Proud to be Irish (82)
Glengirl: Ok folks, we all give out about this little country of ours, but I think (hope) that underneath it all we are all proud to be Irish.
What thing, event, person.....or whatever, makes your heart swell and say "I'm so proud to be Irish"?
Mine has to be:
Croke Park
Riverdance
The Committments
What thing, event, person.....or whatever, makes your heart swell and say "I'm so proud to be Irish"?
Mine has to be:
Croke Park
Riverdance
The Committments
An Gaeilge, Tá me on broduil
craized: An Gaeilge, Tá me on broduil
Glengirl: I was born in England to Irish parents, have lived here since I was 11, but I would never consider myself anything but Irish.
Which half of you is Irish
Which half of you is Irish
Im the same my Nan is Irish was born in England proud of the hertiage from both sides of the family can rem my nan sitting me on her knee and singing all the old irish songs.
In response to: Ok folks, we all give out about this little country of ours, but I think (hope) that underneath it all we are all proud to be Irish.
What thing, event, person.....or whatever, makes your heart swell and say "I'm so proud to be Irish"?
Mine has to be:
Croke Park
Riverdance
The Committments
What thing, event, person.....or whatever, makes your heart swell and say "I'm so proud to be Irish"?
Mine has to be:
Croke Park
Riverdance
The Committments
what makes me proud to be irish is that we created an identity for ourselves in an atmosphere of oppression, that there was always a small few that craved independence even though the vast majority toiled happily under foreign rule for hundreds of years, that out of such oppression the greatest organization on earth was born(the gaa) i think the gaa was the key in giving us a national identity, it set us apart from the rest, and even since partition it has continued to give a sense of identity and pride to those in the 6 counties, without the gaa we would be no different to any other region of the uk
Glengirl: I LOVE Gift Grub. Only the Irish would understand the humour though
Father Ted as welljimbo79: what makes me proud to be irish is that we created an identity for ourselves in an atmosphere of oppression, that there was always a small few that craved independence even though the vast majority toiled happily under foreign rule for hundreds of years, that out of such oppression the greatest organization on earth was born(the gaa) i think the gaa was the key in giving us a national identity, it set us apart from the rest, and even since partition it has continued to give a sense of identity and pride to those in the 6 counties, without the gaa we would be no different to any other region of the uk
Wow
I'm so proud to be Irish and GAA is my life.....I wish I could have put it as eloquently as you.
Your words say it all
Glengirl: I agree with you on that one, as soon as we leave our country, we stand 10ft tall. It's a shame we can't feel the same when we are at home because, we really are the business
we have a great reputation abroad alright
craized: Father Ted as well
What I love about Fr Ted is that it portrays what alot of Irish people think of the catholic church. If any other country produced a programme like that though, we would be up in arms about it
Glengirl: What I love about Fr Ted is that it portrays what alot of Irish people think of the catholic church. If any other country produced a programme like that though, we would be up in arms about it
I know so many just don't get the humour at alljimbo79: what makes me proud to be irish is that we created an identity for ourselves in an atmosphere of oppression, that there was always a small few that craved independence even though the vast majority toiled happily under foreign rule for hundreds of years, that out of such oppression the greatest organization on earth was born(the gaa) i think the gaa was the key in giving us a national identity, it set us apart from the rest, and even since partition it has continued to give a sense of identity and pride to those in the 6 counties, without the gaa we would be no different to any other region of the uk
Following this greatest team in Ireland Come on the Mighty Cats
I know its an old video but a great song.
craized: I know so many just don't get the humour at all
Hey, love the hairdo by the way
Glengirl: What I love about Fr Ted is that it portrays what alot of Irish people think of the catholic church. If any other country produced a programme like that though, we would be up in arms about it
Crazy thing about it, was it was produced in England and made by Channel 4. RTE would not make it !!
tallman51: Crazy thing about it, was it was produced in England and made by Channel 4. RTE would not make it !!
I know that, but at least it was Irish actors.....RTE wouldn't have the guts to go for it
Glengirl: I was born in England to Irish parents, have lived here since I was 11, but I would never consider myself anything but Irish.
Which half of you is Irish
Which half of you is Irish
the mental half that loves to drink beer is Irish
the dramatic half that loves wine is Italian
Love English accents
did you keep yours? I was born in Jersey so guess I am British by birth I am a bit of a heinz 57 variety I suppose 
craized: I know so many just don't get the humour at all
I have to agree, I never quite 'got' Father Ted. I guess where I grew up Catholics were a minority whereas in Ireland it was such a huge part of everyday life and to see it ridiculed like that on tv must have been hilarious.
So I understand why the Irish love it, my housemate always had to explain things to me when we watched it like how the preists used to share houses and they always had a woman servant to run after them to the point of even repairing roofs etc
tallman51: Michael Collins of course !!!
He was voted the greatest irishman of all time.
He was voted the greatest irishman of all time.
When?
scriobhneoir: When?
Last week Tuesday, just after lunchtime but before the Jeremy Kyle Show
scriobhneoir: When?
Just before last christmas. It was a 6 part series with Mary McAleese and a few others. The hot tip was Bono but I was glad it wasn't him. It was quite an interesting program.
People voted over a 6 week period and Michael Collins was the outright winner.
scriobhneoir: When?
Some stupid poll that RTE did a couple of months back.
The choices weren't great to be honest.....
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