Dublin: Classic or dud?

I just read Ulysses, so, classic, just for that.

Never had less than a dead good time there. Classic. And, at night, the Liffey is so 'stand-on-the-bridge-and-stare'-able.

I'll explain now. It's full of smug, snidey bastards and if they know yer down from the country, they'll just be the rudest, ignorant fucks. What have Dublin got? Bono and Bob Geldof. What have Limerick got? Richard Harris and Terry Wogan. We obviously piss all over them from a great height. The pubs there are all becoming a rip-off of theme pubs from abroad. Hello? A copy of a copy of something that wasn't even there in the first place. Real rural Irish pubs aren't full of misty-eyed fiddle players. They're full of bitter old begrudging old cranks. Like all pubs should be.

"Hot Press" (Dublin's NME) is a total abomination. It's full of old farts discussing "{songsmiths" like Aimee Mann and complaining about "arty wank" like Radiohead and Sonic Youth and how we should all be listening to sparkly power-pop like Fountains of Wayne and Fastball. It's also teeming with horrible yuppies now that ireland has some money for a difference. They usually while away their time arguing over which is the better mobile phone company, Esat or Eircom. Pah.

I know a girl named Dublin. She's hotter than all Hell. Classic.

I hate Dublin perhaps ireland. I hate the close mindedness of the majority of the people, and the rascism. If you are not Irish they immedately take the piss outta ya and its not a good piss take but rather a mean down right to the bone. For a growing country and especially now coming to the year 2001 it is the most backward country i have ever travelled and lived in. I have met some nice people however maybe they were just as two faced as the rest of the ones i met. I am not Amercian, but the one thing i have to laugh at is they are so hateful maybe is the word towards Amercians yet they want to try and be amercian wearing their amercian t-shirts and clothes, their music, the pubs / nite clubts etc. Whatever!! Cheers!

If I didn't know better I'd say this was someone waiting to see if I'd say I was really offended by that posting. Still it's too bizarre even for that.

I hate Dublin too, something about the people there, you can tell you don't like them cos their eyes are closer together, those Irish folk.

I have not many Irish people. The last one I met was outside a pub on Friday night, he must have been at the lovely venue Dicey O'reilleys or whatever it is called. My exceeingly drunken friend A. started talking to him after pushing me round so I went over and started shoving A. out of the way and talking to the man in question. It was bizarre as I ended up quoting the episode of Quantum Leap to him in which Sam tries to explain what it feels like for a man to be kicked in the groin.

He thought it was funny. we liked him.

I still want to go to Dublin if only to find I hate it. But europe worries me now that I have alienated lots of people with electric guitars and drum sticks they could beat me with.

i love ronan keating and guiness. i do not know about dublin, i have never been.

guiness is nice, but give Ronan Keating the big swerve. Oh and would people stop writing those Frank McCourt biographies along the lines of I'm Irish and no-one suffers like the Irish suffer? they are painful

They are painful cos of the suffering.

Try studying them in school, hearing crap radio plays about people like that, then going to college and having to watch videos about them.

DUD.

I was so excited when my company transferred me there. Now I am just depressed. Never in Europe have I seen a city so tacky, a people so closed minded and illiterate and dodgey.

They're not especially friendly, which was meant to be their charm. Nor are they good drinkers; the beer in most dublin bars is overpriced, watered down piss.

AND most of all, they hate you because you're not one of them. Immediately suspect. Weird. Literate. Honest. The only upside to Dublin these days is the lack of Dubliners. I've met loads of lovely foreigners there. And if you find the right place to drink, you can happily make yourself forget you're in Dublin at all...

I went to Dublin for the first time this weekend - the trip was a surprise birthday present so I didn't know I was going otherwise I would have asked Ronan about good places to go. I thought it seemed a fun place, but by no means beautiful. And a bit too small.

Hi, I don't think that the folks from Ireland are the only closed minded people as you are running them down. I think if folks try to get along and make friends, they will be friends for life. Gale

What I have found in people I meet is that if you make the effort to be friends, I'm sure you'd be accepted as such. Gale... & yes the old crow is back! lol

Beidh bua againn eigin la eigin. Sealadaigh abu!!I'm from South Kilkenny which happens ta be da best [and most Irish]part of Ireland. I hate fuckin Dubs with a vengence...their either ignorant,inbred knackers [Northside] or wannabe fuckin brits [southside]. During the occupation dublin was da british stronghold and they left their fuckin mark on the stinkin dubs....Dublin is just a filthy sprawling mess with a huge amount of derelict buildings and dumb people who can't talk properly..Culchies as they [the dubs] call us [anyone who is not from dublin] generally hate the fuckers with a passion. They are a seperate race and are very alien to the rest of this country. In fact their more british than Irish..I also hate yanks!!! has anyone got a neutron bomb for sale????? Tiocfaidh ar la.

get back in your hole turf slinger. you see what I have to put up with? that applies if he's joking aswell by the way.

