RAG Week Thread

TheUsual · 02-03-2011 03:48AM

ciano1 wrote: »

Gort na Coiribe was crazy tonight! About 3 garda cars, 3 Garda vans and a fire brigade came to put out a fire.

As for the guards being hostile.. They were literally man handling people (especially girls) if they had any drink.. They were pulling bottles from peoples hands and smashing them right in front of them! Really no need for that kind of carry on!!

They were telling people they didnt like the look of "You can f*ckin say goodbye to any possible future career if I have have to look at you again"

Good.
That has cheered me up no end.

Scumbags.

spiralism · 02-03-2011 04:08AM

This Guards v. Mad Students debate is very slightly reminiscent of the craic there used to be up in the north, in that neither side is really right for different reasons and either side has many a willing participant who could act the spastic at any given time, after which things really start to go to ****e.

I personally think it's a good idea to give the shades a very wide berth during rag week and just have the craic without acting the b*llocks (at least not in public)

Da_Doc · 02-03-2011 11:16AM

spiralism wrote: »

This Guards v. Mad Students debate is very slightly reminiscent of the craic there used to be up in the north, in that neither side is really right for different reasons and either side has many a willing participant who could act the spastic at any given time, after which things really start to go to ****e.

I personally think it's a good idea to give the shades a very wide berth during rag week and just have the craic without acting the b*llocks (at least not in public)

No no, I think you will find that the gardai are quite right in this respect. Firstly, this is the second time the fire brigade has had to come to Gort/Dun na coiribe in as many days. Secondly, many professionals who do have work in morning live there and have a right not to be disturbed by drunken gob****es (student myself so not tarring all with same brush). Thirdly, it is illegal to drink on the street in galway.

Agree 100% with your second point. Why should we not be able to have the craic without going too wild. I am certain that most galway residents dont mind most of the craic that goes on during rag week ie shouting, singing, bit of falling around . Its the minority that start breaking stuff and burning stuff and generally acting like scumbags that gets the gardai and local residents riled up.

spiralism · 02-03-2011 11:22AM

Da_Doc wrote: »

No no, I think you will find that the gardai are quite right in this respect. Firstly, this is the second time the fire brigade has had to come to Gort/Dun na coiribe in as many days. Secondly, many professionals who do have work in morning live there and have a right not to be disturbed by drunken gob****es (student myself so not tarring all with same brush). Thirdly, it is illegal to drink on the street in galway.

Agree 100% with your second point. Why should we not be able to have the craic without going too wild. I am certain that most galway residents dont mind most of the craic that goes on during rag week ie shouting, singing, bit of falling around . Its the minority that start breaking stuff and burning stuff and generally acting like scumbags that gets the gardai and local residents riled up.

Pretty much agree with all that, i just think that this week the guards are used to serious boll*cks acting and are in no mood to show any sort of tolerance

It's right at times too as there is a sizable contingent of students acting like complete animals during rag week that need to be dealt with. However most people are just having the craic and all it takes is to be in the wrong place at the wrong time.... people just need to have a bit of sense and have the craic without completely acting like a fool, and most of all, the guards should not be given a reason

brianthebard · 02-03-2011 11:49AM

Da_Doc wrote: »

No no, I think you will find that the gardai are quite right in this respect. Firstly, this is the second time the fire brigade has had to come to Gort/Dun na coiribe in as many days. Secondly, many professionals who do have work in morning live there and have a right not to be disturbed by drunken gob****es (student myself so not tarring all with same brush). Thirdly, it is illegal to drink on the street in galway.

Agree 100% with your second point. Why should we not be able to have the craic without going too wild. I am certain that most galway residents dont mind most of the craic that goes on during rag week ie shouting, singing, bit of falling around . Its the minority that start breaking stuff and burning stuff and generally acting like scumbags that gets the gardai and local residents riled up.

