I Love Ireland

ClovenHoof · 27-03-2016 8:35pm #1

I dropped out of secondary school. I have no degree (you don't need one to make money or get laid), but I thought myself how to lay granite and tile flooring. I make an excellent living and have no student loan to pay off.

Then again, I knew my school teachers were a shower of **** and I went my own path.

Ireland has given me a wonderful life. Because I ignored the unwritten RTE social engineering rule book and made my own.

melissak · 27-03-2016 8:37pm

I love Ireland. There are things that could be better and we like to moan about but it could be a lot worse.

Buona Fortuna · 27-03-2016 8:39pm

Me too. I'd like to get laid more often though

ClovenHoof · 27-03-2016 8:41pm

I am not making fun of the chap who started the I Hate Ireland thread. I am just pointing out there are LOADS of ways to live well in this country.

Mind Control bull**** on RTE News like kids in euphoria upon getting their Leaving results creates a very false reality of human existence in this country for many people. Then they subconsciously spend the rest of their lies trying to make their mammy's proud of them, when they should be focussed on their own personal contentment.

I wish the chap well. But he is too focussed on doing what he expects RTE to want him to do with his life. This is root cause of his anguish.

gumbo1 · 27-03-2016 8:42pm

Had a few beers have we? Pondering your self righteousness?
There's many people, like you, that have dropped out of school at various ages and have done well for themselves. I know several people that haven't got a second level or third level qualifications and are doing pretty well, this might surprise you but a lot of them are in ireland, some are on foreign soil, but never the less they're doing well.
With all that said I must say fair play to you for being self educated in your field of choice.

Barry Badrinath · 27-03-2016 8:45pm

I fcuking LOVE Ireland!

I LOVE her people and all they have done for the world.

I LOVE you all AH!

donvito99 · 27-03-2016 8:46pm

ClovenHoof wrote: »

Ireland has given me a wonderful life. Because I ignored the unwritten RTE social engineering rule book and made my own.

What in the name of Twink are you talking about.

The flying mouse · 27-03-2016 8:47pm

Wolf Hanssen wrote: »

I fcuking LOVE Ireland!

I LOVE her people and all they have done for the world.

I LOVE you all AH!

Steddy on old chap we here you :P:D;)

riffmongous · 27-03-2016 8:47pm

melissak wrote: »

I love Ireland. There are things that could be better and we like to moan about but it could be a lot worse.

The thing is there is really no reason why Ireland can't be even better, I really hope the 1916 commemorations inspire people to help this country push on and fulfill it's potential

ClovenHoof · 27-03-2016 8:47pm

gumbo1 wrote: »

Had a few beers have we? Pondering your self righteousness?
There's many people, like you, that have dropped out of school at various ages and have done well for themselves. I know several people that haven't got a second level or third level qualifications and are doing pretty well, this might surprise you but a lot of them are in ireland, some are on foreign soil, but never the less they're doing well.
With all that said I must say fair play to you for being self educated in your field of choice.

My work takes me into people's home and I experience on a daily basis, the tremendous decency and kindness of Irish people. There are so many wonderful people in this country.

Not civil servants mind. Most of them are ***** and I won't work for them.

iDave · 27-03-2016 8:47pm

What an odd way to have a cut off RTE

But yeah Ireland fcuk yeah!

Guinness, Tayto, blood sacrifice, communion money, GAA, red lemonade, immersion lolz, Fr Ted, boards.ie, not being a unionist, zero tolerance to potholes, TV3.

Winning the lottery of life.

powerstar · 27-03-2016 8:48pm

I love Ireland and it's every thing to me

Barry Badrinath · 27-03-2016 8:49pm

The flying mouse wrote: »

Steddy on old chap we here you :P:D;)

I love you the most Mousey!

The_Valeyard · 27-03-2016 8:50pm

To be fair, we're a great little nation, with deep and rich heritage, history, spirituality, ingenuity, compassion, resourcefulness and fun.

Many worse places to be from. Proud, and lucky to be Irish. Feck the nay sayers and begrudgers!!!!

ClovenHoof · 27-03-2016 8:51pm

I would also advise any young people reading this to go to Tech and get a trade/skills that people always need.

Ignore making you mammy proud by getting a degree.

Serious. Life is full of more options if you are not competing with your cousin who is in Uni.

