Ireland and what it means to be Irish

KingOfFairview · 13-07-2014 04:25PM #1

So, what's is it that makes this crazy little island special? What's can we say "no. One else can do b that"? About the Irish personality? Are we unique our just another nationality

Ruu · 13-07-2014 04:26PM

We are unique, yeah...

Nodin · 13-07-2014 04:27PM

Ruu wrote: »

We are unique, yeah...

No, we're special.

Skeleton XIII · 13-07-2014 04:28PM

Arseland.

Knob Longman · 13-07-2014 04:28PM

A bit slow to be honest..

Dan_Solo · 13-07-2014 04:29PM

What makes us special is how much we're convinced we're special.
Bit like Liverpool fans.

jamo2oo9 · 13-07-2014 04:31PM

"I will in me hole hey"

KingOfFairview · 13-07-2014 04:34PM

If irishness was a product, would you recommend it to a fiend? What's our usp?

Nib · 13-07-2014 04:35PM

We give too much of a fuck what others think of us.

Nodin · 13-07-2014 04:35PM

KingOfFairview wrote: »

If irishness was a product, would you recommend it to a fiend? What's our usp?

Hairy arses.

13-07-2014 04:36PM

Ruu wrote: »

We are unique, yeah...

I'm not.

darkpagandeath · 13-07-2014 04:36PM

If I remember my history from school, The Celts came over and committed genocide and replaced the original people here with red haired Celtic folk. Even though red hair is more of a Viking thing.

KingOfFairview · 13-07-2014 04:36PM

Nib wrote: »

We give too much of a fuck what others think of us.

This I agree with. Especially the Americans. We are as "children" begging for approval at their skirts

MadsL · 13-07-2014 05:15PM

darkpagandeath wrote: »

If I remember my history from school, The Celts came over and committed genocide and replaced the original people here with red haired Celtic folk. Even though red hair is more of a Viking thing.

Yeah. "History" from school.

That's exactly what happened.

Karl Stein · 13-07-2014 05:19PM

Éirinn go Brách.

My Country, my home.

Unrepentant Irish Nationalist.

Donkey Oaty · 13-07-2014 05:20PM

I understand from recent news reports that Ireland is unique in having a special place in Garth Brooks' heart, though this has yet to be confirmed by independent cardiologists.

biko · 13-07-2014 05:25PM

It's a grand place like

Knob Longman · 13-07-2014 07:24PM

KingOfFairview wrote: »

This I agree with. Especially the Americans. We are as "children" begging for approval at their skirts

US multinational companies, EU structural funding, British customs and traditions covered with a spattering of doing things backwards..

Wacker The Attacker · 13-07-2014 07:31PM

jamo2oo9 wrote: »

"I will in me hole hey"

Where's the champion butter hi?

Wacker The Attacker · 13-07-2014 07:34PM

Dan_Solo wrote: »

What makes us special is how much we're convinced we're special.
Bit like Liverpool fans.

Don't mention Ireland in the same sentence as Liverpool fans again. EVER

Mickey H · 13-07-2014 08:02PM

It means I'm not English.

Lucifer MorningStar · 13-07-2014 08:12PM

We are an ugly nation but we're great craic

cloud493 · 13-07-2014 08:15PM

The ability to constantly see the glass as half empty, even when its almost certainly at least half full, if not entirely full to the brim.

Henry Sidney · 13-07-2014 08:16PM

Mickey H wrote: »

It means I'm not English.

Something we English are eternally thankful for. A nation where 10% of the population buy tickets to see Garth Brooks? Stay classy, Ireland...

mad muffin · 13-07-2014 08:17PM

Skeleton XIII wrote: »

Arseland.

Arseland?! ARSELAND?! Oh man, I'm still wiping the tears from my eyes

Sunnyisland · 13-07-2014 08:20PM

I think were awesome :-)

whupdedo · 13-07-2014 08:27PM

We're unique, just like everyone else....

--LOS-- · 13-07-2014 08:27PM

ah we love to start threads so we do

Duckworth_Luas · 13-07-2014 08:30PM

darkpagandeath wrote: »

If I remember my history from school, The Celts came over and committed genocide and replaced the original people here with red haired Celtic folk. Even though red hair is more of a Viking thing.

If that's what you learned in history I'd love to see how you were thought to divide by 0 in maths

darkpagandeath · 13-07-2014 08:32PM

Duckworth_Luas wrote: »

If that's what you learned in history I'd love to see how you were thought to divide by 0 in maths

Think peoples sarcasm detectors are off :pac:

mickydoomsux · 13-07-2014 08:38PM

Being Irish at the moment seems to mean being a whingey baby who is "entitled" to a load of things but doesn't want to have to pay tax for these things. Also, acting like some minor financial hardship has put the entire population on the breadline whilst there are actually people starving to death around the world and we haven't cut our basic social welfare rates despite being in recession for 7 years.

We as a nation need a kick up the hole.

Oh and we put far too much stock in the constitution because of "DE RISING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!". It's a flawed document that was suitable for the time but should either be scrapped entirely at this stage and/or edited heavily.

Ireland and what it means to be Irish

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