I always thought Cork would be more hardline republican than Dublin.Originally Posted by Billsthoughts
Cork isn't hardline Irish republican. Cork is hardline Corkonian republican.
She should have been grateful. There'd have been no free pints if it was the Players Lounge in which she found herself.
Last edited by dahamsta; 18/05/2011 at 3:48 PM.
Things I'd love to do in cork include running down the street shouting that I hate hurling, running down the street shouting that i hate Roy Keane, running down the street shouting I love Mick McCarthy, questioning Corks credentials as a former European culture capital and also telling every sod I see that Munster are the luckiest rugby team about.
Oh, and after all that I'd inform them that Dublin is twice the city and is rightly the capital.
Cork the rebel county! The only rebel they had they shot him! well thats what the jackeens say anyway
Would you be looking for applause or something?
There's a hardcore in Cork up the northside that love the man, but most of us think he's a knacker like everyone else.
An applause and a cup of coffee, cause I don't like tea.
Ah... the 'rebels'... some people should really check what Cork was rebelling against when they received that tag.
[QUOTE=BonnieShels;1487303]Ah... the 'rebels'... some people should really check what Cork was rebelling against when they received that tag.[/QUOTE]
"Rebel County"
Ill give you a hint it wasn't from kissing women or drinking pints of Murphy's.
PS tell us why the dubs are called jackeens while your at it!
Last edited by Hurt Locker; 18/05/2011 at 4:18 PM.
ZZZZ right we get the message
Cork is called the Rebel County because of some dispute between some Lord Of The Manor and the King of England down there about five hundred flippling years ago, look it up I couldn't be arased.
It stems from a supposed tendency for the locals to be a bit keen to hang out the oul butchers apron aswell as the large amount of *cough* Anglo-Irish around the place.PS tell us why the dubs are called jackeens while your at it!
Aside from the presence of a large anglo irish community (the parliment and most of the wealth was/is there tbf) the slur on ordinary Dubs is largely nonsense of course.
Here's a picture of Cork City during the last royal visit..........
For the record I hate both places equally.
Notice that Sinn Fein are the only Northern party absent from the banquet tonight. Ironic given that they are the ones that keep telling unionists that they need to move on and forget the past.
Bravo rebelling against the crown!!
Well at least they don't come from a place called stab city
Last edited by Hurt Locker; 18/05/2011 at 8:46 PM.
Its nothing to do with being working class. Go down talbot st Any afternoon and you Will See What i mean. How is shouting obscenities at 86 yr old woman protesting at their betters?
Nice start to her speech this evening.
Anyone here when she said "i like this clinking glasses" on a Mic that was left on.
Shame SF didn't show but hey, they have been very dignified dealing with the awkward questions this week.
Neither the elected UK parliament nor the people would choose to get rid of the monarchy, therefore it's understood that they choose to have a monarchy. Any referendum on the issue would be a foregone conclusion.
There's actually been more indignation flying around today about Sinn Fein refusing a few invites than about the fact that the UDA (as in the drug dealing, ethnic cleansing supporting, Greysteel massacre doing, gave an oul hand with the Dublin-Monaghan bombings, UDA) was present and correct and hob nobbing in Islandbridge today.
I'm so happy for Ireland that we can all be so mature about this sort of thing now.
The UDA were there under invite from President McAleese herself. Pretty stupid that she'd invite that shower of scumbags, had me baffled.There's actually been more indignation flying around today about Sinn Fein refusing a few invites than about the fact that the UDA (as in the drug dealing, ethnic cleansing supporting, Greysteel massacre doing, gave an oul hand with the Dublin-Monaghan bombings, UDA) was present and correct and hob nobbing in Islandbridge today.
I'm so happy for Ireland that we can all be so mature about this sort of thing now.
As mentioned earlier in the thread, the lad in the Celtic top. I think this picture sums it up.
Protestors love a bit of ironyAs mentioned earlier in the thread, the lad in the Celtic top. I think this picture sums it up.
I thought about Queen Elizabeth's visit earlier today and came to the realisation that it actually has been a great success and that we should have done this sooner and here's why:
We got to show that we're willing to move beyond our history and create a better future in terms of our relationship with Britain by welcoming the Queen with open arms, which is important...but we also got to put her through one heck of a guilt-trip!:
"So Ma'am, this is a memorial to the patriots who felt so strongly about the cause of freedom that they left their regular lives behind to take up arms against the might of the British Empire and were executed for their trouble"
"And here, Ma'am, is the memorial to the million plus Irish people who died in a famine caused/exacerbated by British policy in Ireland"
"And this, Ma'am, is the memorial to the tens of thousands of young Irish men who died in WW1, a war which was essentially about the competing imperial ambitions of your family and their German cousins"
"Too much misery, Ma'am? Fair enough - let's go see our largest stadium..."
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