Are there any ''Real Culchies or Muckers'' Left ?

beercr8te

awec wrote: »

I had a taxi driver in Galway (county) tell me he was afraid to drive to Dublin because you drive on roads that have 3 lanes going in each direction. Hated doing airport runs.

Too many lanes confused the poor guy.

Are there no 3 lane roads outside of Dublin?

It's a lot easier to drive in London and the UK than it is to drive in Dublin, in my experience.

carlmango11

FixdePitchmark wrote: »

That is one thing that defines a bad "culchie" for me - a total underestimation and irrational hatred for one of the best cities in the world. For well - almost everything. Yes we have problems of a city - but for every 1 dodgy Dub there are 99 of the best fun and generous people you will meet.

I love culchies coming up - great laugh with them. No matter how hard they try look like they can't laugh or love it - they always burst their hole laughing at the banter in the end. All culchies love Dublin - some can't show it

They love to hate it but any of them who actually live in Dublin, who go out and actually experience the place enjoy themselves. I know loads of people like this; we're jackeen eejits one minute and then all of a sudden they want an apartment in the city.

Shopping on Henry Street then eating in Burger King while on a day trip is not experiencing Dublin. Getting asked for change by a junkie is not a big deal. Country-folk seem to get so wound up about that because they examine the city through a rural lens. Rome, Barcelona, Paris - all the same.

It's not a huge city - no one's saying it is. But big doesn't mean good and small doesn't mean bad. Some of the biggest cities in the word are places I'd never want to visit. And some of the smallest cities are the most popular tourist destinations there are.

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oldyouth

Ireland has 1,000's of Culchies, Muckers, Sheep Shaggers, Tractor Jockeys, Snobs, D4's, Junkies, Skobies, Kiddie Fiddlers, Wannabes, West Brits and Euro Normals.

That's what makes us like every country in the world

John_Rambo

You know it's a real culchie thread when everyone talking about Dublin.

The inability to talk about your culture without putting someone down.

anncoates

We're just going to have to sort this out.....the culchie way.

fryup

just look at all the culchie types at the start of this

simpler times simpler people

Ruu

What about when RTE broadcasts from down the country, you normally see the place packed with onlookers and gawkers, they just don't put in the effort anymore.

123 LC

andym1 wrote: »

Now they have a big shop beside them, Tesco. Pennys, Easons, Harvey Norman ets.

my nearest tesco or any of these shops would be at least half an hour to be fair :L

beano345

dublins a concrete monster..suburbia! the rest of ireland is fields and cow sihte! simpler folk!

space_man

Ignorant arseholes are ignorant arseholes, regardless whether they're from the bogs of Offaly or the tenements of inner city Dublin.

Sam Kade

Culchie means Dubs blinkered view of Ireland outside their concrete jungle. Jackeens need to travel more to realize that their little concrete village isn't so sacred after all

John_Rambo

Sam Kade wrote: »

Culchie means Dubs blinkered view of Ireland outside their concrete jungle. Jackeens need to travel more to realize that their little concrete village isn't so sacred after all

Did you travel much to come to this viewpoint?

bnt

I work in technical support, so I know they're out there. I have to deal with them on the phone. I have no idea how they got their hands on technology, but there really are people out there for whom "turn it off, then turn it on again" is "too techie".

space_man

Sam Kade wrote: »

Culchie means Dubs blinkered view of Ireland outside their concrete jungle. Jackeens need to travel more to realize that their little concrete village isn't so sacred after all

Thank you for demonstrating my point.

yesman2000

Always found it funny the way Dubliners* viewed us as as untravelled, closed minded, ignorant folk with Redneck traits when they are the ones who have probably only changed address within 10 miles of home, in their entire life. Culchies living in Dublin are probably the most travelled people around considering they have first hand experience of both dimensions.

*=sweeping generalisation, of course

WoollyRedHat

We are all children of the earth

Here, have some happy pixie dust.... mmmmmm nice pixie dust

WayneMolloy

yesman2000 wrote: »

Always found it funny the way Dubliners* viewed us as as untravelled, closed minded, ignorant folk with Redneck traits when they are the ones who have probably only changed address within 10 miles of home, in their entire life. Culchies living in Dublin are probably the most travelled people around considering they have first hand experience of both dimensions.

