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All the Irish have left
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In fairness most of what is now considered Europe was in similar conditions, and what is now called Britain before it was colonised by the French was no exception. The idea of sophisticated and urbane people speaking with received English accents riding roughshod over some kind of mucksavage native americans is flat out wrong in just about every sense. And even with that it took them 600 years to extend their power beyond a few towns.That's as may be, but we were still living in wattle and daub housing and dying of minor infections.
Ireland found itself in the unfortunate position of being too far from Europe to really take advantage of the military technological improvements resulting from the incessant fratricidal wars, and too near to avoid having that technology leveraged against the population. The few cultural artifacts which survive unlooted show signs of a fascinating society and a deep, rich ancient culture with its roots stretching back many thousands of years.
Some people still hold a grudge over the population being 30% less than it was 150 years ago. Silly, I know.Why is being British an insult?
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TeddyTedson wrote: »Also, are you a troll?
Teddy you are talking bollix my dear sir. The man has a very valid point and all you can do is come up with an unjustified troll reply. point made.
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Johnny Foreigner wrote: »All the Irish have left;
Irish names.
Irish accents.
Gaelic Football.
Hurling.
The tricolour flag.
The EU has taken away everything we have which makes us Irish and not just Europeans. We lost the Punt, now its the Irish driving licence. We can't even have our road signs in miles, it has to be kilometres.
The Irish language is dying out, and the Irish Government has sold our sovereignty to the EU.
Ireland has become a country of bastardised American and British culture.
The next thing the EU will want us to do is drive left hand drive cars on the right side of the road, in order to harmonise with the rest of the EU.
Membership of the EU has its benefits, but right now the cons outweigh the pros. The Irish are losing everything they have to the EU. The sad thing is that the Irish Government are letting them. We are losing all we have left.
1. Irish names - Still being used. My brother, one of my best friends and 5 of my cousins have Irish names, as do a good 30% of my classmates in college.
2. Irish accents - what accents do you think we have?!
3. GAA and Hurling - really? There are thousands of clubs registered with the GAA, and if you really think the sports are dead, try getting a Luas on the day of the All-Ireland semi-finals and finals!
4. The tricolour flag - is everywhere...
5. Sure don't our Euros have harps on them, tis grand :P
6. Kilometres are more logical and the mile wasn't uniquely Irish anyway
7. The Irish language has been "dying out" for years now, yet it never actually has. I reckon its status has stayed pretty static for the last ten years or more; if anything, its status has improved with TG4 and people like Des Bishop learning it.
I don't think we're exactly giving up our culture - we're adding to it (which is fine by me, I don't want to be limited to potatoes, bacon, cabbage and coddle forever!) but we still have a lot of stuff that's inherently Irish and even when we adopt a foreign culture, we usually have our own spin on it.
Plus the Irish attitude (in general) is unique. I actually love that we're so self-deprecating and can laugh at ourselves!!
(TL;DR - sure tis grand!! :pac: )0 -
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Nonsense! He said being called British was an insult not being British itself. I would find it just as offensive as a Canadian would if they were called American. People are too quick to see prejudicial undertones when in actual fact he's just proud to be Irish.Why is being British an insult?0 -
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languagenerd wrote: »1. Irish names - Still being used. My brother, one of my best friends and 5 of my cousins have Irish names, as do a good 30% of my classmates in college.
2. Irish accents - what accents do you think we have?!
3. GAA and Hurling - really? There are thousands of clubs registered with the GAA, and if you really think the sports are dead, try getting a Luas on the day of the All-Ireland semi-finals and finals!
4. The tricolour flag - is everywhere...
5. Sure don't our Euros have harps on them, tis grand :P
6. Kilometres are more logical and the mile wasn't uniquely Irish anyway
7. The Irish language has been "dying out" for years now, yet it never actually has. I reckon its status has stayed pretty static for the last ten years or more; if anything, its status has improved with TG4 and people like Des Bishop learning it.
I don't think we're exactly giving up our culture - we're adding to it (which is fine by me, I don't want to be limited to potatoes, bacon, cabbage and coddle forever!) but we still have a lot of stuff that's inherently Irish and even when we adopt a foreign culture, we usually have our own spin on it.
Plus the Irish attitude (in general) is unique. I actually love that we're so self-deprecating and can laugh at ourselves!!
(TL;DR - sure tis grand!! :pac: )
Re-read my post.
What I listed is all the Irish have left (not what they have lost).
You don't understand.0 -
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Johnny Foreigner wrote: »Re-read my post.
What I listed is all the Irish have left (not what they have lost).
You don't understand.
So, what in your opinion have the Irish lost?
This thread makes me feel like El Confuso 0 -
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I saw leprechauns at the bottom of Grafton street yesterday. 
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