Stickjockey
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Beannachtam na Feile Padraig!
Beannachtam na Feile Padraig!
Happy St. Patrick's Day
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El Tejon
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Still waiting for a Saint George's Day!
If Saint Patrick's day is celebrated by eating trash and drinking alcohol to excess, how would Saint George's Day be celebrated? Go into work early and leave late, then come home clean your house and go to bed early?
If Saint Patrick's day is celebrated by eating trash and drinking alcohol to excess, how would Saint George's Day be celebrated? Go into work early and leave late, then come home clean your house and go to bed early?
PATH
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Twas great creac in Ireland before we settled on becoming Christians.
We were a war like race with lovely pagan rituals involving fighting, drinking, and of course, cavorting with members of the opposite sex.
We had tales of great warriors such as Finn and Cuchullain! There were the wars with the magical people of the North, the Tuatha de Danu. There was the Great Cattle Raid of Cooley, the Children of Lir, the Salmon of Knowledge and the story of Queen Maeve of Connacht!
Cuchullain, the great Irish hero, chained himself to a tree so that he could face his enemies as he was dying from his wounds. Ah! What has become of the children of the Gael. Before the guilt of Christinan times we were hedonists and warriors!
Lugh was the sun god and the Morrigan(composed of three manifestations)
was the goddess of death. We loved nature and our Druid priesthood!
Oh to return to those simpler times when we were warriors and poets!
Maybe we have not lost all the blood that once flowed through our veins!
If anyone cares to check they'll find that approximately 65% of the Medals of Honor awarded have been given to those of Irish ancestry(That was the figure given in the Irish Echo Newspaper). Most of those medals have been given posthumously. It either speaks to our great courage as a race or our incredible lack of good judgement! In the parlance of many an Irish Gin Mill in the Bronx: "Is this a private fight or can anyone join in"?
I respect Patrick as a great Holy man. He did tame the Irish a bit too much though!Now we have the "wee" people and some other lame legends.
I yearn for the days when our tales told of great warriors and their brave deeds. I yearn for the days of warrior poets and not saintly scholars.
I wish a happy ST. PATRICK'S Day to all my fellow THR members and officially make you one of us( an Irishman) for as long as you'd like to be!
UP THE FIELD BOYS!! UP THE FIELD, AND NOT A KERRYMAN IN SIGHT!!!
We were a war like race with lovely pagan rituals involving fighting, drinking, and of course, cavorting with members of the opposite sex.
We had tales of great warriors such as Finn and Cuchullain! There were the wars with the magical people of the North, the Tuatha de Danu. There was the Great Cattle Raid of Cooley, the Children of Lir, the Salmon of Knowledge and the story of Queen Maeve of Connacht!
Cuchullain, the great Irish hero, chained himself to a tree so that he could face his enemies as he was dying from his wounds. Ah! What has become of the children of the Gael. Before the guilt of Christinan times we were hedonists and warriors!
Lugh was the sun god and the Morrigan(composed of three manifestations)
was the goddess of death. We loved nature and our Druid priesthood!
Oh to return to those simpler times when we were warriors and poets!
Maybe we have not lost all the blood that once flowed through our veins!
If anyone cares to check they'll find that approximately 65% of the Medals of Honor awarded have been given to those of Irish ancestry(That was the figure given in the Irish Echo Newspaper). Most of those medals have been given posthumously. It either speaks to our great courage as a race or our incredible lack of good judgement!
In the parlance of many an Irish Gin Mill in the Bronx: "Is this a private fight or can anyone join in"?I respect Patrick as a great Holy man. He did tame the Irish a bit too much though!Now we have the "wee" people and some other lame legends.
I yearn for the days when our tales told of great warriors and their brave deeds. I yearn for the days of warrior poets and not saintly scholars.
I wish a happy ST. PATRICK'S Day to all my fellow THR members and officially make you one of us( an Irishman) for as long as you'd like to be!
UP THE FIELD BOYS!! UP THE FIELD, AND NOT A KERRYMAN IN SIGHT!!!
Dannyboy
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I've always made it a point to wear green on July 12 (Orange Day).
Eskimo Jim
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There were a number of noted firearm makers in Ireland, Dublin to be specific. Most if not all are gone. I think that the Dublin Firearm makers were really over shadowed by the English firearm makers in Birmingham and London. I think that people that became gunsmiths in London, some went to Dublin to open their own shops. Also, I don't think that Dublin was the home of truly original smiths, I think that they copied what was in the English shops.
That's my somewhat educated guess.
-Jim
That's my somewhat educated guess.
-Jim
PATH
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William of Orange and his forces Defeated King James at the Battle of the Boyne on a July Twelfth many years ago. In the North of Ireland commemorations of that battle are still a bone of contention between folks.
Armalites are the favored weapon of Irish Republicans. They are both of course illegal in the North of Ireland.
Armalites are the favored weapon of Irish Republicans. They are both of course illegal in the North of Ireland.
Browns Fan
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Today, we celebrated my birthday by eating out at a Mexican restaurant, go figure. Me Irish friends are green with envy!
geegee
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Oh, no, Dannyboy .I'm shocked!
geegeewinstonsmith
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Was in Ireland last summer. Had an oppurtunity to sample the Irish 7 course meal: Six Pints of guiness and a potatoe. Yummy stuff.
Dannyboy
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PATH
You, sir, are a master of the understatement.
Fed168
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I'll be turning on the Boondock Saints shortly, keeping this gun related.
XLMiguel
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Q: And how many Irishmen does it take to change a lightbulb?
A: Ten. One to hold the bulb, and nine to drink enough to make the room spin (light beer version, only 2 or 3 with Bushmill's)
Actually, my favorite story was about a minor IRA soldier in the slammer who had received a letter from his elderly da' lamenting the effort to get his garden in in the coming Spring without his son's help. Sonnyboy wrote back, telliing his da' to be careful digging in the garden, as that's where he had buried all his guns. A few days later the Brits showed up at his dad's house and dug up the whole plot, but found nary a thing. At least da' had little trouble getting his garden in
Gang aft aglae, y'all.
A: Ten. One to hold the bulb, and nine to drink enough to make the room spin (light beer version, only 2 or 3 with Bushmill's)
Actually, my favorite story was about a minor IRA soldier in the slammer who had received a letter from his elderly da' lamenting the effort to get his garden in in the coming Spring without his son's help. Sonnyboy wrote back, telliing his da' to be careful digging in the garden, as that's where he had buried all his guns. A few days later the Brits showed up at his dad's house and dug up the whole plot, but found nary a thing. At least da' had little trouble getting his garden in
Gang aft aglae, y'all.
SodaPop
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I played with my Irish Enfield before I went to bed tonight.
Wait a minute....... that doesn't sound right.
Wait a minute....... that doesn't sound right.
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