Bonfires in Ireland.

[byron 1,254]

Any info from our Irish friends.

[WILF 49,522]

38 minutes ago, byron said:

Any info from our Irish friends.

It’s an every year event 

[jukel123 9,226]

The 12th of July commemorates the Battle of the Boyne when the Dutch protestant King defeated  the catholic King James. Religious bigotry is very important to both Irish and Scottish culture. Events are held each year by both factions to demonstrate that their particular faction is the way, the truth and the light. Its an annual blood letting of hatred.  It holds both countries back.  But, identity, hatred and bigotry are part of Irish and Scottish DNA . Going into  the wrong pub wearing a Rangers or Celtic scarf is equivalent to drawing a cartoon of Mohammad to crazy Islamists and can get you killed. I think this year some bonfires will have effigies of asylum seekers which will inflame emotions..pun intended.

Whatever the rights and wrongs of the asylum debate, it seems ironic to me that the Irish ,whose main export has been millions of  its people ( I'm one, second generation) over many centuries,  should be so, let's say, unwelcoming to migrants. Strikes me as weird too that the yanks who couldn't get enough migrant workers for decades are now proclaiming migrants to be number one enemy. Countries are becoming more isolationist and nationalistic. Maybe that will be  a good thing in the long run.  Countries like Japan and  more recently Denmark which have very low levels of immigration  have shared values and a very low crime rate. The melting pot theory has failed. Those countries which have had high levels of immigration have to work out how to reconcile dozens of factions each opposed to the other. The answer is...f**k knows.

Edited July 12 by jukel123

[WataWalloper 3,261]

And it’s my birthday so they celebrating that haha 

[Lenmcharristar 10,234]

Was a warm night, even hotter at midnight when they lit the bonies, if you end up on the bonfire on a poster or mannequin then you've upset your voter base, lets say its a warning shot to get your head out of the arse its brown nosing and listen to the people. Been going on years and has been since 1690, its just as jukel says a turn marking night, but we have a common enemy now and lets hope the irish men can unite and stop this invasion caused by the eussr and wef. Im very surprised that there has been no effigies of king traitor charles as it was talked about, theres always next year,

[vfr400boy 3,637]

5 hours ago, WataWalloper said:

And it’s my birthday so they celebrating that haha 

Perfect day for a birthday today  

 

Happy birthday 

[mackem 29,521]

6 hours ago, WataWalloper said:

And it’s my birthday so they celebrating that haha 

Should have said,we would have got you a (Space) cake.

[WataWalloper 3,261]

Just now, mackem said:

Should have said,we would have got you a (Space) cake.

Already ate one maybe haha won’t have been up to the standards your used to tho haha 

[WataWalloper 3,261]

Even pushed boat out an had 6 cans a red stripe now barley done haha 

[jukel123 9,226]

6 hours ago, WataWalloper said:

And it’s my birthday so they celebrating that haha 

I got told your Rangers supporting family had you removed from the womb 12 weeks early so they could celebrate your birthday on the 12th. And that, as a result,  you were deprived of oxygen which led to behaviour difficulties in later life. Confirm or deny?

[WataWalloper 3,261]

Just now, jukel123 said:

I got told your Rangers supporting family had you removed from the womb 12 weeks early so they could celebrate your birthday on the 12th. And that, as a result,  you were deprived of oxygen which led to behaviour difficulties in later life. Confirm or deny?

Bear in mind we were proper poor as kids, had food but not a lot else haha but my da’s side of family who are orange as fcuk, an my ma’s side who are mad bead rattlers had bets on wether I’d be born on 12 or not, legend has it my ole granny was screaming at my ma to keep her Fcuking legs shit till the 13th haha and my da’s family won a fair few quid off them haha caused a bit tension my whole childhood haha 

[jukel123 9,226]

1 minute ago, WataWalloper said:

Bear in mind we were proper poor as kids, had food but not a lot else haha but my da’s side of family who are orange as fcuk, an my ma’s side who are mad bead rattlers had bets on wether I’d be born on 12 or not, legend has it my ole granny was screaming at my ma to keep her Fcuking legs shit till the 13th haha and my da’s family won a fair few quid off them haha caused a bit tension my whole childhood haha 

That made me  belly laugh. Good man

Edited July 12 by jukel123

[mushroom 13,930]

23 minutes ago, WataWalloper said:

Bear in mind we were proper poor as kids, had food but not a lot else haha but my da’s side of family who are orange as fcuk, an my ma’s side who are mad bead rattlers had bets on wether I’d be born on 12 or not, legend has it my ole granny was screaming at my ma to keep her Fcuking legs shit till the 13th haha and my da’s family won a fair few quid off them haha caused a bit tension my whole childhood haha 

Bead rattlers FLMAO aye my mum's side were a bit like that. Dad's side were Protestant but not practicing. Funny thing is my dad's side are originally from Cork FFS

 

[WataWalloper 3,261]

4 minutes ago, mushroom said:

Bead rattlers FLMAO aye my mum's side were a bit like that. Dad's side were Protestant but not practicing. Funny thing is my dad's side are originally from Cork FFS

 

Cork must have kicked him out haha cos I was there everybody I met blessed me haha

[Chid 6,744]

5 minutes ago, mushroom said:

Bead rattlers FLMAO aye my mum's side were a bit like that. Dad's side were Protestant but not practicing. Funny thing is my dad's side are originally from Cork FFS

 

There used to be plenty of prods in the south of Ireland ..