Things that you saw that made you ashamed to be Irish?

BattleCorp

What's the worse thing that you saw Irish people do that made you ashamed to be Irish.

IrishAm

RTE chiefs axing Glenroe.

The King of Moo

The dancing priest.

The worst thing about his antics was that he was clearly Irish so we couldn't disown him: a priest dressed like a leprechaun doing Irish dancing for gods' sake!

ballsymchugh

these national depreciation threads.

people are people. being a dickhead is not exclusive to ireland.

AnonoBoy

Nothing that anyone has ever done has made me ashamed to be Irish.

admiralofthefleet

that brendan kilkenny twat and that horan fella

whats yours op?

DrumSteve

Tallafornia

Kidchameleon

Northern Ireland

BengaLover

Fair City.

JustAddWater

Austerity

Doom

Bertie wearing that yellow suit:D

Defiler Of The Coffin

BattleCorp wrote: »

What's the worse thing that you saw Irish people do that made you ashamed to be Irish.

Around the time of the bailout, I remember a comedy skit on BBC Radio 4 making fun of Ireland's newly found poverty. Was ashamed that day.

thunderthing

Nothing! Eejits in every country, not a big deal!

Tesco Massacre

The Leprechauns O'Guinness cheap tat emporium that is Carroll's Souvenirs is a bit embarrassing. Not particularly ashamed of it, though.

The U.S. army being allowed to refuel at Shannon was genuinely shameful, however.

matt-dublin

Nackers and junkies

Aidric

Jackie Healy Rae.

thecornflake

Jedward

damonjewel

Our version of "Take me out". As if the British version was any use

ball

Tesco Massacre wrote: »

The Leprechauns O'Guinness cheap tat emporium that is Carroll's Souvenirs is a bit embarrassing. Not particularly ashamed of it, though.

The small guy with the costume? I saw him once without the top half of his suit. He's actually Asian!

listenup

BattleCorp wrote: »

What's the worse thing that you saw Irish people do that made you ashamed to be Irish.

Carlow town residents on republic of telly absolutely embarrassing and brings us back 1000000000000 years in evolution

teednab-el

The Celtic tiger, the Irish banks and the property boom.

Logical Fallacy

BattleCorp wrote: »

What's the worse thing that you saw Irish people do that made you ashamed to be Irish.

**** all.

Eventually you realise the only thing you can feel shame over are your own actions and words.

teednab-el

Dustin the turkey representing Ireland in the Eurovision.

forfuxsake

when?

Biffo anywhere on the international stage.

BattleCorp

admiralofthefleet wrote: »

that brendan kilkenny twat and that horan fella

whats yours op?

I was talking to a bar manager in his pub in Australia a few years ago looking for a job. Just as I told him that I was from Ireland, a knob in a GAA jersey (drunk out of his mind and deffo Irish), took a sh1t on the seat of yer man's pub. Things went mental from there, yer man's mates pretty much wrecked the place.

In general, the conduct of a huge number of Irish in Australia left a hell of a lot to be desired. Many Aussies won't give jobs to the Irish any more.

Tesco Massacre

The King of Moo wrote: »

The dancing priest.

The worst thing about his antics was that he was clearly Irish so we couldn't disown him: a priest dressed like a leprechaun doing Irish dancing for gods' sake!

I'd say his sermons were something else.

AnonoBoy

teednab-el wrote: »

Dustin the turkey representing Ireland in the Eurovision.

He wasn't the first turkey to represent us in the Eurovision.

teednab-el

AnonoBoy wrote: »

teednab-el wrote: »

Dustin the turkey representing Ireland in the Eurovision.

j

He wasn't the first turkey to represent us in the Eurovision.

At least the others treated the competition seriously.

Grayditch

Xposé.

...TV3 in general.

DEFTLEFTHAND

The King of Moo wrote: »

The dancing priest.

The worst thing about his antics was that he was clearly Irish so we couldn't disown him: a priest dressed like a leprechaun doing Irish dancing for gods' sake!

Costing that Brazilian man his chance to win an Olympic gold in the marathon was a disgrace. How could the clown do that to somebody. You could never make up for destroying another persons dreams like that.

alphanine

BattleCorp wrote: »

What's the worse thing that you saw Irish people do that made you ashamed to be Irish.

The Bank Guarantee from September 2008

philstar

dudess is going to love this thread

Latchy

The King of Moo wrote: »

The dancing priest.

The worst thing about his antics was that he was clearly Irish so we couldn't disown him: a priest dressed like a leprechaun doing Irish dancing for gods' sake!

A horror show if ever there was one

Kidchameleon wrote: »

Northern Ireland

Oh jesus ..the amount of times abroad when people would hear my southern Irish accent and say '' ahhh it's terrible what you catholics and protestants are doing to each other in your country '' Well sorry ...it's not my country and I'm not doing anything to anybody ...please fcuk off .

thecornflake wrote: »

Jedward

Seeing that image /hearing the name is enough to make one ill

teednab-el wrote: »

The Celtic tiger, the Irish banks and the property boom.

Ireland own disaster of Titanic proportions

teednab-el wrote: »

Dustin the turkey representing Ireland in the Eurovision.

Probably sent so as to spare RTE hosting the show in event of a a decent effort winning

Biggins

Doom wrote: »

Bertie wearing that yellow suit:D

The first part.

Crystal Swing on the TV show Ellen.

I saw a clip of it, and it was basically exactly the type of thing that explains why some Americans come over here expecting to find a country of leprechauns and oulfellas going around saying "diddly-aye diddly-aye, wouldja be wanting a lift in me wheelbarra?".

funnilenough

titanic in3d

flutterflye

true-or-false wrote: »

Crystal Swing on the TV show Ellen.