*=sweeping generalisation, of course

This thread has nothing to do with Dubliners or Dublin. Culchies are obsessed.

Shower of minnows.

yesman2000

WayneMolloy wrote: »

This thread has nothing to do with Dubliners or Dublin. Culchies are obsessed.

Shower of minnows.

So there has been so discussion around how Dublin people view culchies and vice-versa? Hmm very strange

Minnows meaning exactly ?

WayneMolloy

yesman2000 wrote: »

So there has been so discussion around how Dublin people view culchies and vice-versa? Hmm very strange

Minnows meaning exactly ?

You are small fish, you dont even come on our radar.

Dubs are more concerned with the unemployment, drug abuse and anti social issues to even consider you.

Culchies seem to have the luxury to be able to obsess over us.

con___manx1

WayneMolloy wrote: »

You are small fish, you dont even come on our radar.

Dubs are more concerned with the unemployment, drug abuse and anti social issues to even consider you.

Culchies seem to have the luxury to be able to obsess over us.

if you ever make it out of Dublin sometime you will see the same problems all over the country.

!Nicky!

Only spotted this thread now but id say 90% of the Muckers now live in Perth, Western Australia, if my weekends encounters are anything to go by:D

vincit qui se vincit

WayneMolloy wrote: »

Shower of minnows.

Or, as any cultured/culchie Irish person would still call them, pinkeens.

yesman2000

WayneMolloy wrote: »

You are small fish, you dont even come on our radar.

Dubs are more concerned with the unemployment, drug abuse and anti social issues to even consider you.

Culchies seem to have the luxury to be able to obsess over us.

I think the phrase you're probably looking for is "not even in (our) distance"- (KPMG girl, 2012). This is either a very bad wind up on your behalf or else you're an absolute idiot. Probably the former.

As pointed out do we not have the aforementioned social issues?

Weathering

When ever I meet people from Dublin I usually get the culchie lable or nordie. After they ask where am I from and I tell them Donegal a large minority think it is part of Northern Ireland which is irritating(learn your own country's geography). I lived in various large cities throughout the world and Dublin is a small fry in comparrison it's "like" a big town in some countries.

snotboogie

WayneMolloy wrote: »

You are small fish, you dont even come on our radar.

Dubs are more concerned with the unemployment, drug abuse and anti social issues to even consider you.

Culchies seem to have the luxury to be able to obsess over us.

As a Dub I never understood this pathetic, quasi wind up/but actually sort of serious, divisive attitude that has prevailed in the last 10 years. Even Londoners and Parisians, citizens of genuine cultural, political and economic powerhouse world cities, that dominate their nations, don't look at and speak about their fellow countrymen the way we do with the rest of Ireland.

John_Rambo

snotboogie wrote: »

As a Dub I never understood this pathetic, quasi wind up/but actually sort of serious, divisive attitude that has prevailed in the last 10 years. Even Londoners and Parisians, citizens of genuine cultural, political and economic powerhouse world cities, that dominate their nations, don't look at and speak about their fellow countrymen the way we do with the rest of Ireland.

What? Parisians deride anyone outside Paris with contempt and pure disdain, they call them all inbreds! Much much more cutting than the banter you get here.

Sergeant

snotboogie wrote: »

Even Londoners and Parisians, citizens of genuine cultural, political and economic powerhouse world cities, that dominate their nations, don't look at and speak about their fellow countrymen the way we do with the rest of Ireland.

Yes they do. Parisians heap scorn on anyone from outside the arrondissements.

I'm a son of the soil living in Dublin. Can't say I've ever felt the need to develop a chip on my shoulder. Grand spot. Lots of pricks living here, but they'd be pricks regardless of where they were born or living.

fishy fishy

snotboogie wrote: »

As a Dub I never understood this pathetic, quasi wind up/but actually sort of serious, divisive attitude that has prevailed in the last 10 years. Even Londoners and Parisians, citizens of genuine cultural, political and economic powerhouse world cities, that dominate their nations, don't look at and speak about their fellow countrymen the way we do with the rest of Ireland.

travel much?

snotboogie

John_Rambo wrote: »

What? Parisians deride anyone outside Paris with contempt and pure disdain, they call them all inbreds! Much much more cutting than the banter you get here.

