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I'm minding my little cousins and it has emerged that the 4 year old thought owls were mythical animals and is now losing his shit that they're real
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Did they ACTUALLY let women and children in the lifeboats first on the Titanic because I have known men in my time and I don't know if I buy that
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I once told a yank I was from Dublin and she goes "omg I was right by there when I studied abroad!"
So I ask where she studied and she said FUCKING ROME
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Obsessed with a woman on tiktok whose job is to take care of a big 7ft tall bird that keeps trying to kill her
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Found out how this wagon's surname is pronounced and I better never again in my life hear a brit breathe a word about Irish names
Lady Rose Hanbury: Who is the Marchioness of Cholmondeley?
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For their own sake and dignity I'd love for the brits to come to terms with the fact that colonising the world, championing the slave trade and committing genocide means people might sing songs at their expense
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We went to a 30th birthday party yesterday and the birthday girl's whole plan was that it was to start at 3.30pm so she could be in bed at 9pm and it was actually unreal
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Yeah we had to fucking emigrate Leo
Ireland now has the lowest youth unemployment rate in Europe. 🇮🇪👏
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"What can men do", you know what you can be the killjoy. Youse can be the ones who "can't take a joke" or who are being oversensitive, or overreacting, or wrecking the buzz. I'm sure it's not what youse want to hear I'm sure but if you want a job assigned to you there it is.
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This is terrifying, just got word that Sinn Féin have changed some Dublin traffic lights to all green and they're already repainting post boxes with kaffiyeh pattern and Palestinian flags. Cork's English Market renamed The Gerry Adams Exchange.
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I just saw a fella on Tiktok say you can divide all of Europe into potato/beer countries and tomato/wine countries and I gasped
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Not to be a massive killjoy but these subscription mystery box things are the perfect example of consumerism rotting brains. What do you mean you pay €30 a month to receive random shit you didn't pick out and therefore by definition didn't want or need beforehand
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I love that in Dublin the phrase "ah stop" does not mean you should stop and most often means "tell me more"
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I know she has done worse but I was 9 years old and FUMING at the presumption that an Irish wizard would have to go to an english school for his education. AS IF there wouldn't be an independent Irish school hidden under the Hill of Tara or whatever. Stupid shit.
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English is a cute little language and all but how can anyone take it seriously when it uses a "v" for bh and mh sounds
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There's not an Irish person alive who can pronounce l'Occitane & they do well enough
Can we give over with this colonial self-hatred please, Irish isn't some inscrutable senseless language that no one could possibly grasp and Irish people are well able to get used to new things
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Sorry but these are the stances of the Catholic church. We know this.
When you have your child make their Communion, even if you say it's just for a "nice day out" you align your child with this.
This video from St Mary’s Church in Listowel is absolutely shocking….
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In the spirit of "don't forget to also post the good stuff" Bohs took the Palestinian national team to see Glendalough and the book of Kells and it just looks like they're having a ball it's making me misty eyed.
Palestinian joy & resilience via
@bfcdublin
's instagram
The Palestinian women's football team will play their first ever match in Europe this evening when they take part in a friendly fixture at Dublin's Dalymount Park
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Mad to see so much praise for the normal people taking up arms to defend the independence of their country coming from Irish people who usually say they just could never get on board with Sinn Féin's "dark past"
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"Kneecap are promoting sectarianism and hate!"
Literally Kneecap: we should unite the working class, both unionist and republican
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If your Irish republicanism doesn't look like this you're a poser, go & shite
Irish Republican poster issued during the Troubles (1988) showing a map of Ireland with images celebrating international struggles in North America, Palestine, Central America and South Africa.
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Please don't drink in fucking Wetherspoons
Wetherspoons has sent out a briefing on Coronavirus and has made clear that even if employees are in quarantine by orders of the Government, that they will still not receive sick pay from day one.
The company is forcing workers to choose between public health and making rent.
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I know I say I miss the pub, but I don't want June 2020 pub, I miss February 2020 pub, do you get what I mean
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Tell me are ye still living out foreign? Belgium is it? Isn't that great for you. And ye like it over there?
