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eamo
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 Posted: Mon Apr 24, 2006 3:48 am Post subject: Well, if everybody....The "Ask an Irishman" Thread |
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No leprachaun or 'Riverdance' questions please.
Being Northern Irish I can also double as an oracle of all things British. Unless a real Brit starts their own..... |
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indytrucks
Joined: 09 Apr 2003
Location: The Shelf
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| Posted: Mon Apr 24, 2006 3:50 am Post subject: Re: Well, if everybody....The "Ask an Irishman" Th |
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| eamo wrote: |
No leprachaun or 'Riverdance' questions please.
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Demonicat
Joined: 18 Nov 2004
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| Posted: Mon Apr 24, 2006 3:51 am Post subject: |
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| DUMB question, but I am really in the dark, is the war in the north still going on? Are there still battles and bombs and the like? |
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eamo
Joined: 08 Mar 2003
Location: Shepherd's Bush, 1964.
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| Posted: Mon Apr 24, 2006 4:02 am Post subject: |
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| Demonicat wrote: |
| DUMB question, but I am really in the dark, is the war in the north still going on? Are there still battles and bombs and the like? |
It didn't take long for a 'Troubles' question!!
I'm happy to say the worst is definitely over. Those responsible for the bombs and battles called a ceasefire in 1994.
Real peace on the streets is still an issue. Riots in the Summer and stuff like that.
Worryingly, the Catholic and Protestant moderates have lost political power recently to more extreme parties who don't really want to work together to continue the peace process.
The 'War' is over but there's still a lot of nastiness. |
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coffeeman
Joined: 24 Nov 2005
Location: Korea
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| Posted: Mon Apr 24, 2006 4:18 am Post subject: |
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| How well do the Irish get along with the Scottish? |
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cwemory
Joined: 14 Jan 2006
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| Posted: Mon Apr 24, 2006 5:18 am Post subject: |
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| What is in potcheen? |
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I_Am_Wrong
Joined: 14 Sep 2004
Location: whatever
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| Posted: Mon Apr 24, 2006 5:25 am Post subject: |
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| why did the potato famine occur? |
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eamo
Joined: 08 Mar 2003
Location: Shepherd's Bush, 1964.
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| Posted: Mon Apr 24, 2006 5:28 am Post subject: |
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| coffeeman wrote: |
| How well do the Irish get along with the Scottish? |
Generally very well. They're considered to have the same 'mentality' as the Irish. Down-to-earth, fond of a drink, and pretty good 'craic'. |
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mithridates
Joined: 03 Mar 2003
Location: President's office, Korean Space Agency
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| Posted: Mon Apr 24, 2006 5:29 am Post subject: |
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| Why doesn't Ireland Irish it up a little? Only 350,000 use Irish every day and their Wikipedia's barely over 3,000 articles. Estonian has 1.1 million speakers and their Wikipedia's already past 17,000. Can we please Irish it up a tad, and what will it take for that to happen? |
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Ya-ta Boy
Joined: 16 Jan 2003
Location: Established in 1994
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| Posted: Mon Apr 24, 2006 5:30 am Post subject: |
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| England is infamous for lousy, rainy, gray, gloomy weather. In the movies, Ireland is always green. Is the weather in Ireland really any better than English weather? |
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eamo
Joined: 08 Mar 2003
Location: Shepherd's Bush, 1964.
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| Posted: Mon Apr 24, 2006 5:37 am Post subject: |
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| cwemory wrote: |
| What is in potcheen? |
God knows!!! But whatever it is the Koreans stole it because it has the same effect as Soju!! Rough stuff. Better avoided.
Do yourself a favour and go for a pot-still Irish Whisky like RedBreast or Green Spot. Really good whisky. |
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Privateer
Joined: 31 Aug 2005
Location: Easy Street.
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| Posted: Mon Apr 24, 2006 5:42 am Post subject: |
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| Irish whisky or Scotch whisky? |
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eamo
Joined: 08 Mar 2003
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| Posted: Mon Apr 24, 2006 5:46 am Post subject: |
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| why did the potato famine occur? |
Crap. I knew someone would ask a hard question!!
Long story short.......
The poorest Irish in the 19th century lived in the west. Poor, rocky land. Blight hit the potato crop. Most British and Irish landowners didn't do anything. Indeed, those who couldn't pay rent to to the potato failure were evicted. A combination of homelessness and no food caused roughly a million deaths over 5 years and 2 million emigrated. |
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eamo
Joined: 08 Mar 2003
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| Posted: Mon Apr 24, 2006 5:56 am Post subject: |
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| mithridates wrote: |
| Why doesn't Ireland Irish it up a little? Only 350,000 use Irish every day and their Wikipedia's barely over 3,000 articles. Estonian has 1.1 million speakers and their Wikipedia's already past 17,000. Can we please Irish it up a tad, and what will it take for that to happen? |
Good points.
Most Irish learn Gaelic to some level at school. It's certainly not a dying language. In fact, I would hazard a guess and say that more people are learning Irish than native speakers of Irish are dying off. The 'Gaeltacht' communities in the west of Ireland are alive and well.
Also, we're very proud of our contribution to the canon of English literature. |
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eamo
Joined: 08 Mar 2003
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| Posted: Mon Apr 24, 2006 5:59 am Post subject: |
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| Ya-ta Boy wrote: |
| England is infamous for lousy, rainy, gray, gloomy weather. In the movies, Ireland is always green. Is the weather in Ireland really any better than English weather? |
If anything, Ireland is more rainy than England. But not as rainy as Glasgow which has a year round monsoon season. |
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