Friendly against England in June?

[The Fly]

I found plenty of anti-Irish sentiment from English people when I was living in Edinburgh.

They were probably only trying to fit in with the locals.

[ArdeeBhoy]

I found plenty of anti-Irish sentiment from English people when I was living in Edinburgh. They were okay most of the time, but if you ever got their bad side, it was always straight to the "stupid Paddy", mocking the accent, and barbs about potatoes. Mind you, it's not as prevalent, or as sickening, as the anti-English sentiments expressed regularly in Ireland.

Presuming more of the unionist, er, 'constituency' then??

Have encountered some people in Glasgow who were only too happy to tell me about the 'evils' of being Irish. And that was before we'd even spoken or exchanged pleasantries!

[The Fly]

Have encountered some people in Glasgow who were only too happy to tell me about the 'evils' of being Irish. And that was before we'd even spoken or exchanged pleasantries!

You must have wandered into an orange hall.

[ArdeeBhoy]

Ah, no. Not done for a while. The mother warned me off those!
But if I tell you it happened amongst other places, in a pub on Union Street, you have part of the answer....

[peadar1987]

Presuming more of the unionist, er, 'constituency' then??

Have encountered some people in Glasgow who were only too happy to tell me about the 'evils' of being Irish. And that was before we'd even spoken or exchanged pleasantries!

You're right, there are places in Glasgow with a special kind of bigotry and ignorance. Edinburgh wasn't as bad, I probably should have mentioned that these were university students, not random idiots in Rangers jerseys.

[seanfhear]

There are plenty of random idiots going to university.

Just because some moron can pass some academic tests does not mean he/she has life inteligence.

[SwanVsDalton]

They were okay most of the time, but if you ever got their bad side, it was always straight to the "stupid Paddy", mocking the accent, and barbs about potatoes. Mind you, it's not as prevalent, or as sickening, as the anti-English sentiments expressed regularly in Ireland.

Not as funny either.

[peadar1987]

There are plenty of random idiots going to university.

Just because some moron can pass some academic tests does not mean he/she has life inteligence.

But it does mean that they don't have the excuse of a rough upbringing to blame their bigotry on. (Well, some people at Uni do, but these people were just ignorant prats!)

[BonnieShels]

Have encountered some people in Glasgow who were only too happy to tell me about the 'evils' of being Irish. And that was before we'd even spoken or exchanged pleasantries!

Very receptive. Telling all that about you before even saying hi!

I have to say to this day I've yet to see or get any anti-Irish sentiment directed towards me. Maybe they only do it behind my back?

Fly, its hard to wander unknowingly into an Orange Hall. You can unknowingly wander into the Hall's car park though, in your 97D Ford Escort with your map in hand whilst you try and figure out for the love of god how to get out of Randalstown, whilst the local heavies eye ya from across the grounds. *shudder*

[ArdeeBhoy]

Wear even the faintest shade of green and it'll happen soon enough in certain parts of the North or W.Of Scotland.
But for the record I wasn't.

[boovidge]

I've lived in England most of my life and have experienced very little anti-Irish sentiment amongst the general public. It might depend on where you live but at the moment with no IRA bombs going off in England it's very much on the margins of British nationalism. Suspicion of muslims is much more rife and obvious.

[BonnieShels]

Wear even the faintest shade of green and it'll happen soon enough in certain parts of the North or W.Of Scotland.
But for the record I wasn't.

Nope. Done that and nothing.

[ArdeeBhoy]

Try it, say in Larkhall or Dunmurray, well actually don't.
Ironically usually happens on nights out in central Glasgow, when the football is often far from your mind.

Agree about Ingerland, except the "NS" singing at football. And anti-Irish rants from the right about the bail-out.
Conveniently ignoring the North, Scotland & Wales who've all been subsidised for decades!

[SwanVsDalton]

You can unknowingly wander into the Hall's car park though, in your 97D Ford Escort with your map in hand whilst you try and figure out for the love of god how to get out of Randalstown, whilst the local heavies eye ya from across the grounds. *shudder*

Just leave the car and BEELINE. Randalstown makes Termonbarry look like Babylon on a cool Summer's day.

[Charlie Darwin]

No need to drag the good name of Termonbarry into this...

[BonnieShels]

Try it, say in Larkhall or Dunmurray, well actually don't.
Ironically usually happens on nights out in central Glasgow, when the football is often far from your mind.

Agree about Ingerland, except the "NS" singing at football. And anti-Irish rants from the right about the bail-out.
Conveniently ignoring the North, Scotland & Wales who've all been subsidised for decades!

I'll try it out in Moira next month.

[BonnieShels]

Just leave the car and BEELINE. Randalstown makes Termonbarry look like Babylon on a cool Summer's day.

That did cross my mind. I crashed the thing the next day on the pier in Ballycastle.

[backstothewall]

Nothing wrong with Randalstown. If you were in the orange hall carpark in a Dublin registered car, those fellas were probably looking at you in case you WERE the local heavies. Being an Orangeman in Randalstown is a lonely enough posting.

[BonnieShels]

Nothing wrong with Randalstown. If you were in the orange hall carpark in a Dublin registered car, those fellas were probably looking at you in case you WERE the local heavies. Being an Orangeman in Randalstown is a lonely enough posting.

These lads weren't lonely.

[Ozymandias]

People talking about wandering into orange halls......I wandered into a football thread and now i seem to have lost it