We need to introduce the wren to the pale

A Battered Mars Bar

Orlaigh & Oisin can amaze and astound their leafy south side neighbourhoods with their god given vocal talent and tin whistling whistle.

Average profit on wren day. 500 euro each. Start when they're 4. At 18 both the little angels will have 7,000 euro to fund their gap year and find themselves before embarking on Uni.

HeidiHeidi

Way ahead of ya, boy.

http://www.dublincity.ie/l%C3%A1-dreoil%C3%ADn-day-wren%E2%80%99

A Battered Mars Bar

HeidiHeidi wrote: »

Way ahead of ya, boy.

http://www.dublincity.ie/l%C3%A1-dreoil%C3%ADn-day-wren%E2%80%99

Hmm.

But traditionally you walk round to people's houses. They let you in. Bit of tin whistle. Then they give you 20 odd euro to leave.

Would the leafy sleepy southsiders welcome Orlaigh and Oisin in?

hairyslug

I'm not letting any strange kids into my house, god knows what weird stuff they would do to me.

The_Valeyard

hairyslug wrote: »

I'm not letting any strange kids into my house, god knows what weird stuff they would do to me.

It's not Children Of The Corn.

hairyslug

The_Valeyard wrote: »

It's not Children Of The Corn.

You haven't lived in Arklow, have you.

biko

No sense even trying. Irish culture is lost on jackeens.

goose2005

Most Dubliners are only 1 or 2 generations removed from culchies.

Dr Crayfish

Wtf are you on about OP? The garden bird that is a wren is already inhabiting Dublin if that's what you mean.

Winterlong

If the Wren boys came to my door I would threaten them with a box of matches.
Chancers the lot of them.

Capt'n Midnight

There's not much eating on a wren

Avatar MIA

A heart wrenching tale of lost culture.

Turtyturd

Don't the culchies a do a version of this in Dublin where they leave the kids on a busy street to play the tin whistle and screech out a bit of 'Danny boy' while they watch from their hi-ace and collect the money every now and again?

Del2005

The PC brigade will go into over drive if Dubs started hunting wrens, not that many in the area my parents are from ever arrived with a wren or a decent tune. We don't need another Irish tradition sanitized to a PC bore, let it go while looking back fondly.

I'd rather we get the burning tyres at the crossroads tradition, would extend the chaos of Halloween for the under worked fire people.

Pat Mustard

Creeps calling around to demand money, eh?

RELEASE THE HOUNDS

The_Valeyard

Pat Mustard wrote: »

Creeps calling around to demand money, eh?

RELEASE THE HOUNDS

Excellent

andekwarhola

Town is already full of little Robin bastards?

RobbingBandit

Pigeons seagulls crows peacocks cats...

JupiterKid

The Wren Boy tradition is still active in Sandymount in Dublin. Fact is, outside of the South and West of Ireland, the Wren tradition is unknown. Don't mess with it - it is fine as it is.

hytrogen

biko wrote:

No sense even trying. Irish culture is lost on jackeens.

That's why we built the m50 like a ring fort to keep the ballygobackwards out

padd b1975

It's really not much different to the shake-down that Dub parents inflict on every casual acquaintance during holy communion season.

Each to their own I suppose.

joeguevara

JupiterKid wrote: »

The Wren Boy tradition is still active in Sandymount in Dublin. Fact is, outside of the South and West of Ireland, the Wren tradition is unknown. Don't mess with it - it is fine as it is.

Still hugely popular in Tipperary.

Avatar MIA

hytrogen wrote: »

That's why we built the m50 like a ring fort to keep the ballygobackwards out

That's what they always tell the quarantined

John_Rambo

biko wrote: »

No sense even trying. Irish culture is lost on jackeens.

It's been going on in Dublin as long as it's been going on in Kerry, Limerick, Sligo, Tip, France, Spain, Wales and the Isle of Man.

Birneybau

Obscure Paddy McGuinness/Take Me Out quote?

For Forks Sake

joeguevara wrote: »

Still hugely popular in Tipperary.

So is electing idiot politicians like Lowry and Mattie McGrath but you won't see a clamour to preserve that.

Grandeeod

biko wrote: »

No sense even trying. Irish culture is lost on jackeens.

Wow! Stop there right now please. I'm a Jackeen. I never heard of the Wren Boys until Christmas 1982 in Oughterard, Co. Galway. My first ever experience of it. Got dressed up and toured the pubs of the town. Loved it and have embraced it into adulthood with many trips back west. However it is abused to fook these days with random kids coming into the pub making no effort and singing like a poxy reject from the first audition on X-Factor.

Irish Praetorian

Oh yeah, just what I need, something that sounds like a rent boy but just involves singing...

Barry Badrinath

Irish Praetorian wrote: »

Oh yeah, just what I need, something that sounds like a rent boy but just involves singing...

What? You'd just prefer the rent boy?

Irish Praetorian

Frosty McGiggleShaft wrote: »

What? You'd just prefer the rent boy?

Ideally boys plural but I'll take what I can get.

byhookorbycrook

Alive and flapping in Carlow.

Esel

What have the Goths ever done to you, OP?

The_Valeyard

Esel wrote: »

What have the Goths ever done to you, OP?

They sacked Rome!!!

joeguevara

For Forks Sake wrote: »

So is electing idiot politicians like Lowry and Mattie McGrath but you won't see a clamour to preserve that.

Neither of those are idiots. But sure get carried away with your thanks whoring.

Birneybau

joeguevara wrote: »

For Forks Sake wrote: »

So is electing idiot politicians like Lowry and Mattie McGrath but you won't see a clamour to preserve that.

Neither of those are idiots. But sure get carried away with your thanks whoring.

Corrupt idiots

joeguevara

Birneybau wrote: »

Corrupt idiots

Well that just proves you don't know what your talking about. Mattie McGrath is on a personal crusade to dig out corruption. But sure why let the truth get in the way of thankswhoring...and how did the wren being popular in Tipperary get onto corrupt politicians?....morons

Birneybau

joeguevara wrote: »

Birneybau wrote: »

Corrupt idiots

Well that just proves you don't know what your talking about. Mattie McGrath is on a personal crusade to dig out corruption. But sure why let the truth get in the way of thankswhoring...and how did the wren being popular in Tipperary get onto corrupt politicians?....morons

Defend Michael Lowry, please. Wtf

joeguevara

Birneybau wrote: »

Defend Michael Lowry, please. Wtf

I just said HE wasn't an idiot! Capiche