Cringeworthy irish traditions that won't just die

khaldrogo

veryangryman wrote:

Like whats the point of Sean Nós. Stinks of making it up as you go along

Can honestly say in my 38 yrs in this country I never heard of Sean nos.............must be a culchie thing

sheesh

21Savage wrote: »

Before a match with England in Rugby or Football(Not so much now since we realized to the English they don't see Ireland as a rivalry) but evoking images and links to Ireland's troubled past under British rule. It's so cringe.

I have never seen that - and we are a threat to their rugby team.

bonzodog2

fryup wrote: »

but there's plenty of John Paul's in this country

I met a Joanna Pauline once, guess who she was named after?

Username exists

Singing Ole Ole Ole at concerts when the artists finish their set. It's so cringey, if the house lights haven't come on they'll be back on for the encore.

James 007

khaldrogo wrote: »

Can honestly say in my 38 yrs in this country I never heard of Sean nos.............must be a culchie thing

You ought to read up on old Irish culture.

homerjay2005

judging by this thread, good old whinging, moaning and begrudgery of Irish society wont be dying anytime soon either.

Mena Mitty

The peace be with you shaking hands ritual at some masses.

John_Rambo

Mena Mitty wrote: »

The peace be with you shaking hands ritual at some masses.

Say "May the force be with you" the answer will be the same.

OldMrBrennan83

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Mena Mitty

Patww79 wrote: »

We never had that when I was growing up and still now it makes me feel so uncomfortable to do it.

Uncomfortable is the word I'd use to describe the feeling I have when this part of the mass comes around.

' Let us offer each other the sign of peace'

In my day the sign of peace was the Harvey Smith gesture or a variation of same.

darkdubh

darkdubh wrote: »

Naming children after flavour of the month celebrities.

A distinctly knacker/Dublin trend, that. Screams 'howaya bud' as much as the Max/Harry/Emily/Victoria/Ben/George scream West Brit notions/low cultural capital among the rugby-following wannabe English peasants of South Dublin, loike.

When I was growing up we were all named after saints, with the rebel parents choosing some obscure local Irish saint as a symbol to the initiated where exactly in Ireland they were from (often a name would identify somebody down to a specific parish, not just the diocese). Even if you called your kid Cathal Liam after, of course, Cathal Brugha and Liam Mellows you could dress it up as some religious thing if you suspected the audience was not, eh, sound on the national question. From the mid-19th century, the cultureless, creatively challenged pleb parents went for the superstar English saint names of Patrick/James/Michael/Mary/Anne. All safe/not Irish/not of dubious pagan origin, and blessed by the newly romanised and anglicised Catholic Church of Cardinal Paul Cullen and his successors.


As for "cringeworthy Irish traditions", you can tell the whole cultural cringe world view of an Irish-born person when they give all their children English names, and the more English those first names are the more cultural cringe the parent has. Fact.

ZeroThreat

James 007 wrote: »

You ought to read up on old Irish culture.

Bog savage nonsense isn't culture.

whisky_galore

TheQuietFella wrote: »

Probably been mentioned loads of times but I'm not going though all those pages to see if it has but The Rose of Tralee should be on consigned to history!

As long as it makes money for Tralee it will keep going.

OldMrBrennan83

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ytpe2r5bxkn0c1

Mena Mitty wrote: »

The peace be with you shaking hands ritual at some masses.

Just for accuracy, that is far from an Irish Tradition. It's worldwide since Vatican 2.

darkdubh

ZeroThreat wrote: »

Bog savage nonsense isn't culture.

Tell us what is culture is then.

JupiterKid

Deleted User wrote: »

A distinctly knacker/Dublin trend, that. Screams 'howaya bud' as much as the Max/Harry/Emily/Victoria/Ben/George scream West Brit notions/low cultural capital among the rugby-following wannabe English peasants of South Dublin, loike.

