Im Irish AMA

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Did you go to Michael buble last night - frigging amazing!

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There is a leprechaun museum after all

"Seanabhean is ea mise anois go bhfuil cos léi insan uaigh is an chos eile ar a bruach."

Do I get a medal?

Baroness, you get a picture of Peig with a 99.

Ah thanks
Ta an-athas orm, an 99 seo a fhail ar son blah blah blah

Just to point out something - Leprechauns are in fact a protected species. I shit you not. There was a man in Louth who had money and decided to put it into Leprechaun hunting. He put some money under rocks, charged people a fee to come and hunt a leprechaun and he made massive amounts out of it. He now runs a hunt every year and has a museum dedicated to them. He went to the EU officials and got them noted as a protected species so if you do find one, be mindful not to hurt it ;)

All a true story by the way. I will see if I can find a youtube video on it. I have done the tour of the museum and he told us himself he had done it and showed us the proof!

I always think poor Peig gets bad press.
What a life she had, the poor woman, compared to our lives.
A sh*t life and then to be absolutely hated by a generation, vilified at every opportunity.
Am I the only apologist for Peig ever ????

Who or what is Peig? (As you can probably tell, I’m not Irish, or British for that matter, just genuinely —ignorant— interested)

Peig actually had a really interesting life and it's the sort of book I'd enjoy reading now as an adult.
But as a 16 year old, forced to read it through Irish which I'd learned to detest after been badly taught it 5 days a week for 13 years with no choice, I absolutely hated Peig, just seeing her face on the cover of that book sent me into a rage.

... aaand strikethrough fail

SongsOfInnocence Peig was a lady that had a tough life and her life story, told through the Irish language (which was her first language) was a school book on the curriculum.
There is more about her here

I should add that her image has become a stereotype in Ireland (and I don't mean that in a rude way) for an old Irish woman of a certain era.

This is her book & picture

I loathed Peig ....until I spent a month in the Gaeltacht actually seeing the Blaskets, walking the places that she described and seeing where she lived.
After which, I kinda got her life...such a harsh time.
Just like you loan, as an adult, I admire her. But as a 16year old, a lot of it washed over me.

Songs adding to what notWORK says, it's a text that every child for generations had to read.
A bit like, mutual bonding over dissecting King Lear.
We were all traumatised by the language she used (i.e. not basic level Irish)
It's basically survivors' black humour.

Peig is mis lit as Gaeilge.

JaneJeffer I have just wasted the morning watching Republic of Telly and Tommy Tiernan. I have had a good laugh though .

I love those every Irish wedding, funeral, pub, etc. So true! Bernard is hilarious. You have to watch Brigid and Eamonn as well

*Bridget and Eamon

JaneJeffer I've just decked your user name, very appropriate for this thread