Because Dubs never call those from outside the M50 inbreds! Dubliners call those from outside the Pale savages for gods sake......

John_Rambo

snotboogie wrote: »

Because Dubs never call those from outside the M50 inbreds! Dubliners call those from outside the Pale savages for gods sake......

Do they really?

snotboogie

John_Rambo wrote: »

Do they really?

Muck savages but its all "banter" right?
I'v lived in Dublin, London and Hong Kong. The language and attitude of Dubs is a lot more similar to how HKers talk about Mainlanders, than it is to how Londoners speak about Northerners.

obv language Cantonese vs English joke lol....

Wacker The Attacker

wont you take me to culchie town

crockholm

I think the only resolution to all this nonsense is a giant faction fight on the curragh, all the dubs can put their collars up and spray themselves with paco-rabane,if you come from a less salubrious area of dublin, then surely one of your betters from SoCoDu can spare a bit and spray you.

Country folk can all wear jumpers with holes in them and spray Hi-Karate on each other, though shuffle the ranks to keep the cork and kerry crowd apart, ditto meath and louth, ditto limerick and clare,ditto,ditto,ditto.

BYO tae & sangwiches/heroin

Music provided by Aslan and Saw Doctors

Everyone good for saturday, bout 1 ish??

John_Rambo

snotboogie wrote: »

Muck savages but its all "banter" right?
I'v lived in Dublin, London and Hong Kong.

That's wonderful for you, have you traveled around Ireland much?

To be honest, I see more venom the other way... Dublin scum, scumbagville etc... and in fairness, mostly from keyboard warriors on this site! I don't think they'd be as unmannerly in the real world.

It's worse to be called scum than a muck savage, sure did you not know, savage means good! Believe me, in the real world, it's just a bit of banter.

becost

Ruudi_Mentari wrote: »

I've a pal from tallaght who is more culchie than most, he even put Tom up as his picture on fb so he obviously spotted the similarities himself. Else that is his idol he is determined to lend from?!

Though his house and ma are oldschool Roscommon so that environment must have dictated what he is. a culchie! bred, if not born... tbh I wouldn't put up with him any other way.

Ha, ha. I love the way immigrants come over here begging for jobs and begging for help and as soon as they get it and are established, you experience their brass necks.

John_Rambo wrote: »

What? Parisians deride anyone outside Paris with contempt and pure disdain, they call them all inbreds! Much much more cutting than the banter you get here.

Yeah, i worked with a few parisians here in Dublin and they walked around the office like they owned it and only talked with the other french.

Duckworth_Luas

crockholm wrote: »

I think the only resolution to all this nonsense is a giant faction fight on the curragh, all the dubs can put their collars up and spray themselves with paco-rabane,if you come from a less salubrious area of dublin, then surely one of your betters from SoCoDu can spare a bit and spray you.

Country folk can all wear jumpers with holes in them and spray Hi-Karate on each other, though shuffle the ranks to keep the cork and kerry crowd apart, ditto meath and louth, ditto limerick and clare,ditto,ditto,ditto.

BYO tae & sangwiches/heroin

Music provided by Aslan and Saw Doctors

Everyone good for saturday, bout 1 ish??

Change the venue to Castlerea, most Dubs will be heading that way on Saturday to visit their relatives

snotboogie

John_Rambo wrote: »

That's wonderful for you, have you traveled around Ireland much?

To be honest, I see more venom the other way... Dublin scum, scumbagville etc... and in fairness, mostly from keyboard warriors on this site! I don't think they'd be as unmannerly in the real world.

It's worse to be called scum than a muck savage, sure did you not know, savage means good! Believe me, in the real world, it's just a bit of banter.

Yep lived in Cork for a few years, in my experience Dubs talk about Cork far more than Corkonians do about Dubs.

John_Rambo

snotboogie wrote: »

Yep lived in Cork for a few years, in my experience Dubs talk about Cork far more than Corkonians do about Dubs.

You're dead right, to prove your point, you're the one doing the talking about them now.

snotboogie

John_Rambo wrote: »

You're dead right, to prove your point, you're the one doing the talking about them now.

