahaaha

Myrddin · 24-07-2009 09:40PM

Sir Molle wrote: »

Are you saying the IRA are not terrorists?

Are you saying your English?

PaulieD · 24-07-2009 09:44PM

Sir Molle wrote: »

Collins is entirely to blame for the troubles in the north. He was a terrorist scum bag which ever way you look at it.

Did Collins rise from the dead? Like Jebus? Some man, was Mick. Collins never actually fired a shot at crown forces. He cried off sick in 1916 with a sore thumb.

Scrambled egg · 24-07-2009 09:46PM

Sir Molle wrote: »

That's complete bullshit. Ireland was actually better off under British rule. Collins is entirely to blame for the troubles in the north. He was a terrorist scum bag which ever way you look at it.

Sniff *Sniff * Do you guys smell that?

Smells like complete BULLSH1T

denon · 24-07-2009 09:55PM

Sir Molle wrote: »

Are you saying the IRA are not terrorists?

Do you mean these guys http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irish_Republican_Army ? No I don't consider them terrorists. Who the fúck does? Are you getting confused with the Provisional IRA?

Pygmalion · 24-07-2009 09:57PM

Sir Molle wrote: »

Are you saying the IRA are not terrorists?

Are you talking about the IRA who fought our war of independence or the IRA that appeared decades later and starting bombing the north. Quite a big difference, one which you don't seem to understand.

Oh **** you Denon, had I not been talking to someone on IRC I totally would've got there first.

Adamcp898 · 24-07-2009 09:59PM

denon wrote: »

Do you mean these guys http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irish_Republican_Army ? No I don't consider them terrorists. Who the fúck does? Are you getting confused with the Provisional IRA?

less nit picking, there's been that many forms of an organisation called the IRA over the years.....................................................................................................................and anyway it was the IRB that staged the 1916 rising NOT the IRA

dlofnep · 24-07-2009 09:59PM

Sir Molle wrote: »

Are you saying the IRA are not terrorists?

No, the IRA were not terrorists. They were the legitimate army of Ireland, and recognized as such by Dáil Éireann. Read your history books.

Sir Molle wrote: »

In 1922 we were better off being part of the British Empire. Home rule only caused more trouble.

That's generally what happens during war, things become unsettled. Britain's stake in Ireland never had any credibility whatsoever. Things were better under British rule, compared to what?

You might like the idea of laying down, and being a good little puppy for your British masters - But the people of Ireland time and time again, ascertained the right to control their own destinies and define their own laws and policies - 1641, 1798, 1848, 1916.. You think the British would have gotten the hint.

Where exactly are you from? England? South Dublin?

ChocolateSauce · 24-07-2009 10:02PM

EnterNow wrote: »

Then celebrate freedom..............in 7 years time....:rolleyes:

I might pay some respects to the centenary of the war of independence-that was started by an elected government, unlike the rising, which was started by terrorists who did not represent the views of the majority of the public at the time.

galwayrush · 24-07-2009 10:07PM

To describe 1916 and also this thread....................:rolleyes:
To quote Yeats......A terrible beauty is born.

galwayrush · 24-07-2009 10:08PM

Sir Molle wrote: »

That's complete bullshit. Ireland was actually better off under British rule. Collins is entirely to blame for the troubles in the north. He was a terrorist scum bag which ever way you look at it.

It took me an hour, but i finally stopped laughing at that post.:D

Sir Molle · 24-07-2009 10:11PM

dlofnep wrote: »

No, the IRA were not terrorists. They were the legitimate army of Ireland, and recognized as such by Dáil Éireann. Read your history books.

Just because they were recognised by Dáil Éireann as an army doesn't mean they were not terrorists. They resorted to terrorist tactics, therefore they were terrorists.

I don't blame you for being wrong. Some would argue that Al Qaeda are an army of freedom fighters too.

Kev_ps3 · 24-07-2009 10:14PM

Sir Molle wrote: »

I don't celebrate terrorism.

And what was British rule? It was terrorism x1 million.
Its the same as saying on a jewish forum that the jewish resistance in nazi germany was terrorism. I only wish I could get my hands on you.

Scrambled egg · 24-07-2009 10:14PM

Sir Molle wrote: »

Just because they were recognised by Dáil Éireann as an army doesn't mean they were not terrorists. They resorted to terrorist tactics, therefore they were terrorists.

I don't blame you for being wrong. Some would argue that Al Qaeda are an army of freedom fighters too.

The real terrorists in the War of Independence was the British Army. We all remember bloody Sunday when innocent spectators in Croke Park were brutaly slaughtered. Or how about when the Black and Tans burnt the centre of Cork city to the ground. Get your facts right mate.

denon · 24-07-2009 10:15PM

galwayrush wrote: »

It took me an hour, but i finally stopped laughing at that post.:D

Yeah, probably the stupidest post I've ever read on boards. Even if this guy is a wum, then it's still the worst (by far)..

ChocolateSauce · 24-07-2009 10:16PM

Scrambled egg wrote: »

The real terrorists in the War of Independence was the British Army. We all remember bloody Sunday when innocent spectators in Croke Park were brutaly slaughtered. Or how about when the Black and Tans burnt the centre of Cork city to the ground. Get your facts right mate.

Let's not mistake war crimes for terrorism.

Sir Molle · 24-07-2009 10:16PM

Hey guys, lets go around murdering off duty British Officers and bomb the shit out of everything, but we're doing it for our independence so I guess it's ok!

IRA stands for I Ran Away, lmbo.

EvilMonkey · 24-07-2009 10:16PM

A clock or counter that counts down to 2016(or is that up), we can stick it in the Liffey, What could go wrong?

100 year 1916 anniversary: commemorations?

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