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Re: Smiling Irish
Posted: 22 Apr 2009 00:08
by Golden Puma
the Crown bar is a 2 minute walk from where I work, if Redrage, or Celticjoe, or for that matter anyone else happens to be in Belfast, I'd love to shout you a beer.
I'll be in Dublin at the end of June, but will only be passing through on way to catch the ferry to Holyhead and will also have wife and kid in tow so unfortunately will be unable to stop for a chat.
I have fond memories of Galway, a certain bridge trip when I was 16, where I found myself in the enviable position of having 2 Irish maidens vying for my affection, sisters no less
Re: Smiling Irish
Posted: 22 Apr 2009 00:15
by Ross SC
Double-tap wrote:Golden Puma wrote:That's a tricky one to answer living north of the border, depends if you call someone Irish if they live on the island of Ireland or if they live in the Rebublic, sorry to bring that up but that's the way it is here.
I would classify myself as Northern Irish, what about you Double Tap?
this is a tricky one.
i consider myself an Ulster-man or Northern Irish although lived in Scotland when i was a kid and came back home when i was 15.
i drank in a very dodgy bar called the avenue 1 when i was 16, it was next door to college and didnt know at the time that it was the main uda bar for that part of belfast. everyone thought i was scottish and i got into a rather drunken debate when i claimed i was northern irish. a rather nice chap tried to explain that there is no such thing as northern irish and that i was british, i stated i was both until he pulled a gun out of his coat and held it to my knees. i had only been back a couple of months and quickly agreed that i was indeed british. luckily the doorman got me out and sent me home in a taxi.
i do play the irish card when i'm abroad tho as the ladies seem to appreciate it.
Bill
i often wind one of my mates up (not just me, we all do!) by saying he's irish, to which he replys that he's northern irish, which makes him british, we push it until he snaps & someone gets punched! funny thing is, his nickname is "irish" & he doesnt have a problem with that, as long as you dont imply that he actually is irish!
Re: Smiling Irish
Posted: 22 Apr 2009 00:28
by Golden Puma
I find it rather bizarre that I'm from the only patch of land in the UK where you will find someone who refers to himself as British.
I was a bit clueless until I reached secondary school about these matters, I couldn't fathom why my neighbours went to a school 10 miles away, when the one I went to was only a 5 minute walk away.
Re: Smiling Irish
Posted: 22 Apr 2009 00:31
by Ross SC
it's gotta be a hard one to explain to a kid!
Re: Smiling Irish
Posted: 22 Apr 2009 01:03
by Double-Tap
Ross SC wrote:it's gotta be a hard one to explain to a kid!
i've this to look forward to but its tricky because i'm in a mixed prod/catholic relationship.
thank god for the peace process, lol
Re: Smiling Irish
Posted: 23 Apr 2009 12:30
by tintinlostsnowy
Does anyone remember the camel and his name who was in the harp adverts?
I also remember a few others with cats in the cradle playing and then a ruc wagon flying over the brow of a hill. It was a few years back now 1993 to be precise.
Re: Smiling Irish
Posted: 23 Apr 2009 15:13
by Double-Tap
tintinlostsnowy wrote:Does anyone remember the camel and his name who was in the harp adverts?
I also remember a few others with cats in the cradle playing and then a ruc wagon flying over the brow of a hill. It was a few years back now 1993 to be precise.
its next in line on the youtube link.
Bill
Re: Smiling Irish
Posted: 07 May 2009 18:57
by The Baron
Re: Smiling Irish
Posted: 07 May 2009 19:24
by Sundance
i want one that says English: God, Harry, St. George
