How Irish are you?

Pighead · 09-09-2010 12:56AM

More Irish than Tony Fenton but not as Irish as Michael Flatley.

orourkeda · 09-09-2010 01:03AM

kfallon wrote: »

I'm as Irish as Barney McKenna's bollix!

Thats quite an irish bollix alright

Liam Byrne · 09-09-2010 01:07AM

Voodoomelon wrote: »

The things I mentioned are mostly traditional. Not doing traditional things does not mean you have no culture, its entirely subjective. I was just highlighting the typical things people associate with irishness and how I have no interest in any of them!

Well it seems to me that ridiculous drunkenness and fighting are "typical things people associate with irishness", so that means I'm even less "irish" than you, because I reckon that's pretty sad and pathetic.

Mind you, anyone who didn't think last Sunday's hurling match was entertaining was pretty sad; fair enough if they didn't see it, but Sheep's comment about people who view GAA as entertaining being "sub-human" is even more sad and pathetic; like all sporting codes, it has great, entertaining matches and it has some poor ones.

I'm not a GAA "fan" by any means, but I'd rather watch last Sunday's match than endure that ponce Ronaldo diving around, or even watch this year's pathetic World Cup Final, which was so unsporting, uncivilised and unentertaining that - had I paid to see it - I'd have demanded my money back.

OPENROAD · 09-09-2010 01:07AM

Voodoomelon wrote: »

Just let out a roar at the end of the anthem and start clapping. Just like at mass...

You roar and clap at mass :eek::eek::eek:

JonJoeDali · 09-09-2010 01:09AM

OPENROAD wrote: »

You roar and clap at mass :eek::eek::eek:

A disturbing modern phenomenon. Encouraged by "spirit of Vatican II" type priests.

starbelgrade · 09-09-2010 01:18AM

I heard a recording of an old sketch on RTE 1 on Saturday about a man showing his cousin around the West of Kerry. Everywhere they go, he introduces his cousin & his cousin speaks perfect Irish to everyone he meets & in a flawless Irish accent.

After meeting about 10 people, one of them asks him if he's from New York. The cousin says 'yes' & asks if his accent or his Irish gave him away. The fella responds, "No, but I can tell you're American coz you're black as the ace of spades".

(The term PC obviously didn't exist back then & there were no Africans in the country either... I spat out my coffee when I heard the punchline!)

sponsoredwalk · 09-09-2010 01:32AM

Voodoomelon wrote: »

not a fan of ham, cabbage, spuds or frys,

What do you eat? :eek:

jdooley28 · 09-09-2010 01:46AM

Do u oew thousands because of a bank you probably would never have heard of or had any dealings with, if u do you're Irish

Wolfe Tone · 09-09-2010 01:49AM

Im Irish, and a republican.

And I HATE gaa with a passion.

Give me a chinese over spuds any day.

diddili I music? Give me Iron maiden.

JONJO THE MISER · 09-09-2010 01:55AM

Im As Irish as Irish can be to be sure to be sure.

seraphimvc · 09-09-2010 01:59AM

i can drink more pints of Guinness than anyone i know!

Darlughda · 09-09-2010 02:02AM

I feel desperate guilty when I have sex. Was it just me? Feckin catholic Ireland. But ****, it was damn good.

scientific1982 · 09-09-2010 02:07AM

Spuds, bacon and cabbage, beer, tea, going to the bog, speaking Irish, begrudgery and moaning, armchair republican, Irish music.

Hate the gaa, dont know many words in the national anthem and dont go to mass ever.

sponsoredwalk · 09-09-2010 02:12AM

Darlughda wrote: »

I feel desperate guilty when I have sex. Was it just me? Feckin catholic Ireland. But ****, it was damn good.

Your guilt turns me on, did you think the priests instilled guilt for some religious reason? ƒuck no it's hawt!

RockinRolla · 09-09-2010 02:24AM

Patriotism is idiocy with pride.

We all come from the same land, Pangaea, so being violent to one another because we happen to be born in different parts is ridiculously absurd. We don't own this land, we own nothing - we're just passing through and for, what is a millisecond (our lives) compared to the timescale of the Earth, we should appreciate what little time has been given to us while we are here before we close our eyes for the rest of eternity.

What have we got to be proud of....? Honestly? What is here that isn't or doesn't exist anywhere else on the globe?

I don't think the ideals of our people are much to go on either. How can we, the Irish, be proud of our representatives?

OPENROAD · 09-09-2010 02:27AM

RockinRolla wrote: »

Patriotism is idiocy with pride.

We all come from the same land, Pangaea, so being violent to one another because we happen to be born in different parts is ridiculously absurd. We don't own this land, we own nothing - we're just passing through and for, what is a millisecond (our lives) compared to the timescale of the Earth, we should appreciate what little time has been given to us while we are here before we close our eyes for the rest of eternity.

What have we got to be proud of....? Honestly? What is here that isn't or doesn't exist anywhere else on the globe?

I don't think the ideals of our people are much to go on either. How can we, the Irish, be proud of our representatives?

Joe Duffy.

RockinRolla · 09-09-2010 02:33AM

OPENROAD wrote: »

Joe Duffy.

Never heard of him.

Einhard · 09-09-2010 02:35AM

JonJoeDali wrote: »

You sound like a happy little conformist consumer tbqh.

Not liking the GAA, cabbage, ham, spuds, and trad music makes him a conformist?!

