If time travel was possible, this is a moment I would like to go back to.
Hugely underappreciated event
What was happening here? Was there a gigrig set up and Ian Dempsey playing some Wolfe Tone tunes? Can just imagine the crowd in unison singing “oo ah up the RA”
6 short.
Where’s the Nokia sign
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Back then, independence was something to celebrate. Nowdays people throw a tantrum over some girls singing up the ra
Only a few more left.
And it wouldn’t have happened except the Canadians were such cunts to John A Costello on his official visit to Canada. He was supposedly the guest of honour at a state banquet in Ottowa. They were so condescending and insulting to the Irish delegation, even making Cosgrave eat in front of a copy of Roaring Maggie, a canon used in the siege of Derry. Costello was so pissed off, that after the dinner he went straight to the embassy he rang home and said Ireland was leaving the commonwealth and declaring a republic. Imagine what cunts they must have been to make an FG Taoiseach declare a republic?
In name only. It’s the FFG promise – we’ll pretend to be a republic and bollock everyone who disagrees.
32 or nathin
Up the ra…public
Oh, we-o-o
Six to go
Oh, we-o-o
Never gonna let go
May your republic govern forever
Yay!!!
Holy fuck seems like a great time. Would’ve loved an invite.
Sincerely, the other 6 counties.
What’s that sign say? Looks like something Bendigo? Isn’t that a town in Australia?
To be honest I don’t see why this is *all that* significant.
As a self declared thing I think 1916 is more what people look to in terms of when we became a republic.
Or Dev’s constitution in 1937, removing the “free state” bit, oath to the king etc.
In practical terms 1921 is obviously when we achieved independence, no two ways about it.
This to me feels like “government declared something”. Great and all but all of those other things seem more significant.
Seem to be missing 6
I wonder what Cairnes Ale was like
Should post this to r/oldschoolcool
celebrating nothing
It will still always be the Free State.
Added an entry to Wikipedia’s “On This Day” for October 20.
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If time travel was possible, this is a moment I would like to go back to.
Hugely underappreciated event
What was happening here? Was there a gigrig set up and Ian Dempsey playing some Wolfe Tone tunes? Can just imagine the crowd in unison singing “oo ah up the RA”
6 short.
Where’s the Nokia sign
[deleted]
Back then, independence was something to celebrate. Nowdays people throw a tantrum over some girls singing up the ra
Only a few more left.
And it wouldn’t have happened except the Canadians were such cunts to John A Costello on his official visit to Canada. He was supposedly the guest of honour at a state banquet in Ottowa. They were so condescending and insulting to the Irish delegation, even making Cosgrave eat in front of a copy of Roaring Maggie, a canon used in the siege of Derry. Costello was so pissed off, that after the dinner he went straight to the embassy he rang home and said Ireland was leaving the commonwealth and declaring a republic. Imagine what cunts they must have been to make an FG Taoiseach declare a republic?
In name only. It’s the FFG promise – we’ll pretend to be a republic and bollock everyone who disagrees.
32 or nathin
Up the ra…public
Oh, we-o-o
Six to go
Oh, we-o-o
Never gonna let go
May your republic govern forever
Yay!!!
Holy fuck seems like a great time. Would’ve loved an invite.
Sincerely, the other 6 counties.
What’s that sign say? Looks like something Bendigo? Isn’t that a town in Australia?
To be honest I don’t see why this is *all that* significant.
As a self declared thing I think 1916 is more what people look to in terms of when we became a republic.
Or Dev’s constitution in 1937, removing the “free state” bit, oath to the king etc.
In practical terms 1921 is obviously when we achieved independence, no two ways about it.
This to me feels like “government declared something”. Great and all but all of those other things seem more significant.
Seem to be missing 6
I wonder what Cairnes Ale was like
Should post this to r/oldschoolcool
celebrating nothing
It will still always be the Free State.
Added an entry to Wikipedia’s “On This Day” for October 20.
[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/October_20](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/October_20)
Just imagine being there makes the hair on the back of my neck stand up
And not a junkie or scrote in sight. Those were the days eh?
Even though if you read Ireland act it is only described as a Republic