You little Jackeen fucker..your parents even named you after that faggot Ronan Keating!!!!

Hi Padraig... You are quite the nasty one eh? Don't you think it's high time that you folks over there set a GOOD example for the rest of the countries who are at war? Are you all just filled with so much hate that you use each other as punching bags? I'd rather fork out and get the real thing myself. Good luck to you.

Gale, if you knew what bunjos are like you wouldn't be so forgiving.

I live in Dublin. I quite like it. I mainly live here through inertia. All my friends live here, which is the main good thing about it.

I like my bleedin sity roigh!

It's dirty skangers like you that give our fine city a bad name.

I am going to run for public office, on a platform of repatriation for bunjos and apartheid for skangers, to keep Dublin safe and attractive for trendy people like me.

I will also make Tobism the state religion.

Praise Tobit.

What? You think that rat poison in the heroin that killed all those people last year was an accident?

Thats very immature and not something to joke about....My best friends brother died because of a drug overdose.

That's terrible but I don't see the connection.

We seem to be geting off the point.. about how shitty Dublin is.. I hate this place with a passion.. when I hear how housing estates are being built away from the capital for some scumbag family and their traumatised degenerate time bomb kids I want to PUKE!! I hate the scum that ask you.. no sorry HARRASS you for something (ie: cash cos they've spent ALL theirs getting 'stranded' in the city)and given half a chance they'd happily plunge a syringe in your back to obtain something they want but don't deserve..What about getting a JOB? OK so it's not as easy as getting handouts.. ALL THE FUCKING TIME! And I don't understand the mentality of these fuckers either.. Why don't they find something better to do than annoy people? Standing there gaping with their squinty eyes, plastered down hair/baseball cap (ray-dooooooors!), 'knackertache', and 'le cock spairteeeaf' all white tracksuitfuck them!!! incarcirate them all to some fucking deserted island in the south pacific where they can rape, beat, abuse, and kill each other. There's something about that accent that is really irritating too (OI'm goin' te geh me choil' benefih' an' buy droogs.. OK get your next mewling cabbage hooked on H at 1st trimester it's not like its going to have a decent life anyway unless something miraculous happens) I'd rather Shoot myself than live with that screeching bastardised noise that passes as speech here. OK so there's scum everywhere in this country but the sheer volume and arrogance of Dublin scum pisses me off.. So my dreams DO consist of me violently destroying scumbags but that's just fantasy (for now.. come on government... give the little guy a break huh?)All anybody would ask is to be left alone.. and that's not even possible..

you mock now, but if I could have found the guy who sold me e last week I would have snogged him.

I'm starting to get ashamed of this thread.

Phil, come to London to get away from it all! Heh.

too many foreign faggots in this country now too much fucking yuppie scum, this country isn't really irish anymore it's been globalised it's lost its identity FUCK THE EURO we lost all our identity when we joined the FUCKING EU in 1976 too many metropolitan scumbags just passing through fucking dublin these days come to rural ireland, we're still truly irish we got soul we got identity we got culture. we also got galic language on tele we ain't got your english metropolitan crap on fucking radio

fuck you all scumbags. hot press london cocksuckers suck dick!

Fuck *you*, "Irish Pride". Fuck you and everyone who thinks of Ireland in this way.

Thankfully your anti-Europeanism is rare here. Unlike in Britain ...

James

THE TRUTH ABOUT DUBLIN.

