Question?

shqipshume

What is it you are proud to be Irish for?

byrner88

yore ma

galwayrush

Our wonderful health Service, Taxation ,and best of all how our economy has being doing.etc, would make anybody proud:rolleyes:

alan4cult

That I'm not Brit..:eek:

galwayrush

alan4cult wrote: »

That I'm not Brit..:eek:

That's only an accident of birth.:D

jumpguy

There was a thread like this only a few weeks ago!

Is that a long time in AH or something?

Kiith

Being able to look down on all foreigners...that or our wonderful economy.

brummytom

alan4cult wrote: »

That I'm not Brit..:eek:

Rented Mule

I am not Irish, but my wife and children have to deal being Irish.

davyjose

brummytom wrote: »

Your Thomas the Tank engine avatar is cool though. In Ireland, we too have a fat controller. His name is Brian Cowen.

Keogg

Rented Mule wrote: »

I am not Irish, but my wife and children have to deal being Irish.

better then being American!
*Zing!*


No offence actually intended!

pq0n1ct4ve8zf5

We're great

3hn2givr7mx1sc

Pubs, GAA, not being English, Late Late Show, giving out about foreigners "tekin' ar jebs" even though we were doing the same a while ago:P

shqipshume

brummytom wrote: »

Dont mind him






Oh my god is that all lollllllllll:D


What does it mean for you to be Irish then

alan4cult

brummytom wrote: »

No offence intended my friend.

shqipshume

Callan Dead Graveyard wrote: »

We're great

Why is that?

alan4cult

shqipshume wrote: »

What does it mean for you to be Irish then

Well what are you proud to be Irish for?

itsallaboutheL

shqipshume wrote: »

What is it you are proud to be Irish for?

certainly not the education system by the looks of things..

brummytom

alan4cult wrote: »

No offence intended my friend.

Ah It's fine - sure after 800 years I'm sure you can have the odd jab on an internet forum :P

shqipshume

byrner88 wrote: »

yore ma

yore Da

shqipshume

itsallaboutheL wrote: »

certainly not the education system by the looks of things..

Oh bite me lol i have to construct prefect grammatical sentences to satisfy your need at this time :rolleyes: i am happy i made you feel somewhat superior for all of five seconds lol

K4t

Not much.

kumate_champ07

we have st patricks day, its not really about snakes being banned from Ireland or Christianity being fed into us with a mixture of old myths so that it would be easier to swallow.
It's a day when everyone around the world wishes they were Irish or claim to be Irish, I dont know of any other country in the world who have a global celebration of their nationality by other countries.

pq0n1ct4ve8zf5

shqipshume wrote: »

Why is that?

Grace of god?

I am proud to be Irish, but only because I'm Irish. If I was American I'd be proud to be American, if I was Welsh I'd be proud to be Welsh, if I was French I'd be proud to be French and so on and so forth until you get to the Germans and English. It's an ego thing. Saying one nationality is by and large more deserving of pride than another is stoopid. Unless you're German.

davyjose

alan4cult wrote: »

Well what are you proud to be Irish for?

Seriously though, it's hard not to rip the p!ss out of these threads. We're Irish, great ,whoop de doo. Next question. My neighbour's cat is irish too, on Paddy's day he likes to dye his saucer of milk green.

I understand national pride, i really do, even if i don't have much of it myself. But at the risk of sounding hippyish, I'm more glad just to be a healthy, happy human from anywhere, than be my neighbour's jingoistic, Wolfe Tones-fanatic cat.

shqipshume

alan4cult wrote: »

Well what are you proud to be Irish for?

Very easy I am proud that no matter what Irish has always stood their ground and grown into a great good warm nation,No matter what the nationality or religion we dont care about that just so long as they are good to us and others around us, although we can be a little bit annoyed at times,we still are very fair and when we meet people we judge them by who they are.I am proud of our history and our ancestors who fought for our rights as a nation to remain Irish.I am proud that even in all the hustle and bustle and money grabbing greed that has surrounded Ireland these past years,you will see people chip in and help their neighbours or someone hurt on street.We don't have to go to war to be wanted in another country.I am proud of our Language our Irish dancing and we are one hell of a good looking people

pebbles21

Joseph Gorgeous Swatter wrote: »

not being English

If you feel that bad about them why do you have two British football team logos in your sig?:rolleyes:

edit. you took em down lol

pq0n1ct4ve8zf5

kumate_champ07 wrote: »

we have st patricks day, its not really about snakes being banned from Ireland or Christianity being fed into us with a mixture of old myths so that it would be easier to swallow.
It's a day when everyone around the world wishes they were Irish or claim to be Irish, I dont know of any other country in the world who have a global celebration of their nationality by other countries.

I think a large part of that is that it's a bit dodgy celebrating most white european heritage. But because we never colonised (well, not properly), and because we're white, people can join in the celebrations without either looking racist or looking stupid for pretending to be Mexican/African/Native American

davyjose

shqipshume wrote: »

Very easy I am proud that no matter what Irish has always stood their ground and grown into a great good warm nation,No matter what the nationality or religion we dont care about that just so long as they are good to us and others around us, although we can be a little bit annoyed at times,we still are very fair and when we meet people we judge them by who they are.I am proud of our history and our ancestors who fought for our rights as a nation to remain Irish.I am proud that even in all the hustle and bustle and money grabbing greed that has surrounded Ireland these past years,you will see people chip in and help their neighbours or someone hurt on street.We don't have to go to war to be wanted in another country.I am proud of our Language our Irish dancing and we are one hell of a good looking people

What a sweeping generalisation...

shqipshume

davyjose wrote: »

What a sweeping generalisation...