You're right on all of this but at the same time Gardai should be forced to enforce the law consistently, drinking on the street is as you say illegal but that is only ever practised during rag week and last year I saw it on paddy's day, but I think that was only in certain areas where tourists might pass by.

Conormcl · 02-03-2011 03:44PM

Haven't been out in galway in ages and I have a friend over from america next week. i want to show him some real irish drinking! where is good to go out in Galway Wednesday and thursdays?

MyPeopleDrankTheSoup · 02-03-2011 03:54PM

Fisher Calhoun wrote: »

I was driving across the bridge after 5pm and the green of Dun Na Coiribe was littered with stuff. There were also several Garda cars and a wagon in attendance. While crossing the bridge, there were several drunken groups going by... Anyone care to enlighten us?

This is what they were at I think.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vCMfeLU3pkM

piotrish · 02-03-2011 06:20PM

who cares about rag week Ireland just beat England at Cricket

the lads

Fisher Calhoun · 02-03-2011 06:24PM

georgiecasey wrote: »

This is what they were at I think.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vCMfeLU3pkM

Thanks for posting that. ~12 seconds in is what I've come to hate about RAG week and drunken fools generally: Random shouting... it's a pet hate of mine. I love a drink as much as the next man, but, seriously, wtf? "I know what will make this so much more fun, shouting at the top of my lungs!" :rolleyes: I feel for the non-student residents in Dun.

spiralism · 02-03-2011 06:24PM

piotrish wrote: »

who cares about rag week Ireland just beat England at Cricket

the lads

Beat me to it by a hair haha

xp90 · 02-03-2011 08:45PM

Well?

Personally i think emma conway should spank all your bottoms

spiralism · 03-03-2011 03:53PM

Some woeful giving out on Rte radio 1 earlier about rag week in Galway, interestingly enough...

Croppy Bhoy · 03-03-2011 04:35PM

I'm a firm believer in allowing people to do whatever they want so long as it does not affect other people. That goes for everything, drink, drugs, the lot. If some people can't manage to do that then they obviously need to be rounded up, but I do not appreciate being treated like a piece of shíte by some arséhole in a gammy uniform just because it's Rag Week. It takes a certain type of someone to want to join the Gardaí, and their true colours really come to light when they're given full remit to wave their authority in your face.

piotrish wrote: »

who cares about rag week Ireland just beat England at Cricket

the lads

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WesternNight · 03-03-2011 06:42PM

georgiecasey wrote: »

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vCMfeLU3pkM

I'm sure that's pretty tame, but it's a fúcking disgrace.

spiralism · 03-03-2011 08:01PM

WesternNight wrote: »

I'm sure that's pretty tame, but it's a fúcking disgrace.

More giving out in a feature on rag week on RTE news, the days of rag week in Galway may well be numbered (again)

MoyVilla9 · 03-03-2011 08:06PM

Seen ye on the news, ye mad bastards!

Diabhal Beag · 03-03-2011 08:14PM

spiralism wrote: »

More giving out in a feature on rag week on RTE news, the days of rag week in Galway may well be numbered (again)

Oh no (again)

yer man! · 03-03-2011 10:45PM

Is it actually mostly Nuig students causing the trouble or is it students from other colleges up for the week?

Columc · 03-03-2011 11:06PM

yer man! wrote: »

Is it actually mostly Nuig students causing the trouble or is it students from other colleges up for the week?

I know students from GMIT didnt go out their rag week(last week) cause they wanted to save money/energy for this rag week and I know students from UL and UCC came up for the week also, also heared sligo/mayo and kerry people are in galway drinking with friends and dont goto college. So who knows

spiralism · 04-03-2011 02:10AM

Columc wrote: »

I know students from GMIT didnt go out their rag week(last week) cause they wanted to save money/energy for this rag week and I know students from UL and UCC came up for the week also, also heared sligo/mayo and kerry people are in galway drinking with friends and dont goto college. So who knows

It's a combination of the things. Galway rag week's reputation precedes itself, half the country goes on about it, that it's mad, and that they will probably head down.... but it would still be pretty mad stuff without them coming anyways

tommy249 · 04-03-2011 09:54AM

Columc wrote: »

I know students from GMIT didnt go out their rag week(last week) cause they wanted to save money/energy for this rag week and I know students from UL and UCC came up for the week also, also heared sligo/mayo and kerry people are in galway drinking with friends and dont goto college. So who knows

Thats hardly correct as its Rag Week in UL also so I wouldn't imagine too many from UL are in Galway.............

