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Just got back from Belfast

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  • #62
    admiralofthefleet
    Closed Accounts Posts: 15,515 ✭✭✭✭admiralofthefleet


    KeithAFC wrote: »
    I'd like to think so mate. We deserve it after all those bombs ruining the city.

    the bot is a great pub


  • #63
    sollar
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,007 ✭✭✭sollar


    Keith And From Colraine?


  • #64
    Duckworth_Luas
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,746 ✭✭✭Duckworth_Luas


    cancercowboy wrote: »
    Point number on is direct conflict with point number three. I called it Éire to draw a distinction from Northern Ireland. I could have called it "The Republic" but I thought that was bit too Star Wars. Éire is the name of our country after all, if you've never hear another Irishman say it you have now.

    Nobody says Éire except UK Unionist/Tory time travelers from the 1980's. Also none of my points conflicted. Also :rolleyes:


  • #65
    Celly Smunt
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 9,463 ✭✭✭Celly Smunt


    Duckworth_Luas wrote: »
    Nobody says Éire except UK Unionist/Tory time travelers from the 1980's. Also none of my points conflicted. Also :rolleyes:

    flip an irish euro coin over there


  • #66
    Il Trap
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 454 ✭✭Il Trap


    cancercowboy wrote: »
    Go yourself to Belfast city centre and tell me you aren't impressed. Tell me Dublin City center is cleaner. Tell me is better planned. Please prove me wrong.

    Dublin is a beautiful city in many ways- culturally, architecturally, aesthetically etc etc. I'd argue that Belfast is nowhere close in these respects and I'm sure tourist number statistics would back that up. That is not saying that Belfast isn't without its own charm and impressive architecture. I have to say that I really enjoyed a recent visit there.

    Dublin's main problem is it's 'howiya bud' contingent that have become a plague in the city centre. Whether it is the fault of Dublin City Corporation or the HSE or whoever else, the city centre has become infested with junkies and skanks that intimidate tourists and locals alike. The decision to locate methadone clinics, rehabilitation centres and halfway houses in the city centre has become an unmitigated disaster that is causing serious damage to our capital. In the past five years this problem has gotten steadily worse. Heads need to roll in DCC.


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  • #67
    Chris P. Bacon
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,808 ✭✭✭Chris P. Bacon


    pmcmahon wrote: »
    flip an irish euro coin over there

    I have Éire tattooed on my right forearm so i see it everyday :)


  • #68
    KeithAFC
    Closed Accounts Posts: 10,239 ✭✭✭✭KeithAFC


    sollar wrote: »
    Keith And From Colraine?
    no


  • #69
    squod
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,702 ✭✭✭squod


    Does it also say 'if lost please return to.....'


  • #70
    Celly Smunt
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 9,463 ✭✭✭Celly Smunt


    Il Trap wrote: »
    ]

    Dublin's main problem is it's 'howiya bud' contingent that have become a plague in the city centre. Whether it is the fault of Dublin City Corporation or the HSE or whoever else, the city centre has become infested with junkies and skanks that intimidate tourists and locals alike. The decision to locate methadone clinics, rehabilitation centres and halfway houses in the city centre has become an unmitigated disaster that is causing serious damage to our capital. In the past five years this problem has gotten steadily worse. Heads need to roll in DCC.

    i agree,for one the amount of money we put into that boardwalk to make it impassable to people without intimidation and a haven for drunks and junkies.


  • #71
    Duckworth_Luas
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,746 ✭✭✭Duckworth_Luas


    pmcmahon wrote: »
    flip an irish euro coin over there

    Over where? Your point? Nobody says Éire except those who want to make a definite distinction between Ireland and the Irish part of the UK.


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  • #72
    stovelid
    Closed Accounts Posts: 27,252 ✭✭✭✭stovelid


    KeithAFC wrote: »
    no

    Why don't you support a good NI prod club seeing as you're such a proud ulster man?

    That said, all your republican nemeses on boards all seem to support English clubs too so maybe you're all closer than you think in your colonial love-in.


  • #73
    Celly Smunt
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 9,463 ✭✭✭Celly Smunt


    Duckworth_Luas wrote: »
    Over where? Your point? Nobody says Éire except those who want to make a definite distinction between Ireland and the Irish part of the UK.

    sure they do


  • #74
    mikemac
    Closed Accounts Posts: 19,967 ✭✭✭✭mikemac


    sollar wrote: »
    Keith And From Colraine?

    No that was Owenc. Remember that lad?

    Such strong views but not a clue of history, I think he was around 14 years old.
    He's missed from Boards though!

    KeithAFC is a different poster


  • #75
    Chris P. Bacon
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,808 ✭✭✭Chris P. Bacon


    feelingstressed wrote: »
    No that was Owenc. Remember that lad?

    Such strong views but not a clue of history, I think he was around 14 years old.
    He's missed from Boards though!

    KeithAFC is a different poster

    Yeah Keith is 13.


  • #76
    KeithAFC
    Closed Accounts Posts: 10,239 ✭✭✭✭KeithAFC


    stovelid wrote: »
    Why don't you support a good NI prod club seeing as you're such a proud ulster man?

    That said, all your republican nemeses on boards all seem to support English clubs too so maybe you're all closer than you think in your colonial love-in.
    I do but they are utter shyte and small. :pac:


  • #77
    KeithAFC
    Closed Accounts Posts: 10,239 ✭✭✭✭KeithAFC


    feelingstressed wrote: »
    No that was Owenc. Remember that lad?

    Such strong views but not a clue of history, I think he was around 14 years old.
    He's missed from Boards though!

