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26/04/2005, 2:23 PM
ollie

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Originally Posted by Corky

when I speak to Cork people is that there still seem to be a lot of small minded people in Cork, who just wish things would never change. (Rule 42!!) As for this Peoples Republic of Cork stuff, go for it.

:mad: Corky check your facts before you speak!!!!! :mad:

The rule 42 thing was a board decision (or a Frank Murphy decision).Almost all the clubs in the county wanted to change the rule but the board decided not to take a vote which was a joke,prob because the the lads at the top knew it would be defeated.thats only a handfull of small minded people. :)
26/04/2005, 2:41 PM
Corky

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Originally Posted by ollie

:mad: Corky check your facts before you speak!!!!! :mad:

The rule 42 thing was a board decision (or a Frank Murphy decision).Almost all the clubs in the county wanted to change the rule but the board decided not to take a vote which was a joke,prob because the the lads at the top knew it would be defeated.thats only a handfull of small minded people. :)

Ollie, point taken, it was the first example that came to mind and woe betide anyone on here without an example :o Suppose what i'm getting at is the whole Peoples Republic thing and that attitude which I agree is probably a minority, but a large enough one as far as I can gather. I find it strange that one place in the whole of Ireland pertains to be so unique and different (better??) than the rest of us that it should be a republic. But from what i'm reading here that attitude probably p155e5 of a lot of Cork people as well.
26/04/2005, 2:50 PM
Macy

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Originally Posted by cfdh_edmundo

Is your definition of scumbag someone who likes a likes a town they�ve visited many times :confused: ? In all seriousness I�m not really too bothered what people call me over an internet forum. However as an aside, does calling a member a scumbag, no matter how subtly its done, set a good example of attacking the post not the poster ?

Easy... it was a dig at Bray, not you. Pretty much like a lot of the thread has been a dig at some area or other. I'll stick to slagging it for being South County Dublin instead to avoid offence... :cool:
26/04/2005, 2:53 PM
Closed Account 2

ok fair enough ;)
26/04/2005, 3:05 PM
ollie

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Originally Posted by Corky

Ollie, point taken, it was the first example that came to mind and woe betide anyone on here without an example :o Suppose what i'm getting at is the whole Peoples Republic thing and that attitude which I agree is probably a minority, but a large enough one as far as I can gather. I find it strange that one place in the whole of Ireland pertains to be so unique and different (better??) than the rest of us that it should be a republic. But from what i'm reading here that attitude probably p155e5 of a lot of Cork people as well.

The same thing is in Spain with cataluna and the basque region.they look at themselves as a different country.
the whole peoples republic of cork(proc) thing is just a bit of fun for most of us any way.(as the tayto ad says there is always one)
If you look at the proc website its just havin a laugh.
26/04/2005, 3:06 PM
dcfcsteve

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Originally Posted by kerr's tribe

I wouldn't go that often cos it is much further than other big towns, so it is ok...

Jaysus KT - Letterkenny is not a big town !! Not even in Irish terms !

Sligo - now that's a big town. So too Athlone, Omagh, Enniskillen,Tralee etc. Letterkenny is just a main street, with a looping weird one-way by-pass type thing round the side of it and a load of naff housing on a hill to the other side ! :eek: :) It's barely the size of Strabane....!
26/04/2005, 3:12 PM
Eire06

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Originally Posted by dcfcsteve

Jaysus KT - Letterkenny is not a big town !! Not even in Irish terms !

Sligo - now that's a big town. So too Athlone, Omagh, Enniskillen,Tralee etc. Letterkenny is just a main street, with a looping weord opne-way by-pass type thing round the side of it and a load of naff housing on a hill to the other side ! :eek: :) It's barely the size of Strabane....!

It has the atmosphere of a big town cause all the Derry muckers come in for the night out and the good exchange reate on the sterling ;) ...

Rare huures the lot of them
26/04/2005, 3:14 PM
Green Tribe

Quote:

Originally Posted by dcfcsteve

Jaysus KT - Letterkenny is not a big town !! Not even in Irish terms !

Sligo - now that's a big town. So too Athlone, Omagh, Enniskillen,Tralee etc. Letterkenny is just a main street, with a looping weord opne-way by-pass type thing round the side of it and a load of naff housing on a hill to the other side ! :eek: :) It's barely the size of Strabane....!

I meant that there are big towns close to me so i would not go beyond them(to letterkenny) that often. I did not mean that it was a town on a scale of Omagh, Enniskillen, Monaghan, no way! :eek: :D
26/04/2005, 3:16 PM
Green Tribe

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Originally Posted by Eire06

It has the atmosphere of a big town cause all the Derry muckers come in for the night out and the good exchange reate on the sterling ;) ...

