St Patricks Day

[gftChris]

And I love me a bit of Irish music - having listened to a couple of your songs I assume you're familiar with the Dubliners? this is much more like what you'll get played as Irish folk music these days:

[Westside Steve]

oh that's a standard around Green season. I get a lot of requests for rebel songs too, Roddy mccorley, the foggy dew you, rock on Rockall, come out ye black and tans, that kind of stuff but the wild Rover whiskey in the jar and that stuff always goes over. From the Irish people I know I get the feeling that its more Britain vs Ireland than Catholic Protestant even though that's how it shakes out. The Catholics think that the British under Protestant rule forced the Irish from their land. So like most things it's politics and power with religion as a veneer.

Probably the idea of returning Ulster to the Republic is little more than a pipe dream these days.

The biggest gripe I hear from those from the Republic is the immigration from dirt poor countries.

I have been to the Republic but not to the north and not to England or Scotland. Both of those places are on my bucket list. Would be an honor to share a few pints with you.

WSS

[Legacy Fan]

Shane MacGowan is a complete shipwreck, but top 5 of iconic voices in rock n roll. The UK & Republic can get on after all??

One of my favorite bands.

[gftChris]

For anglo-irish problems, see Oliver Cromwell

[Westside Steve]

Yes we all despise Cromwell.

WSS

[gftChris]

@westside-steve said:

Yes we all despise Cromwell.

WSS

Being english, I haven't ill feeling towards him. He took the power away from the monarchy, which helped set us up as a democratic country, 400 years ago, and in history classes we generally only heard about the english side of things - it wasn't really until I was watching some irish stand up that I realised there was more to it. But I can certainly understand why there isn't a statue in his honour in Dublin!

[Westside Steve]

@gftchris said:

Being english, I haven't ill feeling towards him. He took the power away from the monarchy, which helped set us up as a democratic country, 400 years ago, and in history classes we generally only heard about the english side of things - it wasn't really until I was watching some irish stand up that I realised there was more to it. But I can certainly understand why there isn't a statue in his honour in Dublin!

The victors write the history books.

As it has always been, and as it always shall be.

WSS

[gftChris]

Indeed.

[Kosar_For_President]

When I lived in Leeds, there really wasn't any news about tensions. My grandma moved to England when she was young and her stories were hilarious about Ireland. Chris where do you live?

[gftChris]

I'm in London. About the most multicultural city you could find except maybe NYC - that kind of centuries-old grudge stuff doesn't really matter to anyone here. Except when it comes to sports.

[Kosar_For_President]

@gftchris said:

I'm in London. About the most multicultural city you could find except maybe NYC - that kind of centuries-old grudge stuff doesn't really matter to anyone here. Except when it comes to sports.

I didn't like London at all, just my opinion. Same with NYC. Crazy country. You made it to the states yet?

[gftChris]

@kosar_for_president said:

I didn't like London at all, just my opinion. Same with NYC. Crazy country. You made it to the states yet?

Sort of - I've been to Boston 3 times, but the last time was when I was 7! I had family there, before they moved to England. That same aunt is the reason I'm a Brown - she's from Newark, OH.

[gftChris]

And I know a lot of people really don't like London, it's certainly an acquired taste.

[Legacy Fan]

I stayed in London for 10 days and "tubed" my way across the countryside about 15 years ago. I enjoyed London. Enjoyed Edinburgh the most, followed by Bath & Cambridge.

Outside of the wacky thoughts on guns, I could live on any of the "Isles"