I assume you're being sarcastic, I'm from Dublin......

jasonmcco

Super-Rush wrote: »

I'm born and bred in the back arse of nowhere and never had to go to Dublin to buy anything. We've always had shops here. Why do you need to slag culchies? Why don't you slag the Dubs who relocated to the countryside during the boom?

I'd rather have cancer than be a culchie.
Yiz are generally racist and socially retarded.
Have no dress sense and bad hygiene.
My choice wub be to put the wall back up around the pale and for us to rejoin Great Britain. Culchies cud go back to eatin spuds and starvin for all i care.

Banned

jasonmcco

beercr8te wrote: »

It's a lot easier to drive in London and the UK than it is to drive in Dublin, in my experience.

Only a culchie wud say it's easier to drive in London than Dublin.
Were ye drivin sheep?

who the fug

jasonmcco wrote: »

I'd rather have cancer than be a culchie.
Yiz are generally racist and socially retarded.
Have no dress sense and bad hygiene.
My choice wub be to put the wall back up around the pale and for us to rejoin Great Britain. Culchies cud go back to eatin spuds and starvin for all i care.

Read the Maggies thread, as the above post needs more bile and angst

jasonmcco

Culchies shud not be allowed travel.
Look at how they are embarrassing us in Australia. No better than animals.

WayneMolloy

jasonmcco wrote: »

My choice wub be to put the wall back up around the pale and for us to rejoin Great Britain. Culchies cud go back to eatin spuds and starvin for all i care.

What would happen if they cut off our food supply?:eek:

No superquinn sausages, kilmeaden cheese, tipp beef, wicklow lamb, west coast seafood or kerrygold - I dont want to live in such a world!

jasonmcco

who the fug wrote: »

Read the Maggies thread, as the above post needs more bile and angst

Was gonna mention how it wud have been nice if Hitler won the war and included culchies in his list for extermination but thought that was going too far. But your right i needed more bile so there it is.

jasonmcco

WayneMolloy wrote: »

What would happen if they cut off our food supply?:eek:

No superquinn sausages, kilmeaden cheese, tipp beef, wicklow lamb, west coast seafood or kerrygold - I dont want to live in such a world!

As i said they can have the spuds we'll take the rest.

who the fug

jasonmcco wrote: »

Was gonna mention how it wud have been nice if Hitler won the war and included culchies in his list for extermination but thought that was going too far. But your right i needed more bile so there it is.

Lazy now once again with more bile and added vitriol

Vita nova

Zaph wrote: »

I have no problem with culchies, my wife is one, but I'm afraid this sort of carry on is inexcusable. Haemorrhoids are funnier.

Originally Posted by ColeTrain
I got called "a culchie" a couple of times on Sunday, in the Capital ( all female ) when they heard my accent. Now, my accent could easily be mistaken for a Galway accent which is also a city. I'm sure people neighboring Belfast and Cork have also suffered similar.
Are these people so stupid and stuck up that they think Dublin is the only city in Ireland? They should hear themselves "fooookin culchieees".

Ah, you see the mistake you're making is thinking that a culchie is from outside an urban area. To us, a person from anywhere outside of Dublin, is a culchie. That they come from a city is irrelevant. It's nothing to do with being stupid or stuck up, but rather your misunderstanding of what Dubs class as culchies.

Unfortunately where the problems start is when a) somebody gets over-sensitive about being called a culchie; or b) when somebody is a being total dick because somebody from outside Dublin has spoken to them or utters something in their earshot. It's like the Dublin northside/southside thing, it's a bit of craic if it's not taken seriously, but some people just don't know when to give it a rest.

I have lived and worked in Dublin and the surrounding counties for over 40 years. I rarely hear Dubliners use culchie in the real world; in fact, the only place I really see them use it is on Boards.ie, and nearly always in a disparaging way.
I've never once heard a Dubliner use the term culchie in the workplace; the only people who use it at work are from outside Dublin (urban and rural) and they use it in self-deprecating humour or in a self-identifying way, in much the same way as Irish people use the word paddy. My Dublin friends never use the word (to me at least).

I really think you should reconsider your usage of a synonym of country bumpkin for non-Dubliners; it causes offense -regardless of your intent- to some people and engenders hostility.