He was, but Connolly the Hibee was better.
― Ned Caligari (Tom D.), Wednesday, 8 May 2019 21:52 (five years ago) link
the true irish spirit in those circs is "i knew him when he had no arse to his trousers"
― deemsthelarker (darraghmac), Tuesday, 7 May 2019 20:22 (yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
This is such a Scottish attitude too tbf.
― Ned Caligari (Tom D.), Wednesday, 8 May 2019 23:37 (five years ago) link
Was gonna say, I’ve heard my granny use that phrase verbatim
― milkshake chuk (wins), Thursday, 9 May 2019 08:31 (five years ago) link
My mum told me one of the Coyle family from the Tayto crisps empire wanted to adopt her when she was a young very badly cared for child, her one chance to escape the dangerous and terrible 50's Irish care system and a bad start in life and it passed her by for some unexplained reason. But thank god she met that loser ..etc..
― calzino, Thursday, 9 May 2019 08:44 (five years ago) link
god i was i was the scion of a crisps empire
― michael keaton IS jim thirlwell IN ‘foetaljuice’ (bizarro gazzara), Thursday, 9 May 2019 08:54 (five years ago) link
when she tells me this classic for umpteenth time, while I'm doing eye-rolls it doesn't occur to her that i don't have the same enthusiasm as her for a timeline where she is happier and I don't exist!
― calzino, Thursday, 9 May 2019 09:20 (five years ago) link
I’m glad you exist but it’s a shame all the same, would have been nice to have had a contact who could sort me out with the Christmas box of real Tayto
― gyac, Thursday, 9 May 2019 09:40 (five years ago) link
t/s: the existence of ilxor dot com poster calzino vs free crisps
― michael keaton IS jim thirlwell IN ‘foetaljuice’ (bizarro gazzara), Thursday, 9 May 2019 09:45 (five years ago) link
wait who would this contact have been
― mark s, Thursday, 9 May 2019 09:49 (five years ago) link
ilxor dot com poster crispzino
― michael keaton IS jim thirlwell IN ‘foetaljuice’ (bizarro gazzara), Thursday, 9 May 2019 09:49 (five years ago) link
a timeline where a 70 odd year old Irish member of the Coyle family became an Ilxer after googling Daniel O'Donnell's hypnagogic phase, and finding the gateway drug ILM.
― calzino, Thursday, 9 May 2019 09:55 (five years ago) link
coylzino
― Ned Caligari (Tom D.), Thursday, 9 May 2019 09:56 (five years ago) link
the only good poster
― mark s, Thursday, 9 May 2019 09:57 (five years ago) link
Taytos are the best crisps in the universe THE END as you were LG x— Liam Gallagher (@liamgallagher) March 26, 2019
― gyac, Thursday, 9 May 2019 10:05 (five years ago) link
That is a surprisingly ornate tweet.
― Andrew Farrell, Thursday, 9 May 2019 10:09 (five years ago) link
King cheese and onion are the best imo but I will always have a special place in my heart for the pub crisps!
― gyac, Thursday, 9 May 2019 10:10 (five years ago) link
Other - Esther McVey.
― Ned Caligari (Tom D.), Sunday, 26 May 2019 11:32 (five years ago) link
arguably not as bad as timothy
― daenerys baker (darraghmac), Sunday, 26 May 2019 11:45 (five years ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.
― System, Thursday, 30 May 2019 00:01 (five years ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.
― System, Friday, 31 May 2019 00:01 (five years ago) link
1 vote for Piers Morgan though?
― gyac, Friday, 31 May 2019 06:55 (five years ago) link
Brogues gallery
― shhh / let peaceful like things (wins), Friday, 31 May 2019 06:59 (five years ago) link
have to say id question most of this list tbh
― daenerys baker (darraghmac), Friday, 31 May 2019 07:54 (five years ago) link
Murdoch's "Scottish" surely?
― Ned Caligari (Tom D.), Friday, 31 May 2019 09:15 (five years ago) link
Certainly a lot more than he is Irish.
― Ned Caligari (Tom D.), Friday, 31 May 2019 09:19 (five years ago) link
yeah thats the first one to jump out
morgan, not having, diaspora needs not to be so avowedly of the new nation- nb this isnt a hard and fast rule obv but it fuckin is when the new nation is tory
― daenerys baker (darraghmac), Friday, 31 May 2019 10:48 (five years ago) link
I maintain that Michael Flatley is the correct answer.
