The Irish

http://www.embassyofireland.co.uk/home/index.aspx?id=33718
so I'm trying to renew my passport here and like wtf...

Four passport photos, two of which is signed and stamped by the witness who should also enter the form number

Who can act as a witness?

The person who witnesses your signature and confirms your identity must, without exception, be a member of one of the following professions and must not be related to you. Retired witnesses are not acceptable:

Police Officer (not civilian member of staff)
Member of the Clergy
Medical Doctor
Practicing Lawyer
Bank Manager/Assistant Bank Manager
Elected Public Representative
Notary Public/Commissioner for Oaths
Member of Parliament (MP) or County Councillor
School Principal/Vice Principal
Magistrate
Accountant

The witness must be resident in the United Kingdom

Soooo....do you just turn up at a police station here like you do in the motherland or

ya

are you speaking from experience or will this get me in trouble for timewasting with the scary police I have not known since childhood

ime you turn up with another official doc

dont sign anything until you get there you'll need to do that in front of em

I got my college chaplain do do it. Never talked to him before or after.

shit i need to renew my passport, too

'Member of the clergy' FFS!

I'm really glad the consulate sent me this guide on how to take a good passport photo. Featuring some of the most Irish-looking faces I've ever seen!

http://i.imgur.com/4CbeIMK.jpg

Ya that girl was a crush of mine way back.

Yerman has to be from central mayo im sure ive seen him or his brothers at mart

what is the irish equivalent of 'bird' (colloq)?

he has a look of the loner behind the goals at an abandoned GAA ground about him alright

I could conceivably be related to 40% of these people

xp your one

Irish bird is v localised imo but beor is the cbar equiv, gurdle out rural, bird is common in dub, yerwan general, 'girl' not uncommon

beor
used widely in limerick.
origin - unknown.
means "girl" or "girlfriend" similar to gangland phrase "bitch"
mossy- " shes a fine beor"

I always thought beor was Limerick-centric, I didn't know it had spread that far north!

I've never even heard of beor!

Byur as pronounced.

Its used from cbar central to ballyheane but only on that vector, not newport or ballina side at all.

It's "doll" in Donegal

Shit i was tryn to remember but we moved when i was twelve so was only comin up with wain which is just 'child'

my line is black Irish - though me hair is rusty brilliant

speaking of Donegal, I'll never forget the fucking revelation I had living with a girl from up there and learning ye call these "go-gos"
http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_6O0ULRLPdfs/TKzXy1J_wiI/AAAAAAAAFqM/d2o-hBb_q7A/s1600/hair+tie+cliip.JPG

The way they pronounce abhainn was what got me

ha yeah the moment on the Irish oral tape when you heard someone talk and it was Uladh Gaeilge...my God

First day of second class, and me up from gaeltacht acla, useless as fuck with a mouthful of nails

on an unrelated note, my sister has just sent me the quintessential Irish-person-after-a-bit-of-sun line "I'm fine it will be grand tomorrow"

xpost isnt "beor" a traveller Cant word originally?

Might be, might be

and if theyre really good looking its "haunty beor"

In cbar she'd be a feen

do we not acknowledge "wetsers" or

no idea, do tell

http://www.irishexaminer.com/archives/2014/0402/ireland/gay-penguins-make-perfect-match-263998.html

Has anyone been following the "make up" irish times letters

no...?

do tell

Ok gimme a sec. more than a hint of the flann o'brian letters fiascos about em

Sir, – Perhaps not many of your readers are great users of public transport. Let me therefore point out a rather disconcerting phenomenon now frequently observed on Dublin buses, namely the application of make-up (by ladies). We hear much of health and safety. Is there not a danger that an errant mascara wand could deliver a nasty poke in the eye were a bus to brake suddenly. Then there’s the question of propriety. What next? Nail clipping on the 15B? A little light depilation on the 46A. — Yours, etc,
FRANK BYRNE,

Sir, – I couldn’t agree more with Frank Byrne (Letters, April 1st) regarding women applying make-up on the bus. I had the misfortune recently to be seated beside a young lady who had the audacity to embellish her eyelashes with mascara while I was eating a box of chips and chicken nuggets. Mascara doesn’t go too well with salt and vinegar, or indeed sweet and sour sauce! There was a time when such behaviour wouldn’t have been tolerated. Yours, etc,
PAUL DELANEY,

Sir, – I strongly disagree with Frank Byrne’s views (Letters, April 1st) on the practice of women applying their makeup on public transport.
The application of makeup is an intimate and private moment for women in which they construct their daily mask. The public application of makeup is fascinating, and very modern. To watch a woman apply makeup is profoundly erotic (in the post-Freudian sense).
To suffer these small darts of Eros at a time of day when one is moving into the profoundly mundane space of most white collar work is a privilege. Yours, etc,
LEON SHARKEY,

jumped the sharkey obv

if paul delaney isnt ronan he's not far off him

obv michael white for #3

have we a candidate ilxor for #1?

irrationally angry thread a good place to start id say

holy jaysus Eamon Coghlan as Davy Jones on the Late Late

looking at Aiden Gillen's wikipedia page and saw this

2014 Citizen Charlie Charles J, Haughey Miniseries, pre-production

also features Risteard Cooper in an uncredited role.

yeah Nidge is playing PJ Mara. Christ knows what kind of accent Aido will be attempting for this one

http://www1.evoke.ie/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/tom-vaughn-lawlor-pj-mara.jpg

this is actually going to be amazing

http://cdn3.independent.ie/opinion/analysis/article29673070.ece/3e56c/ALTERNATES/h342/NWS_20131019_OPI_014_29325131_I1.JPG

I know mary harney well

please let them stream this live on RTE player worldwide like they do with the Toy Show!

I just pictured him talking to "Maaaaaara" in his Littlefinger accent and lost it.

amazing
http://img.rasset.ie/0008d6c9-642.jpg

The United Kingdom Independence Party has rejected as "nonsense" criticism of the party using an Irish actor in a poster about the impact of immigration on British jobs.

The poster was published last week as the party launched its campaign ahead of elections on 22 May.

It features a builder in hi-viz vest and a hard hat begging on the street next to the slogans "EU policy at work" and "British workers are hit hard by unlimited cheap labour".

But it has emerged the man featured on the poster is Irish actor Dave O'Rourke, prompting Conservative MP Bob Neill to criticise the party.