Rare huures the lot of them

It does get very busy for a small place that is why it can be good. A lot of the Fermanagh gang invade also.
26/04/2005, 3:23 PM
joey B

Ah Donegal actually has a city Raphoe :eek:

Raphoe city

:D
26/04/2005, 3:28 PM
Eire06

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Originally Posted by joey B

Ah Donegal actually has a city Raphoe :eek:

Raphoe city

:D

Full of planters though ;)
26/04/2005, 3:31 PM
joey B

Also the famous Frank Mc Bearty's home city :) :D
26/04/2005, 3:34 PM
Eire06

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Originally Posted by joey B

Also the famous Frank Mc Bearty's home city :) :D

and Frankies night club :rolleyes:
26/04/2005, 3:40 PM
joey B

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Originally Posted by Eire06

and Frankies night club :rolleyes:

Fecking kip :D
26/04/2005, 3:46 PM
Eire06

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Originally Posted by joey B

Fecking kip :D

yep just like the town its in..
26/04/2005, 3:48 PM
joey B

I cannae argue with that Eire06.

PS. Its a city ;) :D
26/04/2005, 3:54 PM
dcfcsteve

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Originally Posted by joey B

I cannae argue with that Eire06.

PS. Its a city ;) :D

Joey B - the person who told you that had a speech impediment.

They were actually saying "it's sh!tty".... :D
26/04/2005, 3:55 PM
Green Tribe

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Originally Posted by joey B

I cannae argue with that Eire06.

PS. Its a city ;) :D

Raphoe for European city of culture! :D :rolleyes:
26/04/2005, 3:55 PM
Green Tribe

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Originally Posted by dcfcsteve

Joey B - the person who told you that had a speech impediment.

They were actually saying "it's sh!tty".... :D

Boom boom! :D
26/04/2005, 3:58 PM
joey B

Quote:

Originally Posted by dcfcsteve

Joey B - the person who told you that had a speech impediment.

They were actually saying "it's sh!tty".... :D

Feck your original steve :rolleyes:
Raphoe is a city FACT! :D :D ;)
26/04/2005, 4:27 PM
Corky

Quote:

Originally Posted by ollie

The same thing is in Spain with cataluna and the basque region.they look at themselves as a different country.
the whole peoples republic of cork(proc) thing is just a bit of fun for most of us any way.(as the tayto ad says there is always one)
If you look at the proc website its just havin a laugh.

I know its only a bit of craic, good site. :)

Not so sure about comparing the proc struggle to that of the Basques in Spain though!!! think the only offensive the rest of us should be worried about is the one Rebs23 warned us about earlier... :p

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Originally Posted by rebs23

we are on a National charm offensive at the moment!!
So be warned!!
26/04/2005, 4:49 PM
Superhoops

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Originally Posted by ollie

The rule 42 thing was a board decision (or a Frank Murphy decision).Almost all the clubs in the county wanted to change the rule but the board decided not to take a vote which was a joke,prob because the the lads at the top knew it would be defeated.thats only a handfull of small minded people. :)

Doesnt sound like a Peoples Republic to me, sounds more like a dictatorship!
26/04/2005, 4:58 PM
ollie

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Originally Posted by Superhoops

Doesnt sound like a Peoples Republic to me, sounds more like a dictatorship!

that would sum Frank Murphy up alrite.
26/04/2005, 5:00 PM
ollie

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Originally Posted by Corky

Not so sure about comparing the proc struggle to that of the Basques in Spain though!!!

watch this space ;)
26/04/2005, 5:07 PM
Ruairi

not entirely correct about the rule42/cork thing ollie

when delegates went at the county board meeting a fortnight ago (the majority of them prepared to vote yes to opening up croker, according to the evening echo) they were told by county board chairman Jim Forbes that such a decision COULD NOT be made at the county board meeting. Forbes went on to say that such a decision could only be made at county convention level, and as there was no motion on it in 2004, they would have to go with the decisionmade at the 2003 convention, when the majority of delegates voted in favour of keeping the rule.

apparantly forbes was entirely correct, however delegates arent entirely happy about it, and the issue will come up for debate at tonights meeting in pairc ui chaoimh
26/04/2005, 5:18 PM
ollie

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Originally Posted by Ruairi

not entirely correct about the rule42/cork thing ollie

when delegates went at the county board meeting a fortnight ago (the majority of them prepared to vote yes to opening up croker, according to the evening echo) they were told by county board chairman Jim Forbes that such a decision COULD NOT be made at the county board meeting. Forbes went on to say that such a decision could only be made at county convention level, and as there was no motion on it in 2004, they would have to go with the decisionmade at the 2003 convention, when the majority of delegates voted in favour of keeping the rule.

apparantly forbes was entirely correct, however delegates arent entirely happy about it, and the issue will come up for debate at tonights meeting in pairc ui chaoimh

:o
just a few questions then.
why did the echo ask every club how they were voting?surely micheal clifford and co. would have known of this rule before doing this?
why did they take a vote at a lot of clubs as how the club delegate would vote.surely they werent guesing that there would be vote??
i thought they just decided not to have a vote because of what i said above( well loosely around what i said ;) ) and found some rule(which you mentioned above) so as they wouldn't have a vote.
26/04/2005, 7:47 PM
M@ttitude

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Originally Posted by Eire06

Well not everyone can be upper class, there has to be some commoners like yourself to make up the demographic, just lucky they�re all in Dublin, couldn�t handle that riff-raff here..

