Union Flag on sale in Carroll's gift shop

ejmaztec · 13-05-2011 11:36AM

KeithAFC wrote: »

Hince my sig.

The racist confederate flag?

readyletsgo · 13-05-2011 11:37AM

Hmm, question for ya's. My english housemate is moving back to the uk in a while, can i get little tiny english flags in Carrolls at all for her there? Wanna do a cheese platter with little flags on them haha

old hippy · 13-05-2011 11:42AM

gosuckonalemon wrote: »

I'm looking forward to seeing how many scumbags protesting during the week will be wearing Celtic jerseys!

I don't regard people who protest as scumbags; it's their right to. I just find the furore in some quarters a bit much.

Adamisconfused · 13-05-2011 11:44AM

blaze1 wrote: »

Thats the best post i've seen on this dumb thread so far.......

No offence to Faceman, but the best post has already been awarded.

Bye bye da diddly dydle doodle dilly um sciddery ah diddery doodle dally doodle di dum

COYW · 13-05-2011 11:46AM

bonerm wrote: »

That's nothing. I went into Champion Sports yesterday and there was loads of English football jerseys on sale in there. I can only assume it likewise has something to do with the queens visit?

I was on Jervis street yesterday morning and there were grown Irish adults queueing to see the stars of a British football club unveiling their new jersey.

KeithAFC · 13-05-2011 11:46AM

ejmaztec wrote: »

The racist confederate flag?

Oh that old one. :rolleyes:

checkyabadself · 13-05-2011 12:28PM

It's funny how the class of people who advocate wiping their derriere with the British flag, tend to be the sort that make an exception for the miniature Union Jack flags emblazoned on their shoe of choice for all occasions, the Reebok Classic.

getz · 13-05-2011 12:38PM

bonerm wrote: »

Nah it's different. The UK have been oppressing us for 800 years whereas the US have only been doing it for about 40.

i think a certain religious order has been doing that to ireland ,a lot longer

bonerm · 13-05-2011 12:42PM

COYW wrote: »

I was on Jervis street yesterday morning and there were grown Irish adults queueing to see the stars of a British football club unveiling their new jersey.

How exciting! Were there many Union flags on display at the event?

Auvers · 13-05-2011 12:50PM

gosuckonalemon wrote: »

(Where do you think the word "jackeen" came from after all?)

its when the British navy was coming down the Liffey during the 1916 rising the people along the docks flew the Union Jack from their windows just in-case the navy shelled their houses

sensibleken · 13-05-2011 01:03PM

Auvers wrote: »

its when the British navy was coming down the Liffey during the 1916 rising the people along the docks flew the Union Jack from their windows just in-case the navy shelled their houses

waaay older than that

steddyeddy · 13-05-2011 01:15PM

KeithAFC wrote: »

Hince my sig.

Keith I hope you know that sig has implications for the african american community as well or did you pick it without thinking?

KeithAFC · 13-05-2011 01:41PM

steddyeddy wrote: »

Keith I hope you know that sig has implications for the african american community as well or did you pick it without thinking?

So does the US Union flag, so does the Union Flag here in the UK. So does many flags. The confederates actually disbanded slavery before the US Union.

tippx · 13-05-2011 01:55PM

Steady now keith I thaught your were the sensible one in this thread

getz · 13-05-2011 01:56PM

faceman wrote: »

Oh its a disgrace, union jacks on this land, 800 years, blah blah, protest protest.

Right, so who's coming to the pub to watch [insert english premiership team here] after we do a bit of shopping in Tesco? Just a few pints mind you, I want to be home to watch Match Of The Day on the BBC...

the silly fools dont know that british flags have been constantly flown in ireland ,ever since independence,the RNLI all 43 stations fly a british flag , imagine being saved by one of the lifeboats and shouting,its got a british flag on it,throw me back

bonerm · 13-05-2011 02:06PM

Isn't that the England flag tho?

