The Brits claim Katie Taylor.

Colmustard · 08-08-2012 11:52AM

mikemac1 wrote: »

The Brits just love Bray

They tempted over Ed Joyce too

Bray:rolleyes: Bray???

I am sure you mean Queenstown.

steddyeddy · 08-08-2012 11:54AM

I think Samual L jackson summed up the British attitude to claiming other people's achievments as their own:

Anyway in answer to your question, similar comments were indeed made on the TV Special ‘SWAT – The Movie’. In the programme Colin is considered a very successful ‘fish out of water’ in LA and the line of questioning was exploring how the Americans view him. Kate was ‘claiming’ Colin as our own in an ‘inclusive’ It went like this.
KATE THORNTON: Now lets talk about Colin because in the UK he’s become the man of the moment.
SAMUEL L.JACKSON: Really? Only in the UK?
KT: Well everywhere but we kind of claim him as our own because he’s from Ireland.
SLJ: You can’t claim him because he’s from Ireland.
KT: Well we do because it’s close by. (laughter)
SLJ: Ok. That’s the source of all the conflict over there. You people always claiming the Irish as yours. We got a little problem just like that here called slavery but that’s ok we don’t need to talk about that so lets go. (more laughter)
KT: Well Colin is a very well paid slave.
SLJ: Ok good.
KT: As are you.
SLJ: Yeah all right.
KT: What did you know about him before you came to work with him on this project?
SLJ: I knew he was a hot, young, Irish actor who was good looking and I talked to a couple of people about him. I talked to Bruce about him and I talked to some script supervisors that had worked with him on a couple of things and they all loved him.
KT: So you checked him out?
SLJ: Yeah.

ejmaztec · 08-08-2012 11:54AM

mikemac1 wrote: »

The Brits just love Bray

You mean Great Braytown? No wonder the journos slipped up.

Dravokivich · 08-08-2012 12:05PM

WindSock wrote: »

Why do people get so friggin wound up about this stuff.

There was quite an animated discussion last night over a few sign posts.

wicklowbiker · 08-08-2012 12:06PM

steddyeddy wrote: »

I think Samual L jackson summed up the British attitude to claiming other people's achievments as their own:

Beat me to it

Jester252 · 08-08-2012 12:21PM

Can we claim Bolt?

Guy:Incognito · 08-08-2012 12:23PM

Jester252 wrote: »

Can we claim Bolt?

The one on your garden gate? Yeah, knock yourself out.

GastroBoy · 08-08-2012 12:28PM

Sure we claim British people as our own all the time even if they only have a whiff of Irish about them,

Dermot O' Leary,
The Beatles,
The Gallagher brothers
& countless UK football players

etc...........

fishy fishy · 08-08-2012 12:29PM

steddyeddy wrote: »

I think Samual L jackson summed up the British attitude to claiming other people's achievments as their own:

that was an excellent post - show that interview up as being slightly ignorant.

fakearms123 · 08-08-2012 12:29PM

Brits claim? Let's not generalise, one person claims.

Anyone · 08-08-2012 12:32PM

Basq wrote: »

You sir, are a racist..

It will be a cold day in hell as well before I ever recognise dressage as a sport!!

wicklowbiker · 08-08-2012 12:39PM

GastroBoy wrote: »

Sure we claim British people as our own all the time even if they only have a whiff of Irish about them,

Dermot O' Leary,
The Beatles,
The Gallagher brothers
& countless UK football players

etc...........

" We " ....... speak for yourself.

FatherLen · 08-08-2012 12:42PM

what i don't understand is the the title of this thread. the british people, team gb or the british parliament have not claimed katie as being british. some rag did. that is all.

GastroBoy · 08-08-2012 12:47PM

wicklowbiker wrote: »

" We " ....... speak for yourself.

pointless comment there, well done

4zn76tysfajdxp · 08-08-2012 12:50PM

steddyeddy wrote: »

I think Samual L jackson summed up the British attitude to claiming other people's achievments as their own:

I've seen multiple varients of that Samuel L. Jackson/Kate Thornton interview pop up over the years yet I've never met anyone who's seen it and it's not up on Youtube. How odd.

The_B_Man · 08-08-2012 12:52PM

GastroBoy wrote: »

Sure we claim British people as our own all the time even if they only have a whiff of Irish about them,

Dermot O' Leary,
The Beatles,
The Gallagher brothers
& countless UK football players

etc...........

When have we ever claimed the Beatles or oasis?
FYI, dermot said live on big brother a few years ago that he's Irish, not English.

Fishooks12 · 08-08-2012 12:53PM

GastroBoy wrote: »

Sure we claim British people as our own all the time even if they only have a whiff of Irish about them,

Dermot O' Leary,
The Beatles,
The Gallagher brothers
& countless UK football players

etc...........