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Going through some old stuff and found this gorgeous snap of my Auntie Nóilín on her honeymoon in Conamara in '81 ♥️
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In the country of:
Women locked in laundries, abused, their children stolen, & denied redress
We worship sportsmen (plural) accused of vicious sexual assault
Admitted attackers of women are let out on €200 bail
you're suggesting an app to solve the treatment of women
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How do I explain to my foreign colleagues that my country has lots its pet dolphin and it is quite important
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I love that Eoin Ó Broin is like "so lads there's an acute housing crisis so I'll just head on and be Minister for Housing, giz a bell when youse build a government around me"
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Love to see rapists cry big fat tears
Camera man should’ve followed/chased him like an episode of Maury
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Sorry but you have drank the colonial koolaid (soup) if you think Irish people need to apologise for resenting our oppressors when the country is still partitioned in big hairy 2022
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A BRIT WANTS TO TALK ABOUT REPARATIONS
A BRIT
I'm not a fan of reparations for the sins of past generations. But when this is all over, amid the terrible human suffering that is now inevitable, is there not a case for demanding some sort of reparations from the Chinese government?
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I love the casual horror of Irish folklore. Like we've a shrieking immortal woman who heralds imminent death and blinds anyone who looks upon her, and when it comes up in conversation someone will yawn and be like "yeah my uncle heard one and woke up with his hair turned white"
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I'm actually embarrassed for the people pretending not to be able to read this banner
You KNOW that this banner addresses England, the country, the colonial power, and not individual English people. You know this, you just don't like Sinn Féin so you pretend it's something else.
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@SophieBenson_
@aoifur
This is such a weird "gotcha" for them to latch onto, like you do not have to be poor to hate Balfour?? It is actually very normal and copped on for anyone to hate Balfour!
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I hope this election, if nothing else, exposes how we've been conditioned by capitalist politicians to believe that Ireland (the fifth wealthiest nation) can't afford or doesn't deserve the services that our neighbours have and take for granted.
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I've no good reason for it but when english people say "pudding" instead of "dessert" it makes me want to vomit
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I'm sick of these parody accounts, like can you imagine seeing this and then you come to Dublin thinking you've to pay on to the Luas
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Why does everyone pretend IUDs are chill and fine but nearly all the people I know personally with them are like "yeah worst pain of my life, I fainted and then I had five months of cramps and nine months of bleeding"
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Look at this perfect little enamel pin I found in Place du jeu de balle
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Sharing this specifically for my fellow young white Irish people on here who I've seen say that Ireland isn't racist, it's not like in America, the Gardaí aren't like that, it wouldn't happen here, etc
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@DnzOny
@RealThunderClap
@estherrjohnson
Hey FYI there was a system of indentured servitude for the Irish, not chattel slavery like Africans suffered. It was for a set number of years & neither servant nor their children were "owned" by masters in perpetuity. Irish slaves is a myth used to discredit the Black struggle.
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Sorry but there isn't two sides to it. We're seeing one wealthy, heavily armed, fully militarised extension of western imperialism carrying out genocide on a captive population, don't talk to me about a two state "solution"
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I was in getting my eyelashes done yesterday and the beautician set her dog up on this little chair because she likes to watch
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Super normal photo choice here lads wtf
RTE opens door to Mary Lou McDonald being included in final TV debate
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My primary school teacher asked the class who was physically stronger, boys or girls. When everyone agreed boys were he made us all do this to show a) girls are not automatically weaker and b) concepts like "strength" depend completely on how you're measuring it
Men have higher centers of gravity than women. It's more in their upper body and for women it's in their hips.
That’s why most men cannot not do the chair lifting experiment
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Do you ever put a wash on and get smug like "ugh look at me, so on top of things, that's just going to tip away in the background" and then before you know it's time to hang it out and you're absolutely raging
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But why do you as a 27 year old man wish to have sex with a 17 year old child
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English people being scandalised by the singing of the EXTREMELY well known chant of "ooh ah up the 'ra" is one thing...but Irish people? Where have you been to be surprised by this
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When I give out about brits I never mean scousers, they're different
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In Ancient Ireland all male "donkeys" (asail) were named Donncha, a herd of male donkeys referred to as "Donnchaí"
When the Celts introduced the animal to britain in the 1810s, locals misunderstood this naming convention and this is where the word "donkey" comes from
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Someone tried to have that incredibly boring "why aren't Irish names pronounced how they're spelled" conversation with me and fully doubled down until I asked him how Chloé would be pronounced if he also insisted on forcing the rules of the English onto French names
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Why does no one outside of Ireland grasp how important this distinction is
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Men: you have a friend or acquaintance who talks about women in a way that makes you uncomfortable, or who talks to them in a way that makes you uneasy. You wouldn't leave a female friend or sister alone with probably. Maybe you tell yourself you're not REALLY friends with him.