When I was growing up we were all named after saints, with the rebel parents choosing some obscure local Irish saint as a symbol to the initiated where exactly in Ireland they were from (often a name would identify somebody down to a specific parish, not just the diocese). Even if you called your kid Cathal Liam after, of course, Cathal Brugha and Liam Mellows you could dress it up as some religious thing if you suspected the audience was not, eh, sound on the national question. From the mid-19th century, the cultureless, creatively challenged pleb parents went for the superstar English saint names of Patrick/James/Michael/Mary/Anne. All safe/not Irish/not of dubious pagan origin, and blessed by the newly romanised and anglicised Catholic Church of Cardinal Paul Cullen and his successors.


As for "cringeworthy Irish traditions", you can tell the whole cultural cringe world view of an Irish-born person when they give all their children English names, and the more English those first names are the more cultural cringe the parent has. Fact.

People looking down their noses at others, being very quick to judge or label them perjoratively and of course the old chestnut, giving out about “West Brits” - basically upper middle class urban dwellers who aren’t die hard republicans and don’t follow GAA sports are all unfortunate aspects of Irish culture that just stubbornly refuse to die out.

OldMrBrennan83

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Ash.J.Williams

James 007 wrote: »

You ought to read up on old Irish culture.

No he shouldn't. He should count himself lucky

tayto lover

Drinking a pint of milk before going to the pub.

Ash.J.Williams

Mena Mitty wrote: »

Uncomfortable is the word I'd use to describe the feeling I have when this part of the mass comes around.

' Let us offer each other the sign of peace'

In my day the sign of peace was the Harvey Smith gesture or a variation of same.

I scored my first girlfriend through the sign of peace... Feckin tough job trying to position myself right behind her for a few weeks of Catholic foreplay

Ash.J.Williams

JupiterKid wrote: »

People looking down their noses at others, being very quick to judge or label them perjoratively and of course the old chestnut, giving out about “West Brits” - basically upper middle class urban dwellers who aren’t die hard republicans and don’t follow GAA sports are all unfortunate aspects of Irish culture that just stubbornly refuse to die out.

I remember some cnt in kerry trying to sell me an Poblacht in the pub and getting right offended when I declined questioning my irishness etc

Ash.J.Williams

tayto lover wrote: »

Drinking a pint of milk before going to the pub.

"lines the stomach" a feck off

Omackeral

Deleted User wrote: »

As for "cringeworthy Irish traditions", you can tell the whole cultural cringe world view of an Irish-born person when they give all their children English names, and the more English those first names are the more cultural cringe the parent has. Fact.

Maybe you'd be more at home posting exclusively here and not in the evil colonial tongue of the sasanach.

https://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/forumdisplay.php?f=904

paleoperson

I think a lot of people in this thread are a lot more cringe than the traditions they're criticizing.

"Oh look at that person blessing themselves going past a church, the CRINGE..." get a life.

Manic Moran

Deleted User wrote: »

When I was growing up we were all named after saints, with the rebel parents choosing some obscure local Irish saint as a symbol to the initiated where exactly in Ireland they were from (often a name would identify somebody down to a specific parish, not just the diocese). Even if you called your kid Cathal Liam after, of course, Cathal Brugha and Liam Mellows you could dress it up as some religious thing if you suspected the audience was not, eh, sound on the national question. From the mid-19th century, the cultureless, creatively challenged pleb parents went for the superstar English saint names of Patrick/James/Michael/Mary/Anne. All safe/not Irish/not of dubious pagan origin, and blessed by the newly romanised and anglicised Catholic Church of Cardinal Paul Cullen and his successors.

In Greece, a nameday is considered more important in the calendar than the birthday. It is the day of the saint after whom you are named. This can lead to difficulty if you wish to give your child a name of which there is no correlating saint. Other problems also come. As a result, my uncle Kleon has as his real, legal name, Stamatis, there not being a Saint Kleon.

seachto7

"A great man to drink a pint"

Schwanz

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