Irish History Test

[huckleberryhound]

They fought for land that was rightfully theirs and I respect them immensely for doing so and regret that the Scots did not do the same.

What are you on about, the Scots fought. The only difference is they lost.

History FAIL.

 

[IrishBerserker]

They fought for land that was rightfully theirs and I respect them immensely for doing so and regret that the Scots did not do the same.

What are you on about, the Scots fought. The only difference is they lost.

History FAIL.

Oh, bugger off.

William Wallace, the Scottish Wars of Independence, any of that ring a bell.

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Edit: Alright, I admit, I was wrong, they did win but the point still stands - They fought.

and next time, how 'bout you tell me WHY I'm wrong, instead of just putting History Fail.

 

[rs2000]

That the Pouges were original called Pouge Mahone which is Irish Gaelic for kiss my arse

 

[clankwise]

Well im cuban but ill try. small villages then three kingdoms one was named ulster during medieval time. Years of fighting with english. England took over Ireland making great britin. Years of oppression and trying to convert irish to protestant. Great potato famine during 1800s. Reveloution and rebel groups. Ireland granted freedom. Ireland has huge civil war. Northen ireland stays with england. This is all i know sorry if i messed up.

 

[rs2000]

Níl fhios agam aon rud faoi Éire. Aon rud air bith...

Stuff like this is why i dislike my parents for not teaching me Gaelic.
(I wouldn't mind but they speak it in there daily lives)

Most Irish people can barely speak any though, despite being taught since we were 6. It's quite astounding really, how terribly it's taught in school. I learnt about 95% from going to the gaelteacht (irish only speaking summer colleges) for 3 weeks a year for 4 years.

I speak better Irish than most people i know, but I'm really bad at it now... (though i still call myself bilingual to look cool.)

I do find it strange that you wouldn't know any with Irish speaking parents, maybe they have that inherent Irish laziness too?

I'm British & one of my friends is from Isle Of Mann & she can speak Manx Gaelic really well, both her parents are from Manx.

 

[ejb626]

I remember that Brian Boru was the guy that led the Irish against the Vikings thats about it though, oh and Micheal Collins the leader of the