Do people still have The Stations?

lazygal · 29-07-2012 08:41PM #1

Curious really. I know they were a big thing years back, are they still on the go?

CodyJarrett · 29-07-2012 08:41PM

Load's of 'em and all in HD now too, thanks to a head's up from Uncle Gaybo.

supernova84 · 29-07-2012 08:42PM

lazygal wrote: »

Curious really. I know they were a big thing years back, are they still on the go?

I know a lot of power stations have been demolished

Diego Maradona · 29-07-2012 08:43PM

Dafuq you on about?

The Big Red Button · 29-07-2012 08:44PM

Is that the thing where people have mass in their own house, or something ...?

mattjack · 29-07-2012 08:45PM

supernova84 wrote: »

I know a lot of power stations have been demolished

Wet turf made 'em go rusty.Made 'lectricity go slow too.

hoodwinked · 29-07-2012 08:46PM

chatterpillar wrote: »

Is that the thing where people have mass in their own house, or something ...?

if you are referring to the religious stations in peoples houses then it is still going on in rural Cork anyway!

efb · 29-07-2012 08:48PM

Vote for your local deflector candidate!

Richard Hillman · 29-07-2012 08:49PM

The piss station?

hondasam · 29-07-2012 08:49PM

lazygal wrote: »

Curious really. I know they were a big thing years back, are they still on the go?

Not as much now but still going on in some areas, it's a great way to get together with the neighbours.

TeddyTedson · 29-07-2012 08:49PM

The stations of the cross?

Mr Benevolent · 29-07-2012 09:07PM

lazygal wrote: »

Curious really. I know they were a big thing years back, are they still on the go?

I take it you haven't been back to Ireland in 30 years.

biko · 29-07-2012 09:22PM

Maybe you should ask in Christianity forum.

volvoman480 · 29-07-2012 09:49PM

Still going strong in parts of west Cork. My own local area has a full roster, it takes almost five years for your turn to come up. It's not a very big station area. It's a fantastic way to catch up with neighbours and keeps the community spirit strong in the area. To be honest, I wouldn't be without it now.

ejmaztec · 29-07-2012 10:05PM

Still going on in Kerry, hosted by hoity-toity hypocrites who see if they can outspend the hoity-toity hypocrite who did the previous one. For some strange reason, I never get an invite to any of them.:(

Zab · 29-07-2012 10:15PM

Anybody going to explain this one?

Sunnyisland · 29-07-2012 10:18PM

Radio nova,q102,98fm,spin103,102.2

We have them all.

Dangerous Man · 29-07-2012 10:18PM

I had my friend over to my gaff for beers and video games a few years ago. I went to bed about three in the morning but got up about an hour later as I was thirsty; he was still awake on the couch. When I went into the room he was shuffling haphazardly on the couch trying to change the channel. It was on BabeStation. FFS. Is that what this is about?

Eve_Dublin · 29-07-2012 10:34PM

Genuinely no idea what this is about.

Fuinseog · 29-07-2012 10:42PM

lazygal wrote: »

Curious really. I know they were a big thing years back, are they still on the go?

yes, but it belongs to 'rural' ireland. dubliners have no idea what they are. the chrisitianity forum would be a more apt place unless you want to take the piss and given your other threads I suspect the latter.

Red Hand · 29-07-2012 10:44PM

Eve_Dublin wrote: »

Genuinely no idea what this is about.

There is a mass in the house of every person in the parish every couple of months and it's rotated about between the houses. So, each house could have a mass once every 2 or 3 years.

There's lots of food and drink and is more of a social thing than religious. Popular in parts of west cork, and kerry still, but has been dying out for a while.

Gran Hermano · 29-07-2012 10:46PM

Fuinseog wrote: »

yes, but it belongs to 'rural' ireland. dubliners have no idea what they are.

Plenty of stations in Dublin. Train, Luas and DART.

later12 · 29-07-2012 10:50PM

Ah jayzis. Are yee all city slickers or what? Even Protestants know what these are.

Parishoners visit each a different house on a given evening according to a rota to pray and eat salad sandwiches. Very popular in Tipperary; gets a paragraph in the local paper and all.

It's basically networking for Roman Catholics as far as I can see. Not a bad idea if religion floats your boat.

Fuinseog · 29-07-2012 10:53PM

its also something of a community event. the notion of inviting the whole neighbourhood to your gaff is alien to urban dwellers.

Galwayguy35 · 29-07-2012 10:55PM

Yeah the Stations are still going around here, it's more of a rural thing really, it seems the townies on this forum don't know what they are.

mikemac1 · 29-07-2012 11:06PM

Yep, very common in Tipperary

If you open a business you can even ask the PP to bless your new venture

Sunnyisland · 29-07-2012 11:11PM

Seems a great idea, good for community relations ? Is it ?

Dyr · 29-07-2012 11:12PM

Fuinseog wrote: »

its also something of a community event. the notion of inviting the whole neighbourhood to your gaff is alien to urban dwellers.

Because the whole neighbourhood wouldn't fit in our gaff's. Because we have actual communities up in the shmoke

Judgement Day · 29-07-2012 11:15PM

hondasam wrote: »

Not as much now but still going on in some areas, it's a great way to get together with the neighbours.

Not as much fun as a key party though.

hondasam · 29-07-2012 11:20PM

Judgement Day wrote: »

Not as much fun as a key party though.

I have absolutely no idea what you are talking about here.

The stations are always a great night or should I say early morning, they go on into the wee hours here.

mikemac1 · 29-07-2012 11:21PM

Bambi wrote: »

Because we have actual communities up in the shmoke

You don't have Tidy Towns though

It's a huge thing out rural, lots getting involved

I've never seen this in Galway or Dublin city
Ah sure, that's the councils job...

Maybe I'm wrong, does it exist?

Do people still have The Stations?

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