" Dubliners have more in common with the British than with fellow Irish "

freddiek · 07-02-2014 10:55AM #1

from interesting opinion piece in today's Indo.

DARRAGH MCMANUS – 07 FEBRUARY 2014

Garth Brooks fever has surely now been officially upgraded from "interesting moment" to "bizarre phenomenon". Over 400,000 tickets and five sold-out concerts make it this year's main 'cultural' event. So why are the critics so pompous about it?

"How dare these morons watch a bland pop-country singer whose heyday was two decades ago?!" Who cares, really – it's just entertainment, there's no need to cry about it. You couldn't pay me to see the guy, but however people choose to spend their time and money, leave them at it.

What's really interesting about Garth-mania is how it highlights an urban-rural rift. Tickets were overwhelmingly sold in the provinces; we saw folks queue for days in small towns, while people in Dublin, Cork and Limerick remained mostly immune to his pastoral charm.

MOD please refrain from copying full articles and include link to the original source, which is http://www.independent.ie/opinion/analysis/culchies-love-garth-but-urban-snobs-have-friends-in-low-places-of-their-own-29987658.html

biko · 07-02-2014 10:56AM

Ooh, you gone and done it now boy.
Culchie/jackeen war number fiftyeleven about to start.

For Forks Sake · 07-02-2014 10:58AM

Obvious trolling journo is obvious.

o1s1n · 07-02-2014 10:59AM

The author don't seem to realize that there are British people living in their countryside too.

super_furry · 07-02-2014 11:01AM

So to paraphrase; "If you don't like Garth Brooks, you're a Brit."

And of course it's from the Indo, a rag that has as much relevance as a dead squirrel.

Sir Digby Chicken Caesar · 07-02-2014 11:01AM

it must be really really easy to get a job as a journalist

frag420 · 07-02-2014 11:01AM

I hear Sinn Fein are announcing him as a candidate in the European Elections................Yee Haw!!!

tin79 · 07-02-2014 11:04AM

Can they not build a culchie bowl or something in the midlands for this type of thing? We dont need this lot on the streets of the capital. Looks bad in front of the British.

tin79 · 07-02-2014 11:05AM

super_furry wrote: »

So to paraphrase; "If you don't like Garth Brooks, you're a Brit."

And of course it's from the Indo, a rag that has as much relevance as a dead squirrel.

I disagree. A dead squirrel could be relevant in some context (in a study of squirrel deaths for example). The Indo cant match that.

Menas · 07-02-2014 11:07AM

Ah, the magic of a Dublin vs rest of ireland thread. And bonus points for getting Garth Brooks in there too!

Now, any way to sneak 'flamin dole heads' in there too?

DrGreenthumb · 07-02-2014 11:07AM

They just want a day out in the big smoke, might even sell my old Gareth Brooks callcard as a VIP pass to a unsuspecting culchie

07-02-2014 11:07AM

How's it going there Bud, can I get a jab of smack with me bleeding burger !

iDave · 07-02-2014 11:09AM

I saw people queuing in Dun Laoghaire for tickets

SEPT 23 1989 · 07-02-2014 11:10AM

Well we were the second city of the empire untill the country folk arrived during the famine and lowered the whole tone of the capital

GLaDOS · 07-02-2014 11:11AM

I've seen, for instance, Irish urbanites join "anti-ginger" Facebook groups – anti-Irish prejudice by another name.

Top notch journalism right there

FunLover18 · 07-02-2014 11:12AM

Being ginger is an element of being Irish?

anncoates · 07-02-2014 11:16AM

I'd rather sell my arse on the streets than put my name to an article like that.

Hande hoche! · 07-02-2014 11:29AM

FunLover18 wrote: »

Being ginger is an element of being Irish?

A touch of it in the beard is atypical.

crockholm · 07-02-2014 11:29AM

SEPT 23 1989 wrote: »

Well we were the second city of the empire untill the country folk arrived during the famine and lowered the whole tone of the capital

We honestly thought that ye were hoarding all the good spuds there:D

As for the whole "Second City" spiel-A title also claimed by Glasgow,Liverpool and Birmingham (Ye'r in great Company there).Kinda like a bunch of groupies argueing over who the star (London)is going to take back to his hotel room and bang first;)

Napper Hawkins · 07-02-2014 11:41AM

How old is the journalist?

drumswan · 07-02-2014 11:45AM

The usual cultural fascism that emanates from the bogswamps. If you arent an alcoholic, gombeen FF supporting, GAA jersey wearing, kiddy fiddling papist you arent really Irish. You can keep your supposed Irish identity so.

