Irish Legends

Feeona · 02-10-2012 01:34PM

Dan Donnelly http://www.curraghcamp.com/dan.html

It says Dan Donnelly's arm was removed from the Hideout pub in Kilcullen in 1996, but I'd heard it'd been 're-instated' since then.

OldGoat · 02-10-2012 01:34PM

Prop Joe wrote: »

We should clone him !!! Sort out all the ASBO's

He'd be kinda like MegaDublins very own Judge*, with fists instead of LawGivers.

*Nerd reply, just ignore it if you don't get it.

cyrusdvirus · 02-10-2012 01:56PM

OldGoat wrote: »

He'd be kinda like MegaDublins very own Judge*, with fists instead of LawGivers.

*Nerd reply, just ignore it if you don't get it.

i remember reading a VERY short book about him, think it's still in the parents place........ What a man. a good old fashioned law man

Capt'n Midnight · 03-10-2012 12:33AM

Duckworth_Luas wrote: »

Charlie Bird.

A man who retraced Tom Crean's "footsteps" by flying to the South Pole!

And he did it in winter.

Capt'n Midnight · 03-10-2012 12:41AM

Feeona wrote: »

This makes for harsh reading :eek:

http://www.irishexaminer.com/analysis/unsung-heroes-of-war-199331.html

Different times, different rules.

Apart from the Commonwealth most of the combatants , including the USA, executed some of their deserters. The Commonwealth did execute Lord Haw Haw even though he held an Irish passport.

They deserted our defence forces during "The Emergency". How would people have felt about soldiers from neutral countries like Belgium or Holland who deserted to France in 1939 ?

Yes they were hard done by, but they did swear an oath.

DwightSchrute1 · 03-10-2012 12:48AM

Dermot Earley Snr seems to have all the makings of an Irish Legend. Never heard anybody talk negative about him

wendell borton · 03-10-2012 01:08AM

U Dhammaloka,

was an Irish-born hobo (migrant worker)[1] turned Buddhist monk, atheist critic of Christian missionaries, and temperance campaigner who took an active role in the Asian Buddhist revival around the turn of the twentieth century.

Dhammaloka was ordained in Burma prior to 1900, making him one of the earliest attested western Buddhist monks. He was a celebrity preacher, vigorous polemicist and prolific editor in Burma and Singapore between 1900 and his conviction for sedition and appeal in 1910–1911. Drawing on western atheist writings, he publicly challenged the role of Christian missionaries and by implication the British empire.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U_Dhammaloka

Dante · 03-10-2012 01:14AM

Patrick O'Connell.

He managed Barcelona FC throughout the Spanish Civil War in the 1930's when the very existence of the club was under threat due to Franco's fascist, nationalist rule. Long story short, if it wasn't for him at the helm of the club, there would be no Barcelona football club today. He pretty much single handedly kept the club alive during the civil war and contributed to the Catalan's republican cause. He is one of the biggest profiles in Barcelona's history yet not many have heard of him.

Coincidentally, there's a programme about him on TG4 tomorrow at 9.30 which should be an interesting watch going by anything I've read about him. Quite the ledge by all accounts!

Edit: Turns out he was also the first ever Irish captain of Manchester United which isn't too shabby either.

Jellicoe · 03-10-2012 01:20AM

Single mothers who fight cancer and live to raise their young kids are heroes, not adventure sport Hooray Henry's with too much 'leisure time' and money on their hands.

Sindri · 03-10-2012 01:25AM

Funglegunk wrote: »

Diageo aren't Italian, they're British. Their name was invented by a marketing company, which is even more depressing.

And that's about all their good at.

Sindri · 03-10-2012 01:32AM

An unsung heroine who isn't Irish is Mary Seacole. Florence Nightingale turned her down when she applied for a position as a nurse with her because she was black.

Madam Marie · 03-10-2012 01:38AM

Neeson:

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

Doc · 03-10-2012 02:44AM

Roger Casement

I didn't really know much about him until recently. He helped put a stop to human rights abuses in the Congo and Peru and was knighted by the British for doing so.
He was execution in August 1916 for treason by the British for trying to obtain German support for a rebellion in Ireland against British rule.

Due to a set of diaries, claimed to have been written by Casement and covering the years 1903, 1910 and 1911. If accepted as genuine, the diaries would portray Casement as a promiscuous homosexual sex tourist with a fondness for young men. This has resulted in Casement not being as well known as perhaps he should be today. At a time of strong social conservatism, not least among Irish Catholics, the Black Diaries undermined or at least suppressed support for Casement due to his homosexuality.

bassy · 03-10-2012 02:55AM

Alex the hurricane higgins,need I say any more take a bow.

R.I.P sandy :-))

kowloon · 03-10-2012 03:49AM

Madam Marie wrote: »

Neeson:

And off I go to clear my Youtube history...

Wee Willy Harris · 03-10-2012 03:53AM

Ladies % Gentleman here's a man i toured with many, many times many times times many...

may i present to you:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7FF0m-580B4

DonLimon · 03-10-2012 05:17AM

+ 1 for Rodger Casement, the Black Diaries makes for some shocking reading though.

Private James Daly, leader of the Connaught Rangers mutiny in Northern India 1920. Irishmen serving there heard about the heard about the war and atrocities there and downed arms.He was executed for his part, many others were kept in prison till the forties if I'm not mistaken. Interesting piece of history and pretty much unheard of.

DonLimon · 03-10-2012 05:18AM

+ 1 for Rodger Casement, the Black Diaries makes for some shocking reading though.

Private James Daly, leader of the Connaught Rangers mutiny in Northern India 1920. Irishmen serving there heard about the heard about the war and atrocities occurring back home and downed arms.He was executed for his part, many others were kept in prison till the forties if I'm not mistaken. Interesting piece of history and pretty much unheard of.

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