    KeithAFC is a different poster
    Yeah. Seen some of his posts and his name is well known around here. A good auld volunteer. ;)


  • #78
    Duckworth_Luas
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,746 ✭✭✭Duckworth_Luas


    pmcmahon wrote: »
    sure they do

    Who does? Nobody says Éire. I know nobody that uses the term. Do you know why those people I've mentioned use it?


  • #79
    Celly Smunt
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 9,463 ✭✭✭Celly Smunt


    Duckworth_Luas wrote: »
    Who does? Nobody says Éire. I know nobody that uses the term. Do you know why those people I've mentioned use it?

    i know lots,you probably just hang about with a rough bunch


  • #80
    starviewadams
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,116 ✭✭✭starviewadams


    pmcmahon wrote: »
    i agree,for one the amount of money we put into that boardwalk to make it impassable to people without intimidation and a haven for drunks and junkies.

    More Evening Herald bullshít hysteria,I have my lunch on the boardwalk every day if it isn't raining and I've never once seen this 'junkie' haven!

    Dublin has the same problems as any other major city,Belfast is way smaller then Dublin so the problems there are less apparent,but they are there.


  • #81
    stovelid
    Closed Accounts Posts: 27,252 ✭✭✭✭stovelid


    KeithAFC wrote: »
    I do but they are utter shyte and small. :pac:

    No pride in Ulster then. I fugued as much.


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  • #82
    Rothmans
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,806 ✭✭✭Rothmans


    cancercowboy wrote: »
    Point number on is direct conflict with point number three. I called it Éire to draw a distinction from Northern Ireland. I could have called it "The Republic" but I thought that was bit too Star Wars. Éire is the name of our country after all, if you've never hear another Irishman say it you have now.

    Yes, in Irish. But we're apeaking English now, and in this language, Ireland is the official name of this country, after all.


  • #83
    Celly Smunt
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 9,463 ✭✭✭Celly Smunt


    starviewadams wrote: »
    More Evening Herald bullshít hysteria,I have my lunch on the boardwalk every day if it isn't raining and I've never once seen this 'junkie' haven!

    Dublin has the same problems as any other major city,Belfast is way smaller then Dublin so the problems there are less apparent,but they are there.

    are you off your head?,try take a trip down there at dusk near eden quay


  • #84
    KeithAFC
    Closed Accounts Posts: 10,239 ✭✭✭✭KeithAFC


    stovelid wrote: »
    No pride in Ulster then. I fugued as much.
    :(:(:(:( Hurt so much.


  • #85
    stovelid
    Closed Accounts Posts: 27,252 ✭✭✭✭stovelid


    KeithAFC wrote: »
    :(:(:(:( Hurt so much.

    Fair enough.

    Setting yourself as mister ulster is one thing but supporting ulster clubs that don't win things is another.

    I lived in Belfast for years and know a few Linfield and Glens heads. You're no better than all the pseudo Mancunian and Scouser republicans on here...


  • #86
    grenache
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,477 ✭✭✭grenache


    cancercowboy wrote: »
    I have never been more ashamed to be from Éire
    Nice try, Nordy boy.


  • #87
    Duckworth_Luas
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,746 ✭✭✭Duckworth_Luas


    pmcmahon wrote: »
    i know lots,you probably just hang about with a rough bunch

    OK, so it's safe to say that you're from NI and you have a particular associated worldview?


  • #88
    Celly Smunt
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 9,463 ✭✭✭Celly Smunt


    Duckworth_Luas wrote: »
    OK, so it's safe to say that you're from NI and you have a particular associated worldview?

    nope!


  • #89
    KeithAFC
    Closed Accounts Posts: 10,239 ✭✭✭✭KeithAFC


    stovelid wrote: »
    Fair enough.

    Setting yourself as mister ulster is one thing but supporting ulster clubs that don't win things is another.

    I lived in Belfast for years and know a few Linfield and Glens heads. You're no better than all the pseudo Mancunian and Scouser republicans on here...
    :pac: Good.


  • #90
    cloneslad
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,583 ✭✭✭cloneslad


    I guess the front door of my apartment wasn't kicked in one night at about 3am in Belfast.

    I guess those guys outside spar next to the train station and the empire weren't Romanian and weren't begging.


    I guess the buildings on either side of the shop I worked in through my xmas hols in University (on castle street) weren't empty and boarded up.

    I guess the high level of hatred that I witnessed between working class protestants and catholics was all in my head. Especially when buses couldn't go down certain areas due to the threat of violence and constant bomb threats being made.

    I guess those annoying kids that hang around city hall throwing their cans, ciggerates, papers etc on the ground while playing stupid emo music were just part of the scenery.

    I guess the shops that sell anything other than biscuits and bread that can't open outside the hours of 1pm and 6pm on a Sunday were really convenient if I needed anything...anything at all, but hey, they have sofas and a coffee shop in the train station on a weekday.

    I guess the nice graffiti letting me know that I was now entering the loyalist area abut 200 metres up from the bus station was just a nice piece of artwork welcoming me to the city.

    I could carry one with lots more of these guesses, but they'd be wrong, and I don't like being wrong.

    I'm not saying Dublin is any better ( I don't live there), I'm just saying that spending a few days there and checking out the tourist sites does not give a fiar reflection on what you saw. Yes, Belfast is nice, the architecture is great, there are some great restaurants and shops in the place etc etc but you have to stay longer than a few days to get a true feel for the place.


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  • #91
    grenache
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,477 ✭✭✭grenache


    cancercowboy wrote: »
    Agreed. However, the City Centre is gorgeous. Dublin isn't. Cork isn't. We need to step up our game. Sure even the tourists are telling us this.
    Cork City centre has undergone massive regeneration since its stint as European Capital of Culture in 05. Patrick St is probably the best looking and prettiest street in Ireland at the current time.


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