Santa Cruz · 07-02-2014 11:46AM

tin79 wrote: »

Can they not build a culchie bowl or something in the midlands for this type of thing? We dont need this lot on the streets of the capital. Looks bad in front of the British.

Oh yes. We must make a good impression on the British. It goes with our slave mentality.

TireeTerror · 07-02-2014 11:47AM

That article is hilarious, purely for the fact the moronic journalist has tried to pass it off as serious.

The ginger part is hilarious too, passing it off as anti-Irish. Everyone knows gingers are genetic freaks of nature, its nothing to do with being anti-Irish.

crockholm · 07-02-2014 11:51AM

drumswan wrote: »

The usual cultural fascism that emanates from the bogswamps. If you arent an alcoholic, gombeen FF supporting, GAA jersey wearing, kiddy fiddling papist you arent really Irish. You can keep your supposed Irish identity so.

Ah come on,Dublin isn't all bad.Stephens Green is nice:)

ivytwine · 07-02-2014 11:54AM

Half-Brit, country girl living in Dublin here.

I don't know what I think :cool::D

Wibbs · 07-02-2014 11:58AM

crockholm wrote: »

As for the whole "Second City" spiel-A title also claimed by Glasgow,Liverpool and Birmingham (Ye'r in great Company there).Kinda like a bunch of groupies argueing over who the star (London)is going to take back to his hotel room and bang first;)

:pac::pac::D

iDave wrote: »

I saw people queuing in Dun Laoghaire for tickets

In Kingstown?:eek: *monocle falls*. Good god Sir! Though since the Pale came down we've had all sorts of undesirables through the gates. Then again Dun Laoghaire is a bit far out. Anyone who wasn't born and raised within the lines of the Grand and Royal canals is a feckin blow in to me. *harrumph*

Fratton Fred · 07-02-2014 12:01PM

TireeTerror wrote: »

That article is hilarious, purely for the fact the moronic journalist has tried to pass it off as serious.

The ginger part is hilarious too, passing it off as anti-Irish. Everyone knows gingers are genetic freaks of nature, its nothing to do with being anti-Irish.

Sounds like the journo not only smells of pig ****, but also has ginger hair.

That would explain the chip on his shoulder.

WoollyRedHat · 07-02-2014 12:06PM

super_furry wrote: »

So to paraphrase; "If you don't like Garth Brooks, you're a Brit."

And of course it's from the Indo, a rag that has as much relevance as a dead squirrel.

I really must get myself some dead squirrel. HEY BRANDINE!

Emme · 07-02-2014 12:06PM

The people in some rural towns have more in common with the British than the Irish. This applies to former garrison towns. Irish people are known for being friendly and welcoming but in former garrison towns newcomers are treated with suspicion and hostile indifference. Even after 20 years newcomers aren't made welcome. Perhaps these places have more in common with rural Britain than urban Ireland.

What I'm saying is that former garrison towns in rural Ireland have more in common with the British than the Irish because they're so unfriendly and unwelcoming. These towns don't even welcome new business.

TireeTerror · 07-02-2014 12:09PM

Emme wrote: »

The people in some rural towns have more in common with the British than the Irish. This applies to former garrison towns. Irish people are known for being friendly and welcoming but in former garrison towns newcomers are treated with suspicion and hostile indifference. Even after 20 years newcomers aren't made welcome. Perhaps these places have more in common with rural Britain than urban Ireland.

What I'm saying is that former garrison towns in rural Ireland have more in common with the British than the Irish because they're so unfriendly and unwelcoming. These towns don't even welcome new business.

You find British people to treat you with suspicion and not make you feel welcome?

Gran Hermano · 07-02-2014 12:10PM

Awful whiff of inferiority complex from living in small insignificant rural town from that journalist.
Probably struggles to identify with either city or rural folk.

" Dubliners have more in common with the British than with fellow Irish "

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