― pomenitul, Friday, 31 May 2019 10:50 (five years ago) link
hes a sure qualifier at least
― daenerys baker (darraghmac), Friday, 31 May 2019 10:50 (five years ago) link
Pretty sure "Tory" is an Irish derivation tbf
― specific goats my way (Noodle Vague), Friday, 31 May 2019 11:08 (five years ago) link
key point remains
― daenerys baker (darraghmac), Friday, 31 May 2019 11:26 (five years ago) link
Well sure
― specific goats my way (Noodle Vague), Friday, 31 May 2019 11:35 (five years ago) link
tbh I didn't vote because every time I clicked on someone who wasn't Murdoch (mostly Brendan O'Neill tbh) my brain went "but obviously Murdoch is *worse*" but it felt weird picking Murdoch when I didn't even know he had anything to do with Ireland until this thread
anyway he doesn't come close to most entrants on this list but I just wanted to record somewhere that I get v confused when I see posts from former UKIP MEP Patrick O'Flynn on Twitter and think "why does this person with an Irish name have such UKIPpy takes on Brexit"
― a passing spacecadet, Friday, 31 May 2019 11:45 (five years ago) link
― gyac, Friday, 31 May 2019 17:51 (five years ago) link
morgan isnt diaspora
but not because he's a cunt
― daenerys baker (darraghmac), Friday, 31 May 2019 17:52 (five years ago) link
Seems a good moment to remind everyone I’m Irish. pic.twitter.com/Tb8Rl4gUYt— Piers Morgan (@piersmorgan) March 17, 2018
― mark s, Friday, 31 May 2019 17:56 (five years ago) link
not sure murdoch has ever made claims of any connection so i'm not sure why anyone would preemptively claim him
― mh, Friday, 31 May 2019 18:05 (five years ago) link
Murdoch's an outstanding choice for a "worst member", but as for "Irish diaspora", not so much.
― A is for (Aimless), Friday, 31 May 2019 18:10 (five years ago) link
Definitely the worst member of the Irish-English-Scottish diaspora.
― pomenitul, Friday, 31 May 2019 18:11 (five years ago) link
He is diaspora ffs, he is from the UK and has a dad from Ireland
― gyac, Friday, 31 May 2019 18:12 (five years ago) link
Sorry that’s re Morgan not Murdoch!
"Elisabeth Murdoch was born in Melbourne on 8 February 1909, the third daughter of Marie Grace de Lancey (Forth) and Rupert Greene. Her grandfather, William Henry Greene, was an Irish railway engineer (later one of the three Commissioners of Victorian Railways) who emigrated to Australia and married Fanny, the fourth of the 10 daughters of George Govett.[1] Her mother's ancestors were Scottish and English; one of her maternal great-grandfathers was a lieutenant governor in the West Indies.[2] Elisabeth was educated at St Catherine's School in Toorak, and at Clyde School in Woodend.[3] She married Keith Murdoch, 23 years her senior, in 1928 and inherited the bulk of his fortune when he died in 1952."
― mark s, Friday, 31 May 2019 18:21 (five years ago) link
The obvious question is does being an engineer for an Irish railway make you Irish, especially if your surname is Greene?
― A is for (Aimless), Friday, 31 May 2019 18:32 (five years ago) link
The next obvious question would be, does having just one maternal great-grandparent make you part of the Irish diaspora?
― A is for (Aimless), Friday, 31 May 2019 18:34 (five years ago) link
Only if you've read Ulysses in its entirety.
― pomenitul, Friday, 31 May 2019 18:36 (five years ago) link
late write-in for joyce tbrr
― mark s, Friday, 31 May 2019 19:50 (five years ago) link
― A is for (Aimless), Friday, May 31, 2019 11:32 AM (one hour ago) Bookmark
greene is an irish surname (can also be an english one, but that's fairly common)
part of my family are harleys, also a name that can be english, but they're irish catholics from donegal. some anglicization going on, as with greene I'm sure
― findom haddie (jim in vancouver), Friday, 31 May 2019 19:57 (five years ago) link
grian (ag spalpadh)
― gyac, Friday, 31 May 2019 20:16 (five years ago) link
I'm an O'Dowd with a dropped O, which was as far as my dad's anglicisation went, probably because despite him having an impressive skill set/experience in building and as a fitter, he wouldn't have stood a chance in the jobs market against someone without an O in front of their name in 60's/70's England.
― calzino, Friday, 31 May 2019 20:27 (five years ago) link
#beannaithe i wasn't included in this poll
― Trϵϵship, Friday, 31 May 2019 21:29 (five years ago) link
― mark s, Friday, May 31, 2019 3:50 PM (one hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
fp btw
― Trϵϵship, Friday, 31 May 2019 21:30 (five years ago) link