I think the average Irish yob reacts more to the sight of Union flag than to the England one.

mgmt · 13-05-2011 02:07PM

getz wrote: »

the silly fools dont know that british flags have been constantly flown in ireland ,ever since independence,the RNLI all 43 stations fly a british flag , imagine being saved by one of the lifeboats and shouting,its got a british flag on it,throw me back

No they don't:
http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5304/5592731786_010f8b588b.jpg

tippx · 13-05-2011 02:20PM

mgmt wrote: »

No they don't:
http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5304/5592731786_010f8b588b.jpg

Jayus dont them lads know about offers on in Carolls this week?

getz · 13-05-2011 02:27PM

mgmt wrote: »

No they don't:
http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5304/5592731786_010f8b588b.jpg

oh yes they do,take the opportuinity of visiting the maritime museum of ireland ,at dun laoghair,there is a section dealing with the RNLI ,there are photoes showing lifeboats flying the tricolour and the RNLI flag on each sides of the lifeboats,

Cathaoirleach · 13-05-2011 02:28PM

steddyeddy wrote: »

Keith I hope you know that sig has implications for the african american community as well or did you pick it without thinking?

He put it up to get a reaction. He knows the racist conotations the flag carries today. He should have placed a link below it explaining the Ulster-Scots heritage and involment in the Confed States.

Pauleta · 13-05-2011 02:36PM

I remember the Umbro shop that used to be underneath Carrolls on Westmoreland street were selling England jerseys and some Loony Republican Ireland football fans rang up Joe Duffy to try and get them removed :rolleyes:

studiorat · 13-05-2011 02:38PM

KungPao wrote: »

I bought it in the Rebel County.

I am a Jackeen though.

Cork is called "The Rebel County", because the people of Cork supported Perkin Warbeck in 1491 during the War of the Roses. Nothing to do with republicanism.

studiorat · 13-05-2011 02:46PM

Auvers wrote: »

its when the British navy was coming down the Liffey during the 1916 rising the people along the docks flew the Union Jack from their windows just in-case the navy shelled their houses

Wiki-historians :rolleyes:

It's in Websters dictionary from 1913. First mentioned in books as far back as 1829.

So what were the Culchies up to in 1916 anyway?

steddyeddy · 13-05-2011 02:50PM

Cathaoirleach wrote: »

He put it up to get a reaction. He knows the racist conotations the flag carries today. He should have placed a link below it explaining the Ulster-Scots heritage and involment in the Confed States.

Well putting an explantion to an action is usually to complex for racists. If he did that he would have to explain the fact that the orange order gave advice to newly set up branches of the kkk.

KeithAFC · 13-05-2011 02:53PM

steddyeddy wrote: »

Well putting an explantion to an action is usually to complex for racists. If he did that he would have to explain the fact that the orange order gave advice to newly set up branches of the kkk.

I don't care for the OO. Just a sign of support for the south in its fight for freedom.

steddyeddy · 13-05-2011 03:09PM

KeithAFC wrote: »

I don't care for the OO

First you dont like catholics, then balcks now your telling us you dont care about boobs. seriously whens it going to end!

Thrill · 13-05-2011 03:10PM

A must have for the Queens visit..............

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=230620500557#ht_2595wt_1141

Get bidding now.

KeithAFC · 13-05-2011 03:12PM

steddyeddy wrote: »

First you dont like catholics, then balcks now your telling us you dont care about boobs. seriously whens it going to end!

Eh? I have no problem with black people. Showing support for the confederates does not make one a racist. Same with the awful treatment the British empire give out to the boers and yet you still have millions of Unionists and so on. So, i don't agree with your logic.

sensibleken · 13-05-2011 03:17PM

KeithAFC wrote: »

Eh? I have no problem with black people. Showing support for the confederates does not make one a racist. Same with the awful treatment the British empire give out to the boers and yet you still have millions of Unionists and so on. So, i don't agree with your logic.

absolutely not. Im just suprised at you

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Confederate_Ireland

KeithAFC · 13-05-2011 03:20PM

sensibleken wrote: »

absolutely not. Im just suprised at you

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Confederate_Ireland

:pac: Like some one said, its mostly because of the Ulster Scot influence in the south and the people who fought for them. Not your confederate Ireland lol.:P

Union Flag on sale in Carroll's gift shop

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