Croppy Bhoy · 04-03-2011 05:09PM

tommy249 wrote: »

Thats hardly correct as its Rag Week in UL also so I wouldn't imagine too many from UL are in Galway.............

Plenty of students visit friends for a day or two (or a week!) during their Rag Weeks.

By and large, it's the "visitors" that act the absolute maggot. Obviously a lot of people in Galway do, but lads who are only up for the night aren't going to give a crap if they get barred from a club up here or anything. It's not just in RAG Week either, it happens during the year when people visit Galway too. Usually poshboys from Limerick feeling they have a hardman reputation to live up to :rolleyes:

Maybe it's cause that was like, my 4th rag week, but I see it as a week of good nights out with friends and the like. It's the people who decide they have to get absolutely twisted and scream RAGGG WEEEEKKK in your face that are doing it wrong.

NUI should dish out a bit of MDMA to everyone next year. Less mindless vandalism and more talkin shíte to the 300 best friends you made tonight.

davidmichael · 04-03-2011 09:25PM

tommy249 wrote: »

Thats hardly correct as its Rag Week in UL also so I wouldn't imagine too many from UL are in Galway.............

I think the SU's timed so that this would happen, keeps everyone at their own college. some of the stuff on youtube of Galway rag week is a disgrace.

Fisher Calhoun · 04-03-2011 11:05PM

davidmichael wrote: »

I think the SU's timed so that this would happen, keeps everyone at their own college. some of the stuff on youtube of Galway rag week is a disgrace.

I hadn't seen anything beyond what was posted earlier in Dun, but I did a quick search on YouTube and found this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iVS-Y0DIeNk

spiralism · 05-03-2011 01:59AM

Fisher Calhoun wrote: »

I hadn't seen anything beyond what was posted earlier in Dun, but I did a quick search on YouTube and found this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iVS-Y0DIeNk

What a joke. There's a real malevolent intent to that like, that's way way out of order... fúcking arson like

Croppy Bhoy · 05-03-2011 03:11AM

Yeah my heart really goes out to the staff at Gort na Coirbe, I'm sure there won't be enough witheld deposits or excessive charges to fix a burnt patch of grass.

spiralism · 05-03-2011 03:30AM

Croppy Bhoy wrote: »

Yeah my heart really goes out to the staff at Gort na Coirbe, I'm sure there won't be enough witheld deposits or excessive charges to fix a burnt patch of grass.

I'd be more inclined to feel sorry for the poor fúckers the garden belonged to than the Gort management tbh, the lads the house belonged to weren't even around when the fire was started I heard...

Croppy Bhoy · 05-03-2011 03:41AM

spiralism wrote: »

I'd be more inclined to feel sorry for the poor fúckers the garden belonged to than the Gort management tbh, the lads the house belonged to weren't even around when the fire was started I heard...

Why, were they growing their own food in it or something?

spiralism · 05-03-2011 12:45PM

Croppy Bhoy wrote: »

Why, were they growing their own food in it or something?

Would you be pleased to have a huge bonfire with a crowd around it in your own back garden and need to call the fire brigade, as well as shelling out a small fortune to gort for the damages at the end of the year?

dmcg90 · 05-03-2011 03:00PM

Fisher Calhoun wrote: »

I hadn't seen anything beyond what was posted earlier in Dun, but I did a quick search on YouTube and found this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iVS-Y0DIeNk

My house is only a few doors down, the state people left Gort na Coiribe in is a joke. Glad to be leaving in May.

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