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Two girls just stopped me on my road to ask me if I thought the area was safe because they're just after viewing an apartment and they want another woman's opinion on how safe it is and can I just applaud the level of cop on, they'll go far
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Do not let Zionists conflate Zionism with Judaism. Antizionism is not antisemitism and you can't give an inch to that false equivalence.
It's not about different cultures/religions, it's a colonising force and those resisting being wiped out and replaced in their own home
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Where's that thread of the best Irish nicknames because I want to propose a cultural exchange with Mexico, look at the comments on this tiktok
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Today a woman in work asked me "You said you speak Irish AND English. Is there a difference?", a chara do you know what "and" means???
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If I do ever seize power I'm going to ban the spelling of Seán as Shaun. I just think it's ugly.
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People whose whole "thing" is hating the Irish language: where do you wish you were from and why is it britain
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Why are we accepting "pspspspss" at the cat noise. This is fake news. The cat noise is psshhwwsshhsswhh, you all know it.
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Omg so cute and twee and charming haha brits have to have tea! Even when they're shooting civilians in the back!
British Army tanks have been equipped with tea making facilities since 1945.
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Very beside the point here but don't give me "Irish is a dead language" when it's relevant enough to get specifically banned from protests in Germany
So funny that hundreds of people tried to tell me we were lying, but here is the police confirming exactly what we’ve been saying
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Good to know people from Galway would survive nuclear war
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The woman who served me at the post office saw I was sending bits to Ireland and she goes "omg my sister is there right now and she's sending me photos of your famous post office" and shows me a whatsapp chat full of pics of the GPO what a pair
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Did you know that the english tried to get geographical protection status for cheddar but were refused because most cheddar is actually produced in Ireland
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Having to be careful around new non-Irish friends and make sure they understand that I AM an atheist but will call myself a Catholic in some circumstances and also wear a Celtic cross but it's not Like That
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A reminder that Palestine has one of the youngest populations in the world (with a median age of 17 in Gaza), meaning that every time israelis attack them they do so fully intending to murder children
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"I'm going to pair this with a knit" you are going to wear a jumper. What are we doing
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Did you know there are fellas at the Eiffel tower with big bunches of like 30 heart shaped balloons charging influencers €15 to get a pic holding them
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I would love to see women and girls flood the replies on topics straight men care about with "who??" and "how is this news?" tweets but alas as a group we seem to have better things to do
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Why are the girlbosses not going nuts for Michelle O'Neill the way they do for American politicians
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Me going home for a visit wearing what I think is a nice and stylish outfit
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At this stage in the pandemic I don't understand why we're expected to be brokenhearted for people who want 400 people at a wedding they planned during a plague
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I'm listening to an American crime podcast and they're talking about how it was apparently a HUGE red flag that someone at a funeral was upset at one point but chatty and having a good time later in the evening, like have you never been to a funeral
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The problem is men talking I knew it
QR codes and clean hands are a great performance of virus safety, but ventilation is key.
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You going to tell me this is a normal fucking country that has its children do this
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Makes this country proud every day, him and his lovely daughter Maura
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I was once on a date for three hours before I got impatient and said "I think you should probably ask me something about myself at this stage" and he went "why? OH YEAH uh...so what are you studying?"
I was not a student
it’s here! the story that broke my DMs: on the depressing phenomenon of men who ask their dates zero questions
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An dtuigeann sibh mé nuair a deirim go mbíonn Éireannaigh thar lear agus *Éireannaigh Thar Lear*, an ndéanann sé sin ciall
Cé atá fágtha amach agam?
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Why are we doing this?? The aubergine has skin for this very purpose
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There's an American girl at this café chatting up a fella, trying to work out how to change her whole interailing itinerary to line up with his and saying her friend is going to be so angry with her, I feel like I'm back in time watching the atom bomb be invented
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Do youse think "spooky" comes from "púcaí"?? More importantly do you think we could get away with claiming it
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Oh my god please...no...we were not taught the "wrong" thing in school re: spring starts on the 1st of February this is CULTURAL DIFFERENCE
Other countries count the seasons differently but we are not automatically wrong for having our own system??
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That awful yoke Chris Pratt put on instagram about his wife and how he loves her because she "gave him" a healthy child was already bad and just gets weirder now that people are noting that he already has a child and that child has severe health issues
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Does anyone know the origin story of this blood feud between country people and front doors
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