You are the cream of Ireland, Irish Royalty.. Us peasants bow to you, your majesty. :(
26/04/2005, 7:51 PM
Eire06

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Originally Posted by M@ttitude

You are the cream of Ireland, Irish Royalty.. Us peasants bow to you your majesty. :(

Glad you've noticed :D
Don't like royalty actually, prefer a free state :D
you need not bow to me, just never make eye contact and a simple tilt of the head will do... ;)
Now go run me a bath.. :rolleyes:
26/04/2005, 7:57 PM
M@ttitude

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Originally Posted by Eire06

Now go run me a bath.. :rolleyes:

Yeah jump in ill be up soon with the Champagne and Strawberries ;) No eye contact I swear..
26/04/2005, 9:35 PM
dcfcsteve

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Originally Posted by joey B

Feck your original steve :rolleyes:
Raphoe is a city FACT!

Joey B - ok, ok : you've mentioned it 4 times now, so I'll do you the favour of tackling this 'Raphoe is a city' nonesense.... :D

City status is something that is granted upon a town through official political channels within that country. I hardly think a letter between a couple of clerics way back in 1600 constitutes concrete proof of Raphoe's supposed city status, let alone conference of city status. Even the official website link you put up there constantly uses the word "town" to describe Raphoe ! If it is indeed a city, why does its own website insist on describing it as a town ?

Back in the days of British rule, the monarch was the person who granted City status within the Republic (as the Queen does currently, e.g. Newry and Lisburn) - not the local vicar and/or the Pope. I don't believe a charter for City status was ever granted to Raphoe in those days, nor in the days since independence under whatever the new process for granting city status is in the Republic (someone from Waterford might know). Therefore, Raphoe is NOT a city - regardless of what a Pope who died 450+ years ago and an English TV quiz might think. It's not their decision.

The key quote on that website is the description of the town as "The Eclesiastical City of Raphoe". Given that it wasn't given official city status, I'm guessing they used the 'Eclesiastical city' bit to highlight it in a different way. Again - the Brian of Britain bit hardly confers City status. It may be linked to the popular misconception in Britain that having a Cathedral and a University are requirements for city status, and that anywhere with a Cathedral is automatically a city.

But nice try.... :D :p
26/04/2005, 11:56 PM
Green Tribe

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Originally Posted by M@ttitude

Yeah jump in ill be up soon with the Champagne and Strawberries ;) No eye contact I swear..

Aaaaah, they've kissed and made up, how sweet! At last! :D :D :D

Bath, Champagne, Strawberries, oh aye! ;)
27/04/2005, 8:36 AM
joey B

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Originally Posted by dcfcsteve

Joey B - ok, ok : you've mentioned it 4 times now, so I'll do you the favour of tackling this 'Raphoe is a city' nonesense.... :D

City status is something that is granted upon a town through official political channels within that country. I hardly think a letter between a couple of clerics way back in 1600 constitutes concrete proof of Raphoe's supposed city status, let alone conference of city status. Even the official website link you put up there constantly uses the word "town" to describe Raphoe ! If it is indeed a city, why does its own website insist on describing it as a town ?

Back in the days of British rule, the monarch was the person who granted City status within the Republic (as the Queen does currently, e.g. Newry and Lisburn) - not the local vicar and/or the Pope. I don't believe a charter for City status was ever granted to Raphoe in those days, nor in the days since independence under whatever the new process for granting city status is in the Republic (someone from Waterford might know). Therefore, Raphoe is NOT a city - regardless of what a Pope who died 450+ years ago and an English TV quiz might think. It's not their decision.

The key quote on that website is the description of the town as "The Eclesiastical City of Raphoe". Given that it wasn't given official city status, I'm guessing they used the 'Eclesiastical city' bit to highlight it in a different way. Again - the Brian of Britain bit hardly confers City status. It may be linked to the popular misconception in Britain that having a Cathedral and a University are requirements for city status, and that anywhere with a Cathedral is automatically a city.

But nice try.... :D :p

Thanks steve but it was a fecking joke,ya know ha ha. :rolleyes: :D
Ok Steve you seem like an a pretty intelligent guy but is there any need to post overly long posts every time?
30/04/2005, 2:39 PM
dcfcsteve

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Originally Posted by joey B

Thanks steve but it was a fecking joke,ya know ha ha. :rolleyes: :D
Ok Steve you seem like an a pretty intelligent guy but is there any need to post overly long posts every time?

Yes :D :p

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