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Things that you saw that made you ashamed to be Irish?

  • 21-05-2012 09:45PM
    #1
    BattleCorp
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    What's the worse thing that you saw Irish people do that made you ashamed to be Irish.


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  • #2
    IrishAm
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,576 ✭✭✭IrishAm


    RTE chiefs axing Glenroe.


  • #3
    The King of Moo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,207 ✭✭✭The King of Moo


    The dancing priest.

    The worst thing about his antics was that he was clearly Irish so we couldn't disown him: a priest dressed like a leprechaun doing Irish dancing for gods' sake!


  • #4
    ballsymchugh
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,943 ✭✭✭ballsymchugh


    these national depreciation threads.

    people are people. being a dickhead is not exclusive to ireland.


  • #5
    AnonoBoy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 22,559 ✭✭✭✭AnonoBoy


    Nothing that anyone has ever done has made me ashamed to be Irish.


  • #6
    admiralofthefleet
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    that brendan kilkenny twat and that horan fella

    whats yours op?


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  • #7
    DrumSteve
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    Tallafornia


  • #8
    Kidchameleon
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    Northern Ireland


  • #9
    BengaLover
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    Fair City.


  • #10
    JustAddWater
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,990 ✭✭✭JustAddWater


    Austerity


  • #11
    Doom
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 2,381 ✭✭✭Doom


    Bertie wearing that yellow suit:D


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  • #12
    Defiler Of The Coffin
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,117 ✭✭✭Defiler Of The Coffin


    BattleCorp wrote: »
    What's the worse thing that you saw Irish people do that made you ashamed to be Irish.

    Around the time of the bailout, I remember a comedy skit on BBC Radio 4 making fun of Ireland's newly found poverty. Was ashamed that day.


  • #13
    thunderthing
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 130 ✭✭thunderthing


    Nothing! Eejits in every country, not a big deal!


  • #14
    Tesco Massacre
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 814 ✭✭✭Tesco Massacre


    The Leprechauns O'Guinness cheap tat emporium that is Carroll's Souvenirs is a bit embarrassing. Not particularly ashamed of it, though.

    The U.S. army being allowed to refuel at Shannon was genuinely shameful, however.


  • #15
    matt-dublin
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    Nackers and junkies


  • #16
    Aidric
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,598 ✭✭✭✭Aidric


    Jackie Healy Rae.


  • #17
    thecornflake
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    Jedward


  • #18
    damonjewel
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    Our version of "Take me out". As if the British version was any use


  • #19
    ball
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 479 ✭✭ball


    Tesco Massacre wrote: »
    The Leprechauns O'Guinness cheap tat emporium that is Carroll's Souvenirs is a bit embarrassing. Not particularly ashamed of it, though.

    The small guy with the costume? I saw him once without the top half of his suit. He's actually Asian!


  • #20
    listenup
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 112 ✭✭listenup


    BattleCorp wrote: »
    What's the worse thing that you saw Irish people do that made you ashamed to be Irish.
    Carlow town residents on republic of telly absolutely embarrassing and brings us back 1000000000000 years in evolution


  • #21
    teednab-el
    Site Banned Posts: 2,972 ✭✭✭teednab-el


    The Celtic tiger, the Irish banks and the property boom.


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  • #22
    Logical Fallacy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,933 ✭✭✭Logical Fallacy


    BattleCorp wrote: »
    What's the worse thing that you saw Irish people do that made you ashamed to be Irish.

    **** all.

    Eventually you realise the only thing you can feel shame over are your own actions and words.


  • #23
    teednab-el
    Site Banned Posts: 2,972 ✭✭✭teednab-el


    Dustin the turkey representing Ireland in the Eurovision.


  • #24
    forfuxsake
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 829 ✭✭✭forfuxsake


    when?:confused::confused::confused:


  • #25
    [Deleted User]
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    Biffo anywhere on the international stage.


  • #26
    BattleCorp
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,867 ✭✭✭✭BattleCorp


    admiralofthefleet wrote: »
    that brendan kilkenny twat and that horan fella

    whats yours op?


    I was talking to a bar manager in his pub in Australia a few years ago looking for a job. Just as I told him that I was from Ireland, a knob in a GAA jersey (drunk out of his mind and deffo Irish), took a sh1t on the seat of yer man's pub. Things went mental from there, yer man's mates pretty much wrecked the place.

    In general, the conduct of a huge number of Irish in Australia left a hell of a lot to be desired. Many Aussies won't give jobs to the Irish any more.


  • #27
    Tesco Massacre
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    The King of Moo wrote: »
    The dancing priest.

    The worst thing about his antics was that he was clearly Irish so we couldn't disown him: a priest dressed like a leprechaun doing Irish dancing for gods' sake!

    I'd say his sermons were something else.


  • #28
    AnonoBoy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 22,559 ✭✭✭✭AnonoBoy


    teednab-el wrote: »
    Dustin the turkey representing Ireland in the Eurovision.

    He wasn't the first turkey to represent us in the Eurovision.


  • #29
    teednab-el
    Site Banned Posts: 2,972 ✭✭✭teednab-el


    AnonoBoy wrote: »
    teednab-el wrote: »
    Dustin the turkey representing Ireland in the Eurovision.
    j

    He wasn't the first turkey to represent us in the Eurovision.
    At least the others treated the competition seriously.


  • #30
    Grayditch
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,347 ✭✭✭✭Grayditch


    Xposé.

    ...TV3 in general.


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  • #31
    DEFTLEFTHAND
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 16,499 ✭✭✭✭DEFTLEFTHAND


    The King of Moo wrote: »
    The dancing priest.

    The worst thing about his antics was that he was clearly Irish so we couldn't disown him: a priest dressed like a leprechaun doing Irish dancing for gods' sake!

    Costing that Brazilian man his chance to win an Olympic gold in the marathon was a disgrace. How could the clown do that to somebody. You could never make up for destroying another persons dreams like that.


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