RockinRolla · 09-09-2010 02:40AM

Einhard wrote: »

Not liking the GAA, cabbage, ham, spuds, and trad music makes him a conformist?!

I haven't read the whole thread but if that comment you quoted was in the context I think it was, then this forum has officially reached a whole new level of stupidity.

siltirocker · 09-09-2010 03:40AM

RockinRolla wrote: »

Patriotism is idiocy with pride.

We all come from the same land, Pangaea, so being violent to one another because we happen to be born in different parts is ridiculously absurd. We don't own this land, we own nothing - we're just passing through and for, what is a millisecond (our lives) compared to the timescale of the Earth, we should appreciate what little time has been given to us while we are here before we close our eyes for the rest of eternity.

What have we got to be proud of....? Honestly? What is here that isn't or doesn't exist anywhere else on the globe?

I don't think the ideals of our people are much to go on either. How can we, the Irish, be proud of our representatives?

Do you have preference for your own mother when it comes to love, admiration, etc or will any mother do 'cause either with creationism and evolution we all pretty come from the same one eventual ancestor anyway.

Patriotism is a love of one's home. What's idiotic about that? Gotta be from somewhere; if you happen to be proud of/love where you're from what's the problem?

George Bernard Shaw was raised in a time where patriotism would have killed many of his contemporaries. So you could understand his notions on it may have been biased.

holystungun9 · 09-09-2010 04:20AM

Voodoomelon wrote: »

Dunno, associate them with feeling sick for some reason. Love a rasher in white bread though, lashings of butter...

Dear God, OP, I was completely with you all the way until this ^^^^
You must be having a laugh...lashings of butter!!!!!!!.LASHINGS!!!!

Are you one of the famous five or something???? lashings of ginger beer or ambrosia cream rice or some cr*p.

Oh dear, I just...I don't know......"lashings"

Am I the only one who noticed this???

There may be no hope for you OP, sorry:(

iguy · 09-09-2010 04:42AM

RockinRolla wrote: »

Patriotism is idiocy with pride.

We all come from the same land, Pangaea, so being violent to one another because we happen to be born in different parts is ridiculously absurd. We don't own this land, we own nothing - we're just passing through and for, what is a millisecond (our lives) compared to the timescale of the Earth, we should appreciate what little time has been given to us while we are here before we close our eyes for the rest of eternity.

What have we got to be proud of....? Honestly? What is here that isn't or doesn't exist anywhere else on the globe?

I don't think the ideals of our people are much to go on either. How can we, the Irish, be proud of our representatives?

You my sir,are a f..l,what in the hell are you like with your other thread that you started.....
Pity the fool ah'ers!:)

Voodoomelon · 09-09-2010 12:34PM

holystungun9 wrote: »

Dear God, OP, I was completely with you all the way until this ^^^^
You must be having a laugh...lashings of butter!!!!!!!.LASHINGS!!!!

Are you one of the famous five or something???? lashings of ginger beer or ambrosia cream rice or some cr*p.

Oh dear, I just...I don't know......"lashings"

Am I the only one who noticed this???

There may be no hope for you OP, sorry:(

I dunno, lots of people say that around here. Maybe we're all adopted.

PeterIanStaker · 09-09-2010 12:37PM

I'm very Irish - I hate myself, the country and everything to do with it, for no reason at all. Good work, Your Holiness and his minions!

aDeener · 09-09-2010 12:40PM

I can't understand how people hate the GAA with so much passion. fair enough if you don't like the actual games, people have different tastes but the amount of good it does, especially in rural communities cannot be underestimated. i guarantee you, much much more youngsters would have emigrated, certainly in my area, were it not for the GAA.

this hatred is a bit sad really.

brummytom · 09-09-2010 12:41PM

I go to mass every week, I play/love 'diddley' music, I love cabbage and spuds and I quite like Irish people talking to me; I know the national anthem and am quite informed about/interested in Irish History.

But I was born in England, I'm English and always will be - if you were born in Ireland, you're Irish, whether you 'feel it' or not

changes · 09-09-2010 12:45PM

feelingstressed wrote: »

Kinda offtopic but something worth posting

Many clubs in England have a stand called the kop.

I can't believe the muppets who constantly tell me it means King over Pope and no Irish person should support such a club, such as Liverpool which is probably the most well known

Kop comes from Spion Kop, a hill in South Africa. Boer War veterans returned home from a battle there and a stand was named after the hill

I don't want to hear one more King over Pope muppet :mad:

Its getting tougher and tougher to be a liverpool fan these days.... let it all out feelingstressed, let it all out

On the OP's topic, i have been started in the past for not being a supporter of the RA and for not liking GAA.., your not an irishman etc - those types of irish people are a stain on irishness.

Sykk · 09-09-2010 01:03PM

I'd consider myself extremely Irish.

I love GAA, used to play for my county before I discovered drink. I'm terrible at speaking Irish but I'm very proud of my heritage and love telling people that I'm from Ireland when abroad.

I love my country

Brendog · 09-09-2010 01:05PM

I'm so Irish I drink my Guiness with a potato floating in it....

Diabhal Beag · 09-09-2010 01:30PM

Honestly if you worry about how "Irish" you are then you are thinking way too much into it.

Born in this country = Irish

Hold an Irish passport = Irish

Being a nice and fun person = Nice and fun person

Being Irish doesn't shape your personality. It's just the same as being proud of being from Dublin,Cork,Limerick etc. Cheer on your representatives if you want. If you don't that doesn't make you any less Irish.

How Irish are you?

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