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When did the Stab City phrase first get coined?

veryangryman

Someone told me recently that this started on Scrap Saturday...Is this true?

I first heard it around '99 but I was a late bloomer (17 at the time)

I know "why" its called it, but whats the earliest recollection of it that you can find.

Something i found funny - if you type stab city into google, it just finds Limerick, despite the fact that there is no mention of the phrase within the article...

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starbelgrade

When someone got stabbed..

Latchy

Stab city was first used to describe Limerick way back in the 70s .Fact

BluesBerry

I heard somewhere today that it was Dermot morgan skit?
I could be wrong but think it was him that did it

When I first heard it I was on a bus from sligo to dublin alone and ` limerick junkie and his girlfriend were telling me where they were from Limerick aka stab city ( they relished in the fact that it was called that ) it was the longest journey of my life that was years ago

admiralofthefleet

when limerick received its charter, some time around 1987

nlgbbbblth

Late 1970s

Naikon

1832

Where To

First time I ever heard it was here on this thread:)

Liam Byrne

Gerry Stembridge & Dermot Morgan coined the phrase for a sketch not realising that idiots around the country would exaggerate it out of all proportions and use it as a cheap, ill-informed slur.

mrsdewinter

Does it go back as far as 70s? I first heard it on Scrap Saturday as a teenager in the early 90s...

Latchy

mrsdewinter wrote: »

Does it go back as far as 70s? I first heard it on Scrap Saturday as a teenager in the early 90s...

Yes,mid to late 70s was a time when that term was being used a lot by the Irish media in newspapers and tv .

easyeason3

Who ever came up with 'coined the phrase'?
Does it mean the first person to come up with it gets paid? In coins?

veryangryman

easyeason3 wrote: »

Who ever came up with 'coined the phrase'?
Does it mean the first person to come up with it gets paid? In coins?

Is the liver called that because you need it to live?

Seloth

Live in Cork but go to College in Limerick and I'd be far more afraid of Knives in Cork and Dublin then I would Limerick.

discus

I heard it in 1996 when my cousin warned me to roll up my windows as we drove through Limerick towards Kerry. I was holding on to the door handle the whole time incase someone tried to reef it open!

Mr. Denton

In a way I'm glad Limerick moved on from knives to guns. Otherwise this guy might still be alive.

I come back to that story occasionally as it always gives me a good laugh.

easyeason3

veryangryman wrote: »

Is the liver called that because you need it to live?

*strokes chin slowly*
Interesting...

Liam Byrne

Seloth wrote: »

Lie in ork.....

We playing hangman ?

My guess is "Lice in pork"

Capt'n Midnight

stroke city is another good name

veryangryman

easyeason3 wrote: »

*strokes chin slowly*
Interesting...

Your not helping the "Im female damnit!" claim with that line! :P

slippy wicket

Mr. Denton wrote: »

In a way I'm glad Limerick moved on from knives to guns. Otherwise this guy might still be alive.

I come back to that story occasionally as it always gives me a good laugh.

Indeed.

Nice to see that sort autodarwinate himself as opposed to killing others.

Turkana

Mr. Denton wrote: »

In a way I'm glad Limerick moved on from knives to guns. Otherwise this guy might still be alive.

I come back to that story occasionally as it always gives me a good laugh.

Yeah... that was feckin' hilarious. Probably the only time I've laughed at somebody getting shot! Was that the guy who had the massive knacker funeral with black horses and the coffin draped in tri-colours?

Kevin Duffy

It was coined at half 12 on a Tuesday.

aaronjumper

Right after we discovered which end of
the knife was the business end.

CorkMan

It's new nickname should be "L-M-K". Much in the way Compton is referred to C-P-T.

jprboy

Gerry Stembridge was interviewed by Matt Cooper on The Last Word on Friday last and said that neither he nor Dermot Morgan coined the term.

Zebra3

I think Rimlick is funnier than calling it Stabbers. :pac:

Mr. Denton

Turkana wrote: »

Yeah... that was feckin' hilarious. Probably the only time I've laughed at somebody getting shot! Was that the guy who had the massive knacker funeral with black horses and the coffin draped in tri-colours?

Haha yeah. The only service he ever did the country was killing himself.

veryangryman

Mr. Denton wrote: »

Haha yeah. The only service he ever did the country was killing himself.

QFT - If only all the feuding families did that

Itsdacraic

Liam Byrne wrote: »

Gerry Stembridge & Dermot Morgan coined the phrase for a sketch not realising that idiots around the country would exaggerate it out of all proportions and use it as a cheap, ill-informed slur.

No they didn't.

Gerry Stenbridge was on the radio just last Friday evening where he said that Stab City existed long before he used it in the sketch.

veryangryman

Itsdacraic wrote: »

No they didn't.

Gerry Stenbridge was on the radio just last Friday evening where he said that Stab City existed long before he used it in the sketch.

The phrase? Or the city?

Better question for our more (ahem) mature boardsies.. How long back can you remember the first knifing in Limerick?