old photographer from down home has started uploadinghis pics to fb if there's scope for a 'real ireland' thread idk
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/818963/darts.jpg
― james lipton and his francs (darraghmac), Monday, 12 May 2014 21:40 (nine years ago) link
― james lipton and his francs (darraghmac), Monday, 12 May 2014 21:42 (nine years ago) link
soz
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/818963/weaving.jpg
ah god i'll be here all night
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/818963/strawboy.jpg
― james lipton and his francs (darraghmac), Monday, 12 May 2014 21:52 (nine years ago) link
3rd world force field
― Hastings Banter (Noodle Vague), Monday, 12 May 2014 21:54 (nine years ago) link
idgi but im assumin you refer to yon strawboys
― james lipton and his francs (darraghmac), Monday, 12 May 2014 22:02 (nine years ago) link
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 ;_;
― james lipton and his francs (darraghmac), Monday, 12 May 2014 22:05 (nine years ago) link
3rd world forcefield
that thread ^
them creels or whatever are amazing
― Hastings Banter (Noodle Vague), Monday, 12 May 2014 22:19 (nine years ago) link
ok now i've looked up strawboys wow
― Hastings Banter (Noodle Vague), Monday, 12 May 2014 22:21 (nine years ago) link
there's no website does them justice, all bets are off ime
― james lipton and his francs (darraghmac), Monday, 12 May 2014 22:23 (nine years ago) link
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
― Hastings Banter (Noodle Vague), Monday, 12 May 2014 22:25 (nine years ago) link
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
― james lipton and his francs (darraghmac), Monday, 12 May 2014 22:25 (nine years ago) link
i'd say that story is an excuse after the fact cos that headgear looks v ancient and evil to me
― Hastings Banter (Noodle Vague), Monday, 12 May 2014 22:26 (nine years ago) link
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
― james lipton and his francs (darraghmac), Monday, 12 May 2014 22:33 (nine years ago) link
http://thumbsupdevice.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/thumbs-up-icon-blue-reallytiny_border.png
― Hastings Banter (Noodle Vague), Monday, 12 May 2014 22:36 (nine years ago) link
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.
― Try Leuchars More! (dowd), Monday, 12 May 2014 22:43 (nine years ago) link
ah yeah i'd say they had the hats lying around from rituals beyond speaking like, but the crashing the wedding thing was separatemy 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 gotyears 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
― gbx, Tuesday, 13 May 2014 02:20 (nine years ago) link
You know it man
― james lipton and his francs (darraghmac), Tuesday, 13 May 2014 06:11 (nine years ago) link
I'd never seen/heard of strawboys before, they're terrifying looking altogether. Are they just a thing in the west?!
― gyac, Tuesday, 13 May 2014 11:38 (nine years ago) link
It seems they don't go any further north than Sligo thank god
― Number None, Tuesday, 13 May 2014 11:39 (nine years ago) link
Well who does, given an option
― james lipton and his francs (darraghmac), Tuesday, 13 May 2014 11:43 (nine years ago) link
The ones at the wedding mentioned above wore rubber Halloween masks as well. Striking effect.
― james lipton and his francs (darraghmac), Tuesday, 13 May 2014 11:44 (nine years ago) link
other half wants these monstrosities at our wedding now, thanks darraghmac!
― gyac, Tuesday, 13 May 2014 11:51 (nine years ago) link
Rah
Srsly tho don't its just a paid break for the band and they ate all the sangidges PS grats
― james lipton and his francs (darraghmac), Tuesday, 13 May 2014 11:53 (nine years ago) link
saw them at a wedding in Clare last summer
― everyday sheeple (Michael B), Tuesday, 13 May 2014 14:16 (nine years ago) link
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.
― gyac, Tuesday, 13 May 2014 22:36 (nine years ago) link
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
― Yuri Bashment (ShariVari), Thursday, 29 May 2014 15:00 (nine years ago) link
Because having been there on multiple occasions, i'm struggling to come up with one.
― Yuri Bashment (ShariVari), Thursday, 29 May 2014 15:01 (nine years ago) link
ground hurling
― gyac, Thursday, 29 May 2014 15:02 (nine years ago) link
wristy hurling
the Fleadh
carvery lunch at the Bridge House
― Number None, Thursday, 29 May 2014 15:08 (nine years ago) link
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.
― popchips: the next snapple? (seandalai), Thursday, 29 May 2014 15:08 (nine years ago) link
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 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.
― popchips: the next snapple? (seandalai), Thursday, 29 May 2014 15:12 (nine years ago) link
the flah accents
the proximity to Kilbeggan races
― gyac, Thursday, 29 May 2014 15:14 (nine years ago) link
Home of the internationally famous Tullamore Dew, i suppose.
Can't knock the €5 lunch at Cafe India.
― Yuri Bashment (ShariVari), Thursday, 29 May 2014 15:16 (nine years ago) link
Co Ofally
― gyac, Thursday, 29 May 2014 15:16 (nine years ago) link
the gardens at the castle
― dn/ac (darraghmac), Thursday, 29 May 2014 17:21 (nine years ago) link
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.
― Wristy Hurlington (ShariVari), Thursday, 29 May 2014 17:26 (nine years ago) link
developer spent on a
gold digger
― dn/ac (darraghmac), Thursday, 29 May 2014 17:35 (nine years ago) link
tough crowd
― dn/ac (darraghmac), Thursday, 29 May 2014 23:05 (nine years ago) link
I appreciated it quietly, if that helps.
― Wristy Hurlington (ShariVari), Thursday, 29 May 2014 23:07 (nine years ago) link
this our way I spose
― dn/ac (darraghmac), Thursday, 29 May 2014 23:09 (nine years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5bQCW1nOaYc
― gyac, Tuesday, 17 June 2014 23:04 (nine years ago) link
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
― leave the web boys alone (darraghmac), Tuesday, 24 June 2014 10:23 (nine years ago) link
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
― leave the web boys alone (darraghmac), Tuesday, 24 June 2014 21:09 (nine years ago) link
Fun fun fun on the autobahn...
― hyggeligt, Thursday, 26 June 2014 08:00 (nine years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/fnoqGfx.png
― 龜, Wednesday, 2 July 2014 17:10 (nine years ago) link
what
― cpt navajo (darraghmac), Wednesday, 2 July 2014 17:14 (nine years ago) link
U.F. O'Day
― everyday sheeple (Michael B), Wednesday, 2 July 2014 17:44 (nine years ago) link