The Irish

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Haaa

old photographer from down home has started uploadinghis pics to fb if there's scope for a 'real ireland' thread idk

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soz

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ah god i'll be here all night

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3rd world force field

idgi but im assumin you refer to yon strawboys

they appeared at a local wedding i dragged ms mac to a couple years back, it was up the coast a bit and wild enough of a spot and she was lairy enough of the locals as it was (she was not helping herself with her mary poppins vocal delivery and mannerisms, quite frankly) and when these yahoos in what she (understandably? idk, they're just strawboys to me like) took to be wicker klan outfits jumped out of the back room and rushed the band she was scrambling for the exits ah good times

she has told me a million times and more that we will never settle anywhere near the island ;_;

3rd world forcefield

that thread ^

them creels or whatever are amazing

ok now i've looked up strawboys wow

there's no website does them justice, all bets are off ime

i grew up next door this

http://www.bookapartmentsinlondon.co.uk/blog/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/Abbots-Bromley-Horn-Dance.jpg

but it's not in the same league tbh

it's a bit murky but the origin i always believed is uninvited neighbouring lads after a bit of grub/drink/fighting/dancing crashed in disguise and it spiralled from there into something that terrifies visitors, which imo is the best type of tradition

i'd say that story is an excuse after the fact cos that headgear looks v ancient and evil to me

ah yeah i'd say they had the hats lying around from rituals beyond speaking like, but the crashing the wedding thing was separate

my aunt danced with one up beyond the horseshoe bridge one night and when he took the hat off it was the devil himself she says, and she swears left hoofprints on the rocks that are there yet as he ran away from her (she never said what it was made him take off in the interim but i know the woman with years and can offer a few suggestions and when we said (round eyed, cos the devil was the only man that could friken you when you were seven out wesht, him and the banshee from darby o'gill) could we go and see the rocks and the prints she snorted and said 'the rocks will be long gone you eejits but i know for a fact the prints are still on them' this is the kind of rearing we got

years later we got our own back when we slipped an unsuspecting cousin the wrong lotto results and sent him up to the kitchen (we were never let near the kitchen) with what we knew to be her numbers and i know for a fact her handprints are still on my arse

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I think a thread of 'post pictures of your local sports teams' (focusing on things like darts and bowls and dominoes etc.) would be entertaining.

ah yeah i'd say they had the hats lying around from rituals beyond speaking like, but the crashing the wedding thing was separate

my aunt danced with one up beyond the horseshoe bridge one night and when he took the hat off it was the devil himself she says, and she swears left hoofprints on the rocks that are there yet as he ran away from her (she never said what it was made him take off in the interim but i know the woman with years and can offer a few suggestions and when we said (round eyed, cos the devil was the only man that could friken you when you were seven out wesht, him and the banshee from darby o'gill) could we go and see the rocks and the prints she snorted and said 'the rocks will be long gone you eejits but i know for a fact the prints are still on them' this is the kind of rearing we got

years later we got our own back when we slipped an unsuspecting cousin the wrong lotto results and sent him up to the kitchen (we were never let near the kitchen) with what we knew to be her numbers and i know for a fact her handprints are still on my arse

the irish

You know it man

I'd never seen/heard of strawboys before, they're terrifying looking altogether. Are they just a thing in the west?!

It seems they don't go any further north than Sligo thank god

Well who does, given an option

The ones at the wedding mentioned above wore rubber Halloween masks as well. Striking effect.

other half wants these monstrosities at our wedding now, thanks darraghmac!

Rah

Srsly tho don't its just a paid break for the band and they ate all the sangidges PS grats

It seems they don't go any further north than Sligo thank god

saw them at a wedding in Clare last summer

xp thanks!

was watching a thing called Coast on iPlayer, they were supposed to travel up the west coast from Galway to Arranmore. was quite disappointing - Achill got maybe 30 seconds of airtime while there was a whole segment on Morse code with the guy from Scrapheap Challenge that was incredibly dull.

Is there any reason stars of the calibre of Kanye West and the late Michael Jackson flock to Tullamore in particular?

http://www.irishmirror.ie/showbiz/irish-showbiz/pictured-kim-kardashian-kanye-west-3619950

Because having been there on multiple occasions, i'm struggling to come up with one.

ground hurling

wristy hurling

the Fleadh

carvery lunch at the Bridge House

Tullamore was designated a 'gateway' town in late 2003 by the Irish Government, making it eligible for increased infrastructural investment. The town was bestowed a bronze medal in the government's National Tidy Towns Competition in 2004 and also played host to the 'World Sheep Dog Trials' in 2005 which attracted international interest in the region. The Tullamore Show is held near the town every year.

Tullamore *and* Portlaoise in one day!

Kim Kardashian and Kanye West continue to enjoy all that Ireland has to offer on their honeymoon making a second trip to a different midlands cinema in the one day.

The pair were first spotted in Portlaoise before making a 30 mile trip north to Tullamore, Co Ofally.

They are believed to have watched 'X-Men: Days of future' past costing them €6 each as it was a bargain price on a Wednesday in Co Laois.

the flah accents

the proximity to Kilbeggan races

Home of the internationally famous Tullamore Dew, i suppose.

Can't knock the €5 lunch at Cafe India.

Co Ofally

the gardens at the castle

May have sunk the profits from The College Dropout into an off-plan development round the back of Tesco, like Shane Filan, and is checking to see if it's more than 45% finished yet.

developer spent on a

gold digger

tough crowd

I appreciated it quietly, if that helps.

this our way I spose

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5bQCW1nOaYc

http://www.irishtimes.com/news/ireland/irish-news/ireland-is-the-best-country-in-the-world-new-survey-suggests-1.1843347

I didn't see where we ranked on internet activism tbh

mind you there's always one cunt ruins it for everyone

http://www.irishtimes.com/news/ireland/irish-news/irish-man-dies-on-german-motorway-after-stabbing-incidents-1.1844000

Fun fun fun on the autobahn...

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