Wednesday, February 20, 2008

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1. Is she to be held responsible for that shameful act of mass murder, Mark?

   Posted by  on Feb 20, 2008 @ 08:58 PM

2. So what else are the wankers up to? How many of them know the rules of rugby, or the GAA for that matter? (Are there rules in GAA btw?)

   There should have been a thread on the Cork GAA stuff. Much more interesting than a splinter group of an MI5 counter gang (PIRASF) standing outside Croker? they remind me of Puckoon.
   They should be protesting on behalf of Reblican POWs instead of using a protest as a pretext to get their rocks off with some Republican slapper.

   Posted by  on Feb 20, 2008 @ 09:01 PM

3. In case you are confused by Mark’s oblique post. He is talking about Princess Anne. Talk about Normalisation!

   Posted by  on Feb 20, 2008 @ 09:01 PM

4. The protesters probably care little or nothing for sport.  Maybe they should just watch the match.  They might learn something.

   Posted by  on Feb 20, 2008 @ 09:02 PM

5. éirígí told by Bertie to naff orf :)

   Posted by Nevin on Feb 20, 2008 @ 09:06 PM

6. What does a “Patron of Scottish Rugby hat” look like? Not This Surely?

   http://www.partydomain.co.uk/d-commerce/product4735.html

   Posted by  on Feb 20, 2008 @ 09:08 PM

7. The following boys are going to take a hell of a beating

   Ugly bug Anne, * Colonel-in-Chief, The King’s Royal Hussars,* Colonel-in-Chief, The Worcestershire and Sherwood Foresters Regiment (29/45 Foot),* Colonel-in-Chief, The Royal Corps of Signals,* Colonel-in-Chief, The Royal Logistic Corps ,* Colonel-in-Chief, The Royal Army Veterinary Corps ,* Commandant-in-Chief, The First Aid Nursing Yeomanry (Princess Royal’s Volunteer Corps) ,* Colonel, The Blues and Royals ,* Royal Colonel, The Royal Scots Borderers, 1st Battalion Royal Regiment of Scotland ,* Royal Colonel, The 52nd Lowland Regiment, 6th Battalion Royal Regiment of Scotland, * Rear Admiral and Chief Commandant for women, Royal Navy , * Honorary Air Commodore, RAF Lyneham
   * Honorary Air Commodore, University of London Air Squadron , * Royal Honorary Colonel, University of London OTC ,* Commodore-in-Chief, Portsmouth

   Posted by  on Feb 20, 2008 @ 09:15 PM

8. Do Irish patriots spin clockwise, or counterclockwise in their graves? Can’t ask a living one, there’s none left.

   Posted by  on Feb 20, 2008 @ 09:25 PM

9. Well the best greeting Princess Anne could receive would be comprehensive defeat of the Scots who have apparently not crossed a try line for several games .  Ireland 40 Scotland 0 sounds like a good score :).

   Although I’ve no time for the institution of monarchy per se Princess Anne does a lot of work for those less fortunate. As Minister Ahern says she should be made welcome as a visitor . She could’nt possibly be the reason the Scots keep losing ?

   Posted by  on Feb 20, 2008 @ 09:26 PM

10. I don’t think Princess Anne will be murdering anyone on Saturday… The Irish team will probably get enough of a beating from the Scots!

    But seriously - what is the problem some republicans have with the representatives of another country visiting Ireland? I think that it would be good to see the maturity of Ireland and how it deals with a visit from the Queen ... as it would show the maturity of Northern Ireland in having the Pope call round.

    Maybe the Queen and the Pope could do a joint tour in March, stopping in Armagh and then Dublin, via the Boyne?

    Posted by Gary on Feb 20, 2008 @ 09:29 PM

11. The joke here was that the Irish army should just have targeted Wilkinson.....

    Posted by  on Feb 20, 2008 @ 09:32 PM

12. Perhaps Eirigi should try to track down the grandchildren of the killers, mostly RIC men, and picket their homes too.

    Posted by  on Feb 20, 2008 @ 09:43 PM

13. ‘The Irish team will probably get enough of a beating from the Scots!’

    If they do it will be an upset . Paddy Power is giving odds of 1/7 for an Irish win and 4/1 for a Scots win 25/1 for a draw .
    
    ‘Maybe the Queen and the Pope could do a joint tour in March, stopping in Armagh ‘

    Brilliant idea -both sets of die hards could jon together and in timed chorus one shower could roar *uck the Pope and the other could respond with * uck the Queen. What a display of ‘national unity’ that would be :)

    This island will never be short of gobshite material :(

    Posted by  on Feb 20, 2008 @ 09:47 PM

14. Any protest in Ireland will look silly - a protest by the Scottish in Scotland is a different matter. They desperately need to attract more players and fans - that quareone must be a massive turn off.

    Posted by  on Feb 20, 2008 @ 10:02 PM

15. Dewi,

    the WRU have one those dreadful Princes as a patron haven’t they? As well as some dreadful feathers on the jersey which represent the ‘Prince of Wales’ - have your boyz no national self respect at all?

    Dont forget you will owe a fiver ( another dreadful royal on that as well ) in 2 weeks time.

    ‘mon the eyeties

    Posted by  on Feb 20, 2008 @ 10:23 PM

16. Ich Dien Sammy - I’m saving up - O Flower of Scotland when will we see your likes again....

    Posted by  on Feb 20, 2008 @ 10:25 PM

17. does anyone think they’ll have the sense to request a dress-code, so there can be no embarrassing moments with clashes of culture.............up scotland

    Posted by  on Feb 20, 2008 @ 10:32 PM

18. ‘O Flower of Scotland when will we see your likes again.... ‘

    Some other time but not next Saturday :) The thistle is in for a pricking methinks !

    Posted by  on Feb 20, 2008 @ 10:32 PM

19. Wonderful anthem though - “that fought and died for that wee bit hill and glen”

    Posted by  on Feb 20, 2008 @ 10:36 PM

20. And Mark - a stupid post - who blasted cares?

    Posted by  on Feb 20, 2008 @ 10:53 PM

21. I didn’t even know Princess Anne (or Princess Ann as the Irish Times called her last week) was coming and now I do I don’t care that she is. It is hardly as if she hasn’t been here before.

    I wonder if éirígí were picketing the last time she was in Dublin when she was guest of honour at the Irish Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children’s annual charity ball in the Berkeley Court Hotel.

    Somehow I doubt it. And why move it from the British Embassy to Ballybough?

    As they say on their website it is for the GAA to decide if they are ready to welcome a British Royal to headquarters and they obviously have.

    The reasoning by éirígí for moving the protest seems a bit lame to me.

    Posted by  on Feb 20, 2008 @ 10:58 PM

22. George,

    I can’t see that on the website. I see mention it is in no way a protest about rugby at Croke Park and that being a decision for the GAA.

    Posted by  on Feb 20, 2008 @ 11:03 PM

23. ‘And Mark - a stupid post - who blasted cares?’

    The McGregors have a poor history of dealing with British royalty as the note below indicates :) Perhaps it’s

    ‘MacGregors were involved in the killing of John Drummond, the king’s forester (after Drummond had hung some MacGregors for poaching) in 1589 and MacGregors took part in the Conflict of Glenfruin in 1603. With encouragement from the Campbells, King James VI and the Privy Council issued an edict banning the use of the name MacGregor. The clan chief was hanged at Edinburgh’s Mercat Cross in 1604.  The surname was not fully restored until 1774.

    Rob Roy MacGregor (he was forced to use his mother’s maiden name Campbell due to the proscription of the MacGregor name) was a younger son of MacGregor of Glengyle. He took part in the first Jacobite Uprising in 1715. Afterwards, his raids on Lowland farms and his prowess with the sword earned him a reputation which was considerably enhanced by Sir Walter Scott’s romantic tales. Rob Roy died peacefully in 1734 and is buried with his family in the churchyard at Balquhidder. A 20th century addition to his grave is defiantly inscribed “MacGregor Despite Them”!

    Perhaps Mark is just following the family tradition?

    Posted by  on Feb 20, 2008 @ 11:04 PM

24. ‘And why move it from the British Embassy to Ballybough?’

    Because Ballybough is closer to Croke Park and they might get noticed by some of the rugby supporters . The staff at the British Embassy will be at home either watching the game or shopping or gardening . Not much fun demonstrating with only a security guard looking on ? The Dublin public won’t be scratching their arses to look at this shower of neanderthals!

    ‘The reasoning by éirígí for moving the protest seems a bit lame to me.’

    Seems ?  It’s as lame as a centipede with 99 twisted ankles and will be less effective as well ! Maybe they should disrobe and stand bollock naked for the Republic ? That way the crowd might see the mighty men of Eirigi for what they are ! Gobshites one and all !

    Posted by  on Feb 20, 2008 @ 11:15 PM

25. Princess Anne has to watch a particularly dire Scotland team for game after game after game.

    Isn’t that punishment enough?

    Posted by  on Feb 20, 2008 @ 11:46 PM
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