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What was Ireland's proudest moment?

  • 11-06-2013 08:11PM
    #1
    Prodigious
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    There's enough depressing crap in the news everyday without indulging in self loathing on AH.

    So what moments in our history were our proudest?

    I thought Katie Taylor really did us proud at the Olympics last year.


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  • #2
    Royal Irish
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,401 ✭✭✭Royal Irish


    Italia 90'


  • #3
    HeidiHeidi
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 33,637 ✭✭✭✭HeidiHeidi


    When Croke Park stood up and listened to/sang/didn't abuse God Save The Queen.


  • #4
    paulmclaughlin
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,299 ✭✭✭paulmclaughlin


    This thread.


  • #5
    Talib Fiasco
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,428 ✭✭✭Talib Fiasco


    AH comment: Getting rid of Fianna Fáil.


  • #6
    The Backwards Man
    Closed Accounts Posts: 18,299 ✭✭✭✭The Backwards Man


    Tom Cruise emigrating in Far And Away.


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  • #7
    deadybai
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,491 ✭✭✭deadybai


    When we won the Rugby Grand slam in 2009 and Bernard Dunne won the world title the same day. Best day of my life.


  • #8
    apollo8
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 349 ✭✭apollo8


    The signing of the good Friday agreement.


  • #9
    Mint Sauce
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 29,293 ✭✭✭✭Mint Sauce


    Stuttgart


  • #10
    Sergeant
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,362 ✭✭✭Sergeant


    Joining the EEC in 1973.


  • #11
    Dave0301
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,939 ✭✭✭Dave0301


    The tayto chocolate bar.....


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  • #12
    Saab Ed
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,372 ✭✭✭Saab Ed


    Chris de Burgh


  • #13
    Duckworth_Luas
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,746 ✭✭✭Duckworth_Luas


    The day Charlie Haughey gave Thatcher the teapot!


  • #14
    inmyday
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    Royal Irish wrote: »
    Italia 90'

    How? We didnt win anything, except for a peno shoot out. Celebrating failure???? I dont get it.

    Why not go for Katie Taylor last year winning gold or Sonia O'Sullivan winning the world championships.


  • #15
    donvito99
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,818 ✭✭✭donvito99


    For the very old boardsies it must surely have been Ronnie Delany, 1500m gold in Melbourne 1956.

    My dad wasn't alive then so for me it has to be Sonia in Sydney or Katie Taylor's gold.


  • #16
    donvito99
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,818 ✭✭✭donvito99


    inmyday wrote: »
    How? We didnt win anything, except for a peno shoot out. Celebrating failure???? I dont get it.

    Why not go for Katie Taylor last year winning gold or Sonia O'Sullivan winning the world championships.

    [Dougal] Oh, that's very bold. [/Dougal]


  • #17
    Cd_doe
    Closed Accounts Posts: 131 ✭✭Cd_doe


    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ugailEn8U5o

    This has to be up there


  • #18
    ONeill2013
    Closed Accounts Posts: 447 ✭✭ONeill2013


    forget all the sport nonsense. Battle of Clontarf 1014.


  • #19
    Manc-Red
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    inmyday wrote: »
    How? We didnt win anything, except for a peno shoot out. Celebrating failure???? I dont get it.

    Why not go for Katie Taylor last year winning gold or Sonia O'Sullivan winning the world championships.

    Ridiculous comment - a small nation like ours getting to a quarter-finals of such a prestigious event at our first attempt, of course was a huge achievement & a major moment in our history.


  • #20
    Saab Ed
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,372 ✭✭✭Saab Ed


    Cd_doe wrote: »
    http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ugailEn8U5o

    This has to be up there

    A Gob****e telling a dirty aul fecker to fcuk off!!! Not much pride in that.


  • #21
    monkeysnapper
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,563 ✭✭✭monkeysnapper


    the days i brought my 2 kids into the world, well the mrs sorry , because they,re gona get us out of all the mess were in . shes 3 now and can count to 30 so i reakon were sorted in next 3 years, ,,, hes only 6 months, ill have to get back to you in 6 months


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  • #22
    Sam Kade
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    The day Bertie Ahern resigned :)


  • #23
    inmyday
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    Manc-Red wrote: »
    Ridiculous comment - a small nation like ours getting to a quarter-finals of such a prestigious event at our first attempt, of course was a huge achievement & a major moment in our history.


    Why not be proud of a small country like ours producing Champions like Katie and Sonia?
    Is the Olympics and world championships not prestigious enough for you?

    In Italia 90, we scored 2 goals in 5 games. And failed to win anything. The best thing about it was the p!ss up.
    Not saying it wasnt a major moment for a lot of us, but not our proudest.


  • #24
    Dick phelan
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,087 ✭✭✭Dick phelan


    Have to say the two that stick out are the signing of the good friday agreement and not booing god save the queen in croke park two moments that showed ireland had moved on from the past never felt more proud to be irish in my life


  • #25
    Duckworth_Luas
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,746 ✭✭✭Duckworth_Luas


    inmyday wrote: »
    Why not be proud of a small country like ours producing Champions like Katie and Sonia?
    Is the Olympics and world championships not prestigious enough for you?

    In Italia 90, we scored 2 goals in 5 games. And failed to win anything. The best thing about it was the p!ss up.
    Not saying it wasnt a major moment for a lot of us, but not our proudest.
    Davy Keogh says goodbye!


  • #26
    Nodin
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    Saab Ed wrote: »
    A Gob****e telling a convicted sex offender to fcuk off!!! Not much pride in that.


    Stagg has never been convicted of a sex offence. Or charged with one.


  • #27
    OneOfThem Stumbled
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 936 ✭✭✭OneOfThem Stumbled


    Sam Kade wrote: »
    The day Bertie Ahern resigned :)

    And was replaced by um... Cowen... who wasn't even elected as Taoiseach.

    Proudest moment?

    What's more he resigned mainly due to the Lisbon referendum... :pac: :D


  • #28
    Saab Ed
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,372 ✭✭✭Saab Ed


    Nodin wrote: »
    Stagg has never been convicted of a sex offence. Or charged with one.

    My bad.

    Stagg did have his Phoenix Park moment though. Maybe he just claimed to be on his way to the Dail and that he was an asthmatic hence his breathlessness B-)


  • #29
    Lando Griffin
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,952 ✭✭✭Lando Griffin


    The day all the rail lines in Dublin that were ripped up in the 50s were replaced over the last couple of years and joined up; just like any major city with a metro; only overground.


  • #30
    inmyday
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 731 ✭✭✭inmyday


    OneOfThem Stumbled wrote: »
    And was replaced by um... Cowen... who wasn't even elected as Taoiseach.
    :D

    But he was the leader of the FF, the majority in the Dail at the time. So therefore became taoiseach.


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  • #31
    ColeTrain
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    Has to be this surely

    http://www.whoateallthepies.tv/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/PA-10862452.jpg


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