I saw a clip of it, and it was basically exactly the type of thing that explains why some Americans come over here expecting to find a country of leprechauns and oulfellas going around saying "diddly-aye diddly-aye, wouldja be wanting a lift in me wheelbarra?".

That is a valid reason to be ashamed to be American, not Irish.

Dudess

Defiler Of The Coffin wrote: »

Around the time of the bailout, I remember a comedy skit on BBC Radio 4 making fun of Ireland's newly found poverty. Was ashamed that day.

I'd have laughed along.

flutterflye wrote: »

That is a valid reason to be ashamed to be American, not Irish.

Is there ever a valid reason to be ashamed of where you happened to be born?
I'd cringe at some stuff for sure, and take the piss out of stuff, but ashamed? It's not even logical IMO.

The King of Moo

ballsymchugh wrote: »

these national depreciation threads.

people are people. being a dickhead is not exclusive to ireland.

AnonoBoy wrote: »

Nothing that anyone has ever done has made me ashamed to be Irish.

I agree that there's too much national depreciation on AH in general, and it's silly to remain ashamed of being Irish for any extended period of time, but...

...sometimes when someone is very explicitly making their Irishness known, or is officially representing the country and does something incredibly stupid or nasty, it's hard not to have an instinctive feeling of embarrassment at being slightly associated with the individual, even if only by being born in the same country.

That's how I felt when I saw the dancing priest ruin the marathon for that guy: mostly anger at him and pity for the runner, but also, to a lesser extent, embarrassment at him being so overtly Irish.
It's not logical: but it was an instinctive feeling that did pass after a little time.

But yes, it's silly to get too hung up on things and feel ashamed of being Irish.

Cedrus

I was sat outside a bar in Spain and three jackeen the lads arrived with their wives and spread themselves across all of the available tables, when the waiter asked them to move to just one or two tables so that they could fit some other customers in they told him to go fook himself. The wives curled up with embarrassment and moved to one table, I got the hell out of there before anyone recognised my accent.

flutterflye

Dudess wrote: »

Is there ever a valid reason to be ashamed of where you happened to be born?
I'd cringe at some stuff for sure, and take the piss out of stuff, but ashamed? It's not even logical IMO.

Yeah, I'd agree with you.
Worded my point arseways I guess.
My point was basically that Americans who believe all that stuff are more cringeworthy than Crystal Swing by miles!

Shryke

Crystal Swing are so disgraceful.

Brian Cowen being lambasted on american TV as a drunken Irish stereotype, which he was. Actually Brian Cowen representing the country in any capacity.

I'm also ashamed of our current lot. Enda Kenny having his hair ruffled by that ignorant french billionaire tosser while we pay off bond holders like spineless brainless apes, that one little thing so perfectly showcasing how we're seen in the European theater.
Politicians are such an easy target, but they're also the most viable.

Fighting Irish

admiralofthefleet wrote: »

that brendan kilkenny twat and that horan fella

whats yours op?

People who make their lives all about this stupid rule on boards

teednab-el

Boyzones debut on the late late show.

Eve_Dublin

I'd love to say nothing has ever made me feel ashamed to be Irish but that would be a lie. How the abuse cases within the Catholic Church were dealt with in this country made me deeply ashamed. Felt ashamed to have any association with the ****heads in power at the time it all came out. Not logical I know but that's how I felt nonetheless. Many things make me proud to be Irish too which is equally illogical but I guess I'm an illogical kinda gal. That's how I roll.

Defiler Of The Coffin

Dudess wrote: »

I'd have laughed along.

It had a tone of "those paddies can't do anything for themselves...". Didn't see much humour in it.

Defiler Of The Coffin

Eve_Dublin wrote: »

I'd love to say nothing has ever made me feel ashamed to be Irish but that would be a lie. How the abuse cases within the Catholic Church were dealt with in this country made me deeply ashamed. Felt ashamed to have any association with the ****heads in power at the time it all came out. Not logical I know but that's how I felt nonetheless. Many things make me proud to be Irish too which is equally illogical but I guess I'm an illogical kinda gal. That's how I roll.

Indeed. If you can be proud to be Irish then surely the flipside is sometimes feeling ashamed of it also?

Logic and loving one's country don't usually sit well together.

Dudess

Defiler Of The Coffin wrote: »

It had a tone of "those paddies can't do anything for themselves...". Didn't see much humour in it.

Seems like they're the ones who should be ashamed so if they've to resort to cheap shots.
But yeah I do know what people mean about feeling embarrassed about cringey stuff like that priest, but serious stuff like child abuse and the IRA - only those directly responsible should feel shame IMO.
I'm not a person who'd be proud of being Irish either.

staker

Was at a Scotland/Ireland match in Murrayfield in 2006(I think).
Myself and my partner stand to Ireland's Call as do the whole stadium,and seeing as I (still) don't know the words,stayed quiet for the duration of the song.
Just as it's winding down I get a push on the shoulder from one of three obnoxious,loud,partly drunk and irish 20ish year olds and says in his best Dublin accent"Are ya not gonna sing to the jersey?"
I just looked away and ignored him but a scottish lady piped up from behind him again"If ye are gonna cause trouble lads I'm calling security".
They continued with the smart talk and general BS for about five minutes before security removed them.They literally had upset everyone within 10 seats radius of them.
They embarrassed me to be irish that day. Anyone can have a few jars and have the craic but the levels of antagonism and disrespect they showed left a good few scots with a bad picture of drunken Paddy.

Paz-CCFC

The King of Moo wrote: »

The dancing priest.

Thought you were on about this fella when I read your first line!