To Elland Back · 27-03-2016 8:51pm

I love Ireland, used to be very proud to call myself Irish, but I hate to see what Irish people have done to their fellow citizens in recent years. Everyone prepared to screw others for their personal benefit and shag the consequences. Maybe it has always been that way and I didn't notice

maudgonner · 27-03-2016 8:51pm

I like Ireland as a friend.

rsh118 · 27-03-2016 8:53pm

I love it more and I have a massive student loan and followed the RTE Social Path of Doom mentioned above.

I win! Lock thread.

donvito99 · 27-03-2016 8:53pm

ClovenHoof wrote: »

Serious. Life is full of more options if you are not competing with your cousin who is in Uni.

There are also plenty of great jobs to be had if you're a graduate. Not everyone can be a plasterer. We need people who can ****e on about the Normans and the Emergency.

donvito99 · 27-03-2016 8:54pm

To Elland Back wrote: »

Maybe it has always been that way and I didn't notice

Or, maybe it doesn't exist and you're pulling this out of your arse?

Barry Badrinath · 27-03-2016 8:55pm

rsh118 wrote: »

I love it more and I have a massive student loan and followed the RTE Social Path of Doom mentioned above.

I win! Lock thread.

Yeah well, if I matched Ireland on Tinder, I'd bang it!

Go Ireland! Ya hooure ye!

maudgonner · 27-03-2016 8:56pm

No offense mate, but you seem to have a serious chip on your shoulder about 3rd level education. And what other people think of you. And civil servants. And RTE.

Especially RTE.

WoolyJumper · 27-03-2016 8:56pm

I went to college but never watched RTE cause who watches that ****e. Also no college loan cause it's Ireland and higher education is reasonably cheap. So yeah, Irelands grand like.

Permabear · 27-03-2016 9:02pm

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The_Valeyard · 27-03-2016 9:03pm

ClovenHoof wrote: »

I would also advise any young people reading this to go to Tech and get a trade/skills that people always need.

Ignore making you mammy proud by getting a degree.

Serious. Life is full of more options if you are not competing with your cousin who is in Uni.

Definitely agree about ignoring the mammy. Do something that interests you in life, not what people tell you should interest you.

rsh118 · 27-03-2016 9:04pm

Wolf Hanssen wrote: »

Yeah well, if I matched Ireland on Tinder, I'd bang it!

Go Ireland! Ya hooure ye!

That's nothing! I still fancied her while she was broken down and homeless on the side of the EU road in 2010.

Eiré abu! Game. Set. Match. Fact. Because I did it in gaelige.

Barry Badrinath · 27-03-2016 9:09pm

rsh118 wrote: »

That's nothing! I still fancied her while she was broken down and homeless on the side of the EU road in 2010.

Eiré abu! Game. Set. Match. Fact. Because I did it in gaelige.

Sure I remember when she accepted Punts!

I have been on her, in her, around her and above her. I've been up the top of her and down the bottom of her.

I wear her flag, I have worked for her, bled for her, would kill for her and die for her and the only thing I want in return is to be able to call myself an Irishman.

rsh118 · 27-03-2016 9:15pm

Wolf Hanssen wrote: »

Sure I remember when she accepted Punts!

I have been on her, in her, around her and above her. I've been up the top of her and down the bottom of her.

I wear her flag, I have worked for her, bled for her, would kill for her and die for her and the only thing I want in return is to be able to call myself an Irishman.

I'd crawl a mile over broken glass, through pits of fire, headphones playing Daniel O'Donnell songs glued into my ears just to watch Nationwide.

And when I was done then I'd die for her, and eat crubeens just to smell the scent of someone who'd call themselves an Irishman.

To Elland Back · 27-03-2016 9:36pm

donvito99 wrote: »

Or, maybe it doesn't exist and you're pulling this out of your arse?

Well that abusive response to an honest opinion reinforces my post.....

melissak · 27-03-2016 10:50pm

riffmongous wrote: »

The thing is there is really no reason why Ireland can't be even better, I really hope the 1916 commemorations inspire people to help this country push on and fulfill it's potential

I hope so too. Let 2016 be the year for fulfilling some of Ireland potential, for working together as a country to find solutions instead of the constant pissing and moaning about problems and harping on over things that happened decades ago to distract us all from what is happening now. That would be nice.

mansize · 27-03-2016 10:55pm

I love Ireland. On the 23 May 2015 I found out Ireland loved me back, and I loved it even more.

weisses · 27-03-2016 10:58pm

ClovenHoof wrote: »

I dropped out of secondary school. I have no degree (you don't need one to make money or get laid), but I thought myself how to lay granite and tile flooring. I make an excellent living and have no student loan to pay off.