>Dublin was founded in the 8th century by the Vikings, when they realized >that the best way to cause lasting damage to the country was to build >what leading Viking at the time, Hagyar Ringrosen, termed "A shithole for >the ages". This statement was proved true over time. >Luckily for the rest of Ireland, Dublin is located on the east coast. >This means that the prevailing south westerly wind generally takes the >smell across the Irish Sea to Britain. > >In the 1950's Britain retaliated by building Sellafield nuclear power >station. The Irish Sea is now one of the cleanest in the world, the >radiation from England and the filthy puss and bile from Dublin >nullifying each other. It is a pity for us all that Dublin is not located >50 miles further east. However, many "Dubs", or "Gobshites" as they are >known to the rest of us, would go even further! This is because Dublin is >all >that remains of what was once called "West Britain". > >Dublin people share many characteristics with the English people, including >an amazingly low >alcohol tolerance, ridiculous accents and the ability to get into a brawl >with Mahatma Ghandi and Mother Teresa. > >Indeed, many young Englishmen come to Dublin for "stag nights"- not >for the nightlife, but because all of the sluts there are falling over >themselves to be impregnated by anything with a foreign accent in >order to claim "choil'benefih'", or "children's' allowance" as it is >called in the civilized world. But beware! Dublin beer is much more >expensive than >ordinary beer. This is because it is watered down with expensive mineral >water. You see, due to Dublin being a pox ridden eyesore which leaks >revolting pus into our beautiful land, they have no clean tapwater. > >In fact, 86% of Dubliners don't even know what a tap is (the other 14% >knew that it had something to do with beer). As a result, the beer is >watered down with mineral water, as I said,and now the average Gobshite >must fork out well over the odds for a pint. > >But don't let this put you off visiting cosmopolitan Dublin, where >absolute >knackers mix freely with some of the world's snobbiest bastards. > >Let the heroin, car theft, annoying whinger bastards, syphilis infested >prostitutes and Europe's crappest traffic system put you off going there >instead. > >Exits are by road, air and sea only, and are usually quite busy, >so be patient. Ah Dublin! Capital of Ireland. Europe's smallest >capital and also its smelliest. Step off a train at Heuston or Connolly >station and breathe in that unmistakable aroma of piss and puke. >But it's the people of Dublin who make our capital city what it is. We >call them 'Jacks' because of a visit to Dublin by Queen Victoria which saw >the >locals line O'Connell Street while waving union jacks at the bitch. [unpatriotic bastards} > >Ask anyone with even half a brain how many counties there are in >Ireland and they will tell you 32. But not our friends in Dublin. For some >bizarre reason they firmly believe there are only two: > > 1)"Dooblin" and > 2)"dowen da coontry". > >Next time you're in Dublin, check out the excellent selection of Radio >Stations, both of which play the same five fucking songs all day. > >Whether it's 98fm or 104fm, tune in at any time of the day to hear >Robbie Williams and The Lighthouse Family. You'll never get tired of it!!! > >Anyway, here are the ten most asked questions about Dubs: > 1.) Why do Dublin people piss in the streets instead of a toilet? > > 2.) Why do they refer to all other Irish people as Sheep Shaggers when > we all know damn well what they're doing with those horses? > A man from Ballyfermot (probably called Anto) recently got divorced >from his cousin so he could marry his horse. > > 3.) Why is their knowledge of Irish geography restricted to "da nart soide >and da sout soide"? > > 4.) Why does their knowledge of Irish history go all the way back to > the 1980's? > > 5.) Why do they complain about "doze bleedin' niggers coming over here > taking ere women and ere jobs" when Paul McGrath is "yer only man" and > God Bless Phillo"? > > 6.) What the fuck language are they speaking? > > 7.) Why is hurling a culchie game until Dublin win a match when it > suddenly becomes"Hooorlin',da fastest field sport in da bleedin' >wooorld".? > > 8.) Why can't they go for a drink without trying to stab each other > afterwards? > > 9.) Why can't they accept Aslan are never going to make it 'cause they're >Shite? > > 10.) Why are they all still wearing track-suits? > >

Oh gawd. Can't this thread just die? It's very tedious.

Naah, don't let it die! I love it. I'm just waiting for somebody to say, "Come back Dave Q and tell us all about London, all is forgiven!"

No kill it.

Probably, but why do you come here to check it out all the time then? :) London Dave? Somehow I don't think I could handle it.. Unless we're orf ta fackin' eas' Landahn me ole chinar...

Come back Dave Q and tell us all about London, all is forgiven!

*ducks*

I like the taste of dick....

This is a sudden switch.

Sorry Ronan, no dice. Come on, tell us in a bit more detail how the lovely city of Dublin could be possibly improved, and please include as many sociological observations as possible! Contributions from Irish citizens outside of Dublin more than welcome as well!

well now I don't know what to think. Hey Ronan, have you ever tried to suck your own dick? Actually thats a bit disturbing.... scrap that last question...

Do you like eggs? The ultimate conversation breaker!!!! (apart from the other one which I won't repeat)

Come to think of it has anyone here got some original chat up lines too... (Sad? yeah but I'm going through a phase..) and not just "Do you want to go halves on a bastard?"

Give it to me big boy!

Nah. Think I'll let you stew a while.. thens we's gonna play momma's an' poppa's... you can suck big momma's dick... (oh yeah like THATS soooooo original... Fuck off!!)

Whats the bets he's from Blackrock ?