Thankfully I've never heard any Irish person trying to claim either of those clowns, same with O Leary

Never heard anyone try and claim the Beatles though, who are the definition of Liverpudlians

steddyeddy · 08-08-2012 12:54PM

Jacob Noisy Neck wrote: »

I've seen multiple varients of that Samuel L. Jackson/Kate Thornton interview pop up over the years yet I've never met anyone who's seen it and it's not up on Youtube. How odd.

Here Samual talking about it on the late late show.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wm0GecqUr_o

murpho999 · 08-08-2012 12:54PM

GastroBoy wrote: »

Sure we claim British people as our own all the time even if they only have a whiff of Irish about them,

Dermot O' Leary,
The Beatles,
The Gallagher brothers
& countless UK football players

etc...........

What are you on about?

Never heard of The Beatles being deemed Irish.

O'Leary is actually Irish.

The Gallaghers are British but of Irish background.

As for the footballers, they are not countless and they claim to be Irish not the other way around.

GastroBoy · 08-08-2012 12:56PM

The_B_Man wrote: »

When have we ever claimed the Beatles or oasis?
FYI, dermot said live on big brother a few years ago that he's Irish, not English.

wouldent know, never watched big brother.

And any media here in Ireland, TV or published word has referred to the above mentioned as Irish.
Any one of those people, in an interview in Ireland always gets the "tell us how Irish you are so we can love you more" question!!

Chips Lovell · 08-08-2012 12:58PM

Good to see our national inferiority complex is alive and well.

Fizman · 08-08-2012 12:58PM

murpho999 wrote: »

What are you on about?

O'Leary is actually Irish.

Technically.......

O'Leary was born in Colchester, Essex, England to Wexford-born Irish parents Sean and Marie,He is "extremely proud" of his Irish roots and he carries an Irish passport.

Fishooks12 · 08-08-2012 12:58PM

GastroBoy wrote: »

wouldent know, never watched big brother.

And any media here in Ireland, TV or published word has referred to the above mentioned as Irish.
Any one of those people, in an interview in Ireland always gets the "tell us how Irish you are so we can love you more" question!!

I think you're making up , and or exaggerating all of that

4zn76tysfajdxp · 08-08-2012 01:09PM

steddyeddy wrote: »

Here Samual talking about it on the late late show.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wm0GecqUr_o

Oh cool.

norrie rugger · 08-08-2012 01:14PM

OldGoat wrote: »

Irony. The article claiming the British took the Irishwoman in the same way they took a Scotsman and a Welshman.
Unless I've mistaken being Scots or Welsh IS being British hence the article fingerpointing the mixing up of geopolitical national bounderies opens up with a blunder by implying that the Welsh and the Scots are not British.

It could be a reference to the English media calling people British, when they are winning, and Scotish/Welsh/Northern Irish when they lose.

risteard7 · 08-08-2012 01:18PM

What about us trying to claim Rory mcilroy all the time? which i find embarrassing when he clearly does not want to represent the tri-colour.
just check his twitter about the olympics.

It was a journo mistake or stupidity thats all big deal!

We have claimed plenty of british people down the years with irish parents or whatever so we cant talk. as roy keane would say GET OVER IT

neil_hosey · 08-08-2012 01:19PM

bit of a non story... how many people claimed Andy Lee was irish when he was fighting? even though he fought out of limerick he was from England, of irish decent. Katie was born here, here father is english..

If you want to find threats to our nationality we should really look alot closer to home, watching fecking coronation street, the papers, united/city/arsenal supporters..blah blah blah..

BillyMitchel · 08-08-2012 01:20PM

Fishooks12 wrote: »

GastroBoy wrote: »

Sure we claim British people as our own all the time even if they only have a whiff of Irish about them,

Dermot O' Leary,
The Beatles,
The Gallagher brothers
& countless UK football players

etc...........

Thankfully I've never heard any Irish person trying to claim either of those clowns, same with O Leary

Never heard anyone try and claim the Beatles though, who are the definition of Liverpudlians

The gallaghers is a well known one, their parents are Irish, all their family are Irish.

Noel once said on the late late that he was asked to write a song for a football tournament for England and said no because of his Irish roots.

The Beatles? WTF!!

Dermot O Leary always says he's Irish.

Most of the footballers claim Irish because they can't get a game for England.

The Irish media always claim celebrities to be Irish of some sort, whether it's a cousins dogs pup or a bastard child's 10th cousin that spent a day in Longford.

Fishooks12 · 08-08-2012 01:22PM

risteard7 wrote: »

What about us trying to claim Rory mcilroy all the time? which i find embarrassing when he clearly does not want to represent the tri-colour.
just check his twitter about the olympics.

Why would he? He's from Northern Ireland.

Downlinz · 08-08-2012 01:24PM

Andy Murray and Gareth Bale are british?

This is most likely a typo that you're all overreacting to. The amount of brit-obsession on boards.ie is sad, why were even reading the telegraphs site to begin with hmm?

The Brits claim Katie Taylor.

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