Bonfire Night

[sligoman]

Sligoman, The lad from Galway that you were talking to was probably a city lad because everywhere else its on this day.

Knocknacarra. I've no idea, is that the city?.

[gilberto_eire]

In Galway, bonfire night is on 23rd of June.

Sligoman, The lad from Galway that you were talking to was probably a city lad because everywhere else its on this day.

ya its defo not in the city...wtf is wrong with us, why dont we do it??.
1st i heard of it was when i moved to mayo for a few yrs(a few yrs ago)
ya k/carra is in the city..... i take it, it was conor h off here then that you were talking too??

[paul_oshea]

sligoman, its only a west of ireland thing, i remember when driving to dubline you would only see the burn out black holes in the grass untill the athlone side of ros town and then no more would be seen.

Ah the memories of robbing farmers tyres.....i think it was fairly obvious where the tyres would go, just no way of proving it!!!! Having said that you never **** on your own doorstep, so we would go further out of the town or the other side of town.....but same would happen the lads from teh other side of town would then come up and nick ours.....

We were voted best bonfire in 91......chemical train to ballin-a was passing by and the fire-brigade were called out twice and put it out, we just kept starting it again.

i thought they wouldnt be allowed anymore with not being allowed to burn fires 100 hundred foot from the road?

[Terry]

gilberto is right, St. Johns night is bonfire night for the country folks, while in the city its halloween that bonfire night is on.

[razor]

Yes, fires all over Cork City last night.

Seems to be very much a City thing though. Mentioned Bonna night to a work colleague from West Cork and she didn't know what i was talking about.

[Risteard]

Ya, my girlf thought it was crazy and there was gonna be a disaster.

[endabob1]

As a kid we used to holiday in Furbo and I seem to remember there was always bonfires out there. The locals would have been out fishing during the day so there would be fresh fish (Mackrel) cooked on the bonfire, or is that my "Romantic Ireland" memories green-tinted by years of living abroad?

[paul_oshea]

Ya, my girlf thought it was crazy and there was gonna be a disaster.

wait a minute, hold up, you mean you've got a girlfriend risteard?

[Risteard]

Ya, your mam.

Remember when that used to be a clever come-back?

[sligoman]

Ya, your mam.

Remember when that used to be a clever come-back?

Still is, "yer mudder"(in a Sligo accent)

[paul_oshea]

Remember when that used to be a clever come-back?

ya sligoman it sounds like that with a few lads at home so we over-emphasise "yer mudder". I stopped doiing all that after a bad incident i only used to do it taking hte **** but it completely stopped then.

[Lionel Ritchie]

sligoman, its only a west of ireland thing, i remember when driving to dubline you would only see the burn out black holes in the grass untill the athlone side of ros town and then no more would be seen.

Ah the memories of robbing farmers tyres.....i think it was fairly obvious where the tyres would go, just no way of proving it!!!! Having said that you never **** on your own doorstep, so we would go further out of the town or the other side of town.....but same would happen the lads from teh other side of town would then come up and nick ours.....

We were voted best bonfire in 91......chemical train to ballin-a was passing by and the fire-brigade were called out twice and put it out, we just kept starting it again.

i thought they wouldnt be allowed anymore with not being allowed to burn fires 100 hundred foot from the road?

What a complex, rich, jet-set lifestyle you've lead. I think I remember reading about yeer Great Fire of '91 award ...was it 'The Monthly Inferno' or 'Modern Arsonist' did the full colour feature?

[Risteard]

ya sligoman it sounds like that with a few lads at home so we over-emphasise "yer mudder". I stopped doiing all that after a bad incident i only used to do it taking hte **** but it completely stopped then.

And the best come-back to "your mother" was "My mam's dead, boy" only until they were remorseful.