Then again, I knew my school teachers were a shower of **** and I went my own path.

Ireland has given me a wonderful life. Because I ignored the unwritten RTE social engineering rule book and made my own.

If your happy on your knees cutting tiles for people with a degree ... Who am I to judge

Breaston Plants · 27-03-2016 11:00pm

Where's Mint Aero??

Junkyard Tom · 27-03-2016 11:09pm

Eramen wrote: »

How fúkken dare you and my congratulations.

The gods of PC will scowl that you didn't take those sensitivity training classes at uni but what of it I say!?

I love hearing these kinds of stories and opinions. I consider them to be reversing RTE's grip over the public mind.

What's wrong with you?

KKkitty · 27-03-2016 11:14pm

We all may bitch and moan about Ireland but the majority of the time you can talk to anyone at any time. Stuff happens that can be out of your hands but we have an intrinsic motivation to try our best to get on with life as best we can. Whatever country you live in things won't go your way all the time but don't let it get to you.

laugh · 27-03-2016 11:17pm

All the best to her for the next 100 years and all that sail in her.

27-03-2016 11:48pm

I love Ireland, the landscape, the heritage, the people, the culture.

But some aspects of each of the foregoing trouble me.

I pretty much love South Kerry without question. It's my life. It's where I was born and reared, I love every aspect of it, the changing mood as a cloud darkens over South Kerry, the light as the sun bounces off snow on the Reeks, the chat about club football matches, the news from the pubs in Cahersiveen and Killorglin and Kenmare. I love it in a way that pushes Ireland back into second place. It is the intimacy of association, it is the land I love since I was born, it has forged and made me. When people say would I die or kill for Ireland...not a chance. Would I die or kill for what I can see when I climb the highest mountain in my locality...possibly.

Tigger · 27-03-2016 11:51pm

Wolf Hanssen wrote: »

Sure I remember when she accepted Punts!

I have been on her, in her, around her and above her. I've been up the top of her and down the bottom of her.

I wear her flag, I have worked for her, bled for her, would kill for her and die for her and the only thing I want in return is to be able to call myself an Irishman.

I remember when she took shillings
I was born in 75 but we still used shillings well into the 80's they looked like 5ps

melissak · 27-03-2016 11:59pm

[Deleted User] wrote: »

I love Ireland, the landscape, the heritage, the people, the culture.

But some aspects of each of the foregoing trouble me.

I pretty much love South Kerry without question. It's my life. It's where I was born and reared, I love every aspect of it, the changing mood as a cloud darkens over South Kerry, the light as the sun bounces off snow on the Reeks, the chat about club football matches, the news from the pubs in Cahersiveen and Killorglin and Kenmare. I love it in a way that pushes Ireland back into second place. It is the intimacy of association, it is the land I love since I was born, it has forged and made me. When people say would I die or kill for Ireland...not a chance. Would I die or kill for what I can see when I climb the highest mountain in my locality...possibly.

Kerry people love kerry. It's nice of course but I think it's natives are the most countyistic.

maudgonner · 28-03-2016 12:02am

I have many the gripe and grumble about it, but there's definitely lots to love.

We're not always great at following the rules. But I found when I was working abroad that sometimes being willing to bend the rules or go around them is one of our biggest strengths - we know how to get things done.

The Irish sense of humour, the sense of the absurd, the ability to see dark humour in the worst of situations, the honour in being able to take a slagging and give one, the wind-ups and yarns and tall tales, I love it all.

And then there's the landscape. Every so often I'll be fed-up or worn out and then I'll drive around a corner or walk over the brow of a hill and see a sight so gob-smackingly gorgeous, take-your-breath-away stunning, that I appreciate it all again.

28-03-2016 12:08am

melissak wrote: »

Kerry people love kerry. It's nice of course but I think it's natives are the most countyistic.

It's not for everyone. Many of my friends find it insular and leave. Many of my friends wrap themselves up in it completely and have never broadened their horizons at all. I can't claim to get either. I grew up in South Kerry and I understand both, I have lived away from here, I have hated the squinting windows mentality, I have been the subject of nonsense rumours...but I let them all wash over me and appreciate that's the price of living in small town rural Ireland. And I would not swap the beauty of the landscape, the pace of life in South Kerry (or indeed the Beara Peninsula) for anything. I want to bring up my daughter here. I want her to have a Kerry accent. I want her to have the values that my neighbours have. I want her to instinctively feel it when the Kerry flag is unfurled.

