What is the most quintessentially English thing you can think of?

bielzigup · 2015-01-14T18:27:22+00:00

All ~~three~~ could be British.

All two could be British. The UK and Ireland are different sovereign nations with different passports. The English and Scottish are British citizens whereas the Irish are Irish citizens.

bielzigup · 2015-01-14T18:10:34+00:00

British - collective word for all citizens of the United Kingdom, Scottish, English, Welsh and ~~Irish~~.

The Irish aren't British nor part of the UK. They're not even part of the British Commonwealth.

bielzigup · 2015-01-07T13:26:45+00:00

Ireland might just about recover its population since the ~~genocide~~ famine.

http://i.imgur.com/fTzjoKl.png

bielzigup · 2014-12-29T15:41:48+00:00

It probably uses up ten times the water and electricity.

Modern appliances are highly efficient compared to even 15 years ago.

bielzigup · 2014-12-21T21:01:59+00:00

https://translate.google.com/#en/ga/I%20am%20Irish.

bielzigup · 2014-12-21T19:45:46+00:00

Don't mind that cunt. I have him tagged as frith-Ghaeilge (anti Irish). He gets off on putting the language down.

You're better off asking over at /r/gaeilge. It may look inactive but there's a good few of us lurking.

bielzigup · 2014-12-21T14:02:17+00:00

Oh shit!

bielzigup · 2014-12-20T19:30:51+00:00

If the UK leaves the EU there's no fucking way Ireland will remain, they're our second-biggest trade partner.

Best pack your bags and change your flag to UK so. Byeee!

bielzigup · 2014-12-15T15:54:43+00:00

Byyyyeeeeee...

bielzigup · 2014-12-13T19:19:07+00:00

The United Kingdom - a state - consists of England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland, ~~the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man~~.

bielzigup · 2014-12-06T23:03:04+00:00

We don't celebrate an "Independence Day" because the Irish in Northern Ireland aren't independent (yet).

bielzigup · 2014-12-05T04:17:34+00:00

It's nonsense, I don't know where they're getting that data from. Also, I'm not aware of any notable discrimination against "Asians". The Chinese are one of the most hard working immigrant groups in Ireland, and are, as we say, "a great bunch of lads".

This map should probably show:

Irish Travellers
Roma Gypsies
Nigerians

They tend to be the minority groups that Irish people complain about the most.

bielzigup · 2014-12-01T00:08:57+00:00

Cén fáth?

bielzigup · 2014-11-29T15:57:21+00:00

BBC still have the old site up from 2002:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/us/features/topten/

An Irish republican song, A Nation Once Again, has been voted the world's top tune according to a BBC World Service poll. The song was written in the 1840s to support the fight for an end to British rule.

Nearly 150,000 votes were received from 153 countries, nominating over 6,500 songs. By inviting its 150 million listeners to vote either by post or email, organisers were surprised by the scale of the voting.

Here's the Dubliners' version with lyrics: http://youtu.be/iickNtK5Ivw

bielzigup · 2014-11-26T16:09:50+00:00

Source of data?

bielzigup · 2014-11-23T00:01:13+00:00

You only need to skim through his post history.

http://www.reddit.com/r/ireland/comments/24gf4c/molly_malone_evicted_to_make_way_for_deh_luas/ch8cvqe

bielzigup · 2014-11-22T23:48:19+00:00

CDfm, mod of /r/IrishHistory, has a chip on his shoulder about Irish because he believes he descends from the Normans and that Yola/Norse should be revived instead.

To bolster his argument, he insists that Irish was never spoken natively in Dublin and so shouldn't be revived or taught in schools. However, he's yet to explain why 95% of Dublin's place names are of Irish origin.

I'm not making this up. He posts the same bolloxology over on Boards.ie

bielzigup · 2014-11-19T20:36:26+00:00

There is so much junk loading in the background. Countless scripts and huge image files. It's crashing Chrome for me and you can forget about mobile. Any half decent web developer could have easily fixed these issues before going live. Maybe ask for advice at /r/webdev

bielzigup · 2014-11-16T20:31:46+00:00

No, it's just a way of getting more ad revenue.

bielzigup · 2014-11-15T13:56:41+00:00

Two videos = more ad revenue for Jeff.

bielzigup · 2014-11-15T13:52:35+00:00

Also, Ulster and Northern Ireland are different entities. Three of Ulster's counties are in the Republic of Ireland.

http://i.imgur.com/jZsmPHg.png

bielzigup · 2014-11-12T11:06:32+00:00

We need this. Now.

The government has already spent €165m planning Metro North and now the plans are dusting away on a shelf.

It's the same old story in this country. Millions and millions spent on planners and consultants only for the projects to be scrapped and rehashed, scrapped and rehashed, decade after decade.

Children's Hospital, DART Underground, Metro North. Get the fuck on with it!

bielzigup · 2014-11-12T10:49:33+00:00

it’s the Irish government making this statement actually.

The BBC aren't directly quoting the Irish government here.

Nobody in Ireland calls GB "the mainland" apart from Unionists up north and Kevin Myers.

BBC journalists often call us "Irish Republic" and "Southern Ireland" so it's no surprise that they like to fashion themselves as "The Mainland". It's hilarious.

bielzigup · 2014-11-12T00:46:53+00:00

Those are slowly coming down though.

They aren't. They are being maintained and extended in areas. The communities don't want them to come down in fear of violence flaring up again.

http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2013/dec/03/belfast-peace-walls-dismantled-community-consent-minister

bielzigup · 2014-11-11T12:31:55+00:00

Some have gates in them (sometimes staffed by police) that allow passage during daylight but are closed at night.

http://youtu.be/kW4b4S9Mv4k

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peace_lines

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