Hurlamaboc

needhelp12345 · 12-06-2012 11:08am #1

Just finished studying the Irish proms Hurlamaboc Anyone care to explain to me what it means ?? I mean whats is it about ??

FinnD · 12-06-2012 11:18am

needhelp12345 wrote: »

Just finished studying the Irish proms Hurlamaboc Anyone care to explain to me what it means ?? I mean whats is it about ??

What are you doing? :L

Incompetent · 12-06-2012 11:23am

It's about a woman who gets accepted to go on tour with a world famous rock band. Throw in a few sentences about how to crowd goes crazy, and how there's an atmosfeir go hiontach. Her name is Josephine I think, and she wins them through a radio competition.

Not really

Zomg Okay · 12-06-2012 12:02pm

Incompetent wrote: »

It's about a woman who gets accepted to go on tour with a world famous rock band. Throw in a few sentences about how to crowd goes crazy, and how there's an atmosfeir go hiontach. Her name is Josephine I think, and she wins them through a radio competition.

Isn't Hurlamaboc the one about Lisín the gold-digger and the party she's throwing to celebrate her wedding anniversary?

Incompetent · 12-06-2012 12:08pm

Zomg Okay wrote: »

Isn't Hurlamaboc the one about Lisín the gold-digger and the party she's throwing to celebrate her wedding anniversary?

Yeah, I just thought he was in the middle of his exam. I'll edit

needhelp12345 · 12-06-2012 1:44pm

FinnD wrote: »

What are you doing? :L

needhelp12345 wrote: »

Just finished studying the Irish proms Hurlamaboc Anyone care to explain to me what it means ?? I mean whats is it about ??

Im not in my leaving cert exam

Im only going into fifth year and was just wondering!! dont worry

needhelp12345 · 12-06-2012 1:45pm

Zomg Okay wrote: »

Isn't Hurlamaboc the one about Lisín the gold-digger and the party she's throwing to celebrate her wedding anniversary?

Yeah thats what I thought it was about Thanks

_LilyRose_ · 12-06-2012 1:56pm

She's not a gold-digger! It's a satire on the habits and general snobbish ways of the upper middle class people of south co dublin during the celtic tiger. The author is mocking the way that all the women on the avenue are trying to out do each other and be perfect and blonde etc, and Lisín kind of represents their whole stuck-up, keeping up with the joneses mentality, eg being a member of every club and organisation, getting what she wants, turning her husband into a rich lecturer, shunning the new woman on the avenue because she has dark hair and doesn't always wear make-up, etc.

Hope that helps!

GarIT · 12-06-2012 2:06pm

_LilyRose_ wrote: »

She's not a gold-digger! It's a satire on the habits and general snobbish ways of the upper middle class people of south co dublin during the celtic tiger. The author is mocking the way that all the women on the avenue are trying to out do each other and be perfect and blonde etc, and Lisín kind of represents their whole stuck-up, keeping up with the joneses mentality, eg being a member of every club and organisation, getting what she wants, turning her husband into a rich lecturer, shunning the new woman on the avenue because she has dark hair and doesn't always wear make-up, etc.

Hope that helps!

It probably is a satire on the upper middle class but I don't think geography has anything to do with it. If it did I would have refused to answer.

_LilyRose_ · 12-06-2012 2:14pm

GarIT wrote: »

It probably is a satire on the upper middle class but I don't think geography has anything to do with it. If it did I would have refused to answer.

https://sites.google.com/site/colaistechanel/ardteist/ardleibheal/pros-2012/hurlamboc

Champion Gold · 12-06-2012 5:14pm

Its a load of Hurlamabollocks to be honest

I did crap in the question today :P

FinnD · 12-06-2012 5:17pm

Who cares what it is..no more Irish ever again!!!!

wibblin · 12-06-2012 6:09pm

I bullet pointed this question today, got a whole half page and all...and then when I leave the exam i find out the son's name isn't even Ruaírí...that, sir, is what hurt the most!

biohaiid · 12-06-2012 6:18pm

It's basically Desperate Housewives.

Zomg Okay · 12-06-2012 6:28pm

_LilyRose_ wrote: »

She's not a gold-digger!

Must have just been the way my teacher translated it then. With the prós we only ever read the summaries and not the actual written work. The way my teacher put it was that Pól was working in a shop as an assistant but Lisín "knew he'd be rich someday". Sounded pretty gold-diggerish to us. :P

Killian In The Name Of · 12-06-2012 6:35pm

biohaiid wrote: »

It's basically Desperate Housewives.

That's what I said in my answer. :pac:

GarIT · 12-06-2012 10:29pm

_LilyRose_ wrote: »

https://sites.google.com/site/colaistechanel/ardteist/ardleibheal/pros-2012/hurlamboc

It doesn't actually say that is what its about. It might be where they live, but it doesn't say that is why they act stupid.

biohaiid · 12-06-2012 10:40pm

Killian In The Name Of wrote: »

That's what I said in my answer. :pac:

I was going to but I said 'Ag Coineal Suas le Mhuintir Mhic Sheoin' instead.

_LilyRose_ · 12-06-2012 10:41pm

GarIT wrote: »

It doesn't actually say that is what its about. It might be where they live, but it doesn't say that is why they act stupid.

I was just pointing out that is it actually set in south dublin. You said yourself they act stupid. Taking into account the fact that it's kind of mocking these women and their attitude towards money, and it's no secret that certain areas in south co dublin are synonymous with wealth, it's fair to say that it's a light satire on the foolishness of some people during the celtic tiger. It's making fun of a stereotype, no need to get defensive.