What was
I didnt ask what you hate about been Irish :rolleyes: lol

davyjose

shqipshume wrote: »

What was
I didnt ask what you hate about been Irish :rolleyes: lol

But almost none of those points you made apply to me (except the last one, naturally).

shqipshume

davyjose wrote: »

But almost none of those points you made apply to me (except the last one, naturally).

Well you found one be thankful and proud you got them good Irish genes floating around your body and face

senordingdong

shqipshume wrote: »

What is it you are proud to be Irish for?

I'm proud of how we can all moan about the country but immediately unite and vebally dis-embowel any non-nationals that try to say anything bad about it.

It's just a shame we can't unite against our biggest enemy of all.

shqipshume

senordingdong wrote: »

I'm proud of how we can all moan about the country but immediately unite and vebally dis-embowel any non-nationals that try to say anything bad about it.

It's just a shame we can't unite against our biggest enemy of all.

Well thats kind of like family you know,If you say something about your family or friends thats ok because they are your family
But if someone from outside your family decides to say something what you going to do protect

Other nationalities wouldn't condone you speaking ill of their country so why should we:P We already know whats wrong with it we don't need anyone telling us lol

Whats our biggest enemy of all?

senordingdong

Fianna Fail(ure).

donmeister

I fuckin hate Irish people! :mad::mad::mad:

Aisling(",)

i like the language

quite handy when abroad,untill someone understands you

tis quite embaressing

shqipshume

senordingdong wrote: »

Fianna Fail(ure).

donmeister wrote: »

I fuckin hate Irish people! :mad::mad::mad:

off topic :mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad:

shqipshume

Aisling(",) wrote: »

i like the language

quite handy when abroad,untill someone understands you

tis quite embaressing

hahahaha classic

Thats why its handy to learn another language that has been hidden away still and very few know

K-9

shqipshume wrote: »

What is it you are proud to be Irish for?

TBH, I don't really know why, but it goes down a treat with the Lisbon Treaty thingey!

Doc

I am proud to be from a country that most other people from other counties don’t have any problem with.

I’m proud to be from a country with a rich and ancient history.

I’m proud to be from a country that gives so much to charities around the world.

I’m proud to be from a small country that fought and gained its independence from a larger nation.

I’m proud to be from a country that despite its small population has made such contributions to the world of literature.

I’m proud to be from a country that has some of the most beautiful landscape I have ever seen.

I’m proud that the people of Ireland are generally easy going friendly people who look to enjoy themselves.

I could go on but I think you get the idea.

Cunny-Funt

I'm proud to be from a country that hasn't raped, invaded or committed genocide to other peoples countries. One that doesn't view it's worth in the world as how good it is at killing people from other countries. One that does not spend more money on weapons for killing people then it does on education and so forth.

Having said that, if we had an Air Force I'd probably have joined it by now lol.

(I know about the Air Corps...)

Mossy Monk

As I cannot think of anything I will let someone else think for me.

Cunny-Funt wrote: »

I'm proud to be from a country that hasn't raped, invaded or committed genocide to other peoples countries. One that doesn't view it's worth in the world as how good it is at killing people from other countries. One that does not spend more money on weapons for killing people then it does on education and so forth.

Me too

AnonoBoy

I'm proud that I've managed to stay alive this long without losing a limb or being convicted of any crime.

Oh yeah - being Irish is nice too but sure I have nothing to compare it with from personal experience so there you go.

Professey Chin

shqipshume wrote: »

Very easy I am proud that no matter what Irish has always stood their ground and grown into a great good warm nation,No matter what the nationality or religion we dont care about that just so long as they are good to us and others around us, although we can be a little bit annoyed at times,we still are very fair and when we meet people we judge them by who they are.I am proud of our history and our ancestors who fought for our rights as a nation to remain Irish.I am proud that even in all the hustle and bustle and money grabbing greed that has surrounded Ireland these past years,you will see people chip in and help their neighbours or someone hurt on street.We don't have to go to war to be wanted in another country.I am proud of our Language our Irish dancing and we are one hell of a good looking people

*looks in mirror*
Thats debateable

Mr Benevolent

Meh. Ireland as a cultural entity has really only been around for 200 years at most. It's mainly a stupid construct like most other countries. Look at our flag for feck's sake, it's irrelevant to today's Ireland, it doesn't symbolise anything important to 2009 citizens. Likewise most of our legislation and political gears are borrowed from other countries. Nothing is unique about us.

Porkpie

Our reputation abroad, especially in the US, they love us there, for some reason

shqipshume

Ultimate Chin wrote: »

*looks in mirror*
Thats debateable

Hey you are good looking stop putting yourself down;)

shqipshume

Confab wrote: »

Meh. Ireland as a cultural entity has really only been around for 200 years at most. It's mainly a stupid construct like most other countries. Look at our flag for feck's sake, it's irrelevant to today's Ireland, it doesn't symbolise anything important to 2009 citizens. Likewise most of our legislation and political gears are borrowed from other countries. Nothing is unique about us.

Well if you are all for bringing back Celtic culture be prepared when reenacting the warrior part you have to be nude covered in paint lol

3hn2givr7mx1sc

pebbles21 wrote: »

If you feel that bad about them why do you have two British football team logos in your sig?:rolleyes:

edit. you took em down lol

I said not being English, Celtic aren't English:p
And United, meh they're owned by Americans:D

rightso

shqipshume wrote: »

What is it you are proud to be Irish for?

Why do you assume we would be proud?

To me, my nationality wouldn't be the first thing thats springs to mind when talking of being proud.