Austria! · 28-03-2016 12:09am

ClovenHoof wrote: »

I have no degree (you don't need one to get laid).

Some of us have standards.

RayCon · 28-03-2016 12:15am

Deleted User wrote: »

I love Ireland, the landscape, the heritage, the people, the culture.

But some aspects of each of the foregoing trouble me.

I pretty much love South Kerry without question. It's my life. It's where I was born and reared, I love every aspect of it, the changing mood as a cloud darkens over South Kerry, the light as the sun bounces off snow on the Reeks, the chat about club football matches, the news from the pubs in Cahersiveen and Killorglin and Kenmare. I love it in a way that pushes Ireland back into second place. It is the intimacy of association, it is the land I love since I was born, it has forged and made me. When people say would I die or kill for Ireland...not a chance. Would I die or kill for what I can see when I climb the highest mountain in my locality...possibly.

Yeah but ..... the ****in Healy Rae's.

Ash.J.Williams · 28-03-2016 12:15am

ClovenHoof wrote: »

I dropped out of secondary school. I have no degree (you don't need one to make money or get laid), but I thought myself how to lay granite and tile flooring. I make an excellent living and have no student loan to pay off.

Then again, I knew my school teachers were a shower of **** and I went my own path.

Ireland has given me a wonderful life. Because I ignored the unwritten RTE social engineering rule book and made my own.

you paved your way to success!

Bongalongherb · 28-03-2016 12:21am

Ahh yes, Ireland, Who wouldn't love Ireland, 4 seasons in one day. I love the Island no matter the weather.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2iUPb7y0hgE

Hammer89 · 28-03-2016 12:44am

ClovenHoof wrote: »

I dropped out of secondary school. I have no degree (you don't need one to make money or get laid), but I thought myself how to lay granite and tile flooring. I make an excellent living and have no student loan to pay off.

Then again, I knew my school teachers were a shower of **** and I went my own path.

Ireland has given me a wonderful life. Because I ignored the unwritten RTE social engineering rule book and made my own.

Sorry mate you have given yourself the wonderful life you seem to live. It doesn't seem like Ireland had any factor in your success whatsoever. You dropped out of school and you made the decision to prosper without education. Well done, but credit yourself - not f*cking Ireland.

It's like people who thank god when they win an Oscar; he might or might not exist, but don't thank someone or something that has absolutely nothing to do with your success one bit.

melissak · 28-03-2016 12:49am

RayCon wrote: »

Yeah but ..... the ****in Healy Rae's.

Kerry people seem to love them too. Maybe it is the caps, I don't know.

rsh118 · 28-03-2016 1:04am

Hammer89 wrote: »

Sorry mate you have given yourself the wonderful life you seem to live. It doesn't seem like Ireland had any factor in your success whatsoever. You dropped out of school and you made the decision to prosper without education. Well done, but credit yourself - not f*cking Ireland.

It's like people who thank god when they win an Oscar; he might or might not exist, but don't thank someone or something that has absolutely nothing to do with your success one bit.

But the embodiment of Eire stepped forth from the veiled earth, hands outspread, to provide me with an doss job and loads of dough to buy heaps of houses with. I did nothing!

wakka12 · 28-03-2016 1:18am

I don't think rte has as large of an influence on our irish lives as you think, well not for me at least

rsh118 · 28-03-2016 1:19am

I always chuckle when people talk about RTE like its some ropey US news channel, constantly peddling something utterly dreadful down our throats. Same with the BBC. Both do a pretty damn good job!

donvito99 · 28-03-2016 2:33am

rsh118 wrote: »

I always chuckle when people talk about RTE like its some ropey US news channel, constantly peddling something utterly dreadful down our throats. Same with the BBC. Both do a pretty damn good job!

Some people will believe anything so that they can put together in their heads the idea that they're being deliberately marginalised and the world is out to get them specifically.

People need to lighten up and see RTE as an amalgam of artsy, Gaeilgoir-y types and hard nosed technicians working under a conservatively minded authority in the habit of not pissing off anyone in particular.

I Love Ireland

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