Everything Ireland thread

[jimmy jazz]

Nice try!
If the "that" you were referring to was "labeling" or "accusations" as opposed to "antisemitism" itself, then I expect you can supply us with lots of examples of people  "labeling/accusing" the Irish of antisemitism. I won't hold my breath.

None of what I said was news to you so you are definitely well aware of it.

[Trollheart]

How appropriate: one serial rapist invites another to his home! On Paddy's Day!
Can't you just see swastikas tattooed on his forehead?

https://www.rte.ie/news/2025/0317/1502522-mcgregor-white-house/

[Trollheart]

All the usual Paddywhackery from Ireland on St. Patrick's Day!

https://www.rte.ie/news/ireland/2025/0317/1502129-st-patricks-day-blog/

https://www.rte.ie/news/2025/0317/1502499-in-pictures-st-patricks-day/

Cead mile failte! Or something.

[jimmy jazz]

Happy St Patrick's Day.

https://x.com/irish_pics/status/1901296389771895055

[SGR]

How appropriate: one serial rapist invites another to his home! On Paddy's Day!
Can't you just see swastikas tattooed on his forehead?

https://www.rte.ie/news/2025/0317/1502522-mcgregor-white-house/

Wasn't he gonna run for President in Ireland or something?

[Trollheart]

A poll that month found that eight percent of people polled would vote for McGregor for office, while 89 percent said they would not    

[Trollheart]

Interesting article on the history/mythology of the little green fellas.

https://www.history.com/news/leprechauns-history-lucky-irish-gold?cmpid=email-hist-inside-history-2025-0317-03172025&om_rid=

The word leprechaun comes from the "leipreachán" in Irish and "luchorpán" in Old Irish, meaning "small body" or "lobaircin," which translates to "small-bodied fellow." In ancient Celtic mythology, leprechauns hail from the "aos sí," a supernatural race similar to elves and fairies.

The race's beings, which include leprechauns, banshees and shape-shifting goblins called pookas, were thought to be descendants of the Tuatha Dée Danann, ancient Irish gods living in an alternate realm, according to Medieval Mosaic II by Lea Tassie and Leanne Taylor.

Early folktales depicted leprechauns as wily, somewhat menacing male cobblers who hid their treasures. They were portrayed as cunning and untrustworthy tricksters who were often mean, delighting in leading people astray, stealing or playing harmful pranks.

Among the earliest leprechaun tales is the medieval 7th- or 8th-century tale, The Adventure of Fergus Son of Leti, which depicts leprechauns as dangerous water sprites who try to drag the mythical King Fergus into the sea to drown him. But the king captures them and forces the creatures to grant him three wishes for their release.

Sort of a reverse djinn, what?

D.R. McAnally Jr.'s Irish Wonders, believed to have been written in the late 19th century, describes the leprechaun as being "of low descent, his father being an evil spirit and his mother a degenerate fairy." Its pranks were typically minor household mishaps, such as causing a pot to boil over, drinking all the milk or stealing bacon, McAnally writes.

Thomas Crofton Croker's 1825 collection, Fairy Legends and Traditions of the South of Ireland, includes the story of "The Little Shoe," where a man encounters a "little fellow" cobbling shoes, complete with "his little bit of an apron on him, and his hammer in his hand, and a little red nightcap on his head."

The man sneaks up on the leprechaun whistling as he works and demands his purse. But the leprechaun cleverly tricks the man into letting him go and escapes, leaving behind only "the prettiest little shoe." 

William Butler Yeats' 1888 Fairy and Folk Tales of Ireland describes leprechauns as "withered, old, and solitary" cobblers known for their practical jokes and hidden gold.

The leprechaun, Yeats writes, "is seen sitting under a hedge mending a shoe, and one who catches him can make him deliver up his crocks of gold, for he is a miser of great wealth; but if you take your eyes off him the creature vanishes like smoke."

[Trollheart]

Looks like the law is finally catching up on the bigoted cunt and his nasty family. About time too.

Receiver appointed to collect unpaid fines from Enoch Burke's salary

[DeepMinder]

[jimmy jazz]

The comments 😂😂😂

Pretty much all of them are from Irish people saying "they're not Irish, they're American".

[Trollheart]

Looks like we're becoming a popular destination for those who want to get the puck out of Trump's America.

https://www.rte.ie/news/primetime/2025/0320/1503125-trumpugees-meet-the-us-citizens-in-the-surge-for-irish-passports/

Prime Time spoke to several US citizens about their feelings of unease about living in the US, and plans to move to Ireland.

"The new administration does seem to be focused on deliberately hurting New York and areas that didn't vote for them. They have a lot of levers they can use to make life worse here," Software engineer Jeremy Parker said.

Mr Parker and his wife Avri Beard, a university professor, are leaving their home in New York to move to Dublin this week.

[Trollheart]

Thought this was quite hilarious until I eventually saw the last word!

Murphy accused of driving bulldozer through Dáil rules