Why do Dublin jackeen f**kers pronounce words like better as "bedder" or eighty becomes "eidy". That really pisses me off. - Dr. G

What's the bet I'm not from Dublin at all!!! (see earlier contributions...)

Only the D4 fuckers speak like that I think... The others have some sort of coded language that normal people can just about comprehend...

Take ordering a 1/4 pounder meal in McDonalds...

D'ya wan chaysssss onna? - Would you like cheese on that? Wha' drink d'ya wan? - What beverage would you like with that? Exra layrge bigmackmeelwih'koke - Could I have the chef's special please.

You can see what I mean anyway...

What's The Connemara coast like? Is it as nice as I have heard it is?

ah dublin is not that bad really, i have just spent the year living in tokyo and would rather prefer dublin to it....

I've spent five years living in this shit hole [Baile Atha Clithe aka Dublin] and I would rather live in Jalalabad..... Dr. G.

Gale - the Connemara coast is wild and rocky and very nice. If you go there check out Killary Harbour - Ireland's fjord.

Dr G., I bet you are from Cork.

Cork is da fucking best city ever, dublin is a british-american moderized piece of shit

At least we know how to spell and properly capitalise words in Dublin. That's because we live in THE CAPITAL.

Pity you can't pronounce your words properly then...so tell us whats with this f**kin "bedder" and "eidy" shit. Why is any word with a "t" or "th" sound converted to a "d" when eminating from a dubliners oral orifice ??????

It's the thread that keeps on giving!

i am from clare and i lived in dublin and its kinda shita but not as shit as limerick which is hell so count yer blessings. i now live in tokyo, which is pretty class. word

i think i will only put up one message. Yeah i dislike Dublin (but in general i dislike cities). What i really hate is the arrogance of Dublin people. They are even getting it in Cork a little which is disturbing considering it is little more than a town. But on the other side i hate the stupid hicks who rant on about "tiocfaidh ar la" and "i hate the english".they should really get a life instead of whining on and on about how they stole our land A CENTURY AGO!!! The IRA are dickless cowards (i say fight on the battlefield or accept defeat) bah Ireland is full of twats but there really are some splendid people around, usually the Irish people who travel a little are the soundest.There tends to be a lot of narrow-mindedness in every area of Ireland but i think Dublin is probably the worst.

I read nearly all of that bull that was written and for the first time I feel ashamed to be Irish. A lot of people made comments about how they felt that all Dubliners are ignorant pricks and think they're a cut above the rest of the country, and how narrow-minded they are, when infact they are the narrow-minded fuckers who can only see Dublin in this one light. I agree that Dublin itself is a skank hole, but on the most part, the people of Dublin are the nicest people ever who don't discriminate against people because "they're not one of them". It's "culchies" who discriminate against people from Dublin, but they cannot see that because of their narrow-mindedness. Well that's my 2 cents and you can take it whichever way you please. I'm sure the replies won't be too heart-warming from the onslaught of anti-Dubliners but I had to say this. I'm absolutely disgusted after what I just read. The people who wrote some of that cannot call themselves Irish!!!!!!!!!!!

I did not write this

that's curious.

I had remarks written by someone else and attributed to me on this thread.

you should get onto the moderators and have those comments removed. maybe.

I'm not pushed about the comments. I just hate the fact that someone used my name.

100 years ago our country was under threat from the black and tans....now it's under threat from the blacks with prams...

p.s [this is a joke in case your a politically correct individual with no sense of humour]

I'm backing the Culchie Control Platform. Razor wire on the M-50! Repatriation of all culchies by 2006! Keep Our City Pure!

Sounds good....razor wire around the kip to keep "da dubs" in. Turn it into one big concentration camp.

hey... what a second...

How infantile !!

You're all DICKS!!!!! Fucking boggers! Suck my fat juicy tits!

don't encourage us Michael.

Hi DV, Can you tell me more about Ireland? Did you get to see G.B. with T.Y? in concert? I have it on tape and it was just super! :)

Your not my type......I like a large dick in my ass !!!!

I did not post the previous contribution that appears under my name.

what is it about this thread that makes it appeal to tards who think it's hilarious to post under using other people's names?

who are G.B. and T.Y.?

DV you should point it out to Tom or DG, as it's forum abuse: the fake posts should probably be deleted.

Who the fuck asked for your opinion ????

who the fuck said "who the fuck asked for your opinion?"?

my last post was based on the fact that some scamp had posted the previous one PRETENDING TO BE ME.

I reported this to the ILE moderators, and they ignored me.

They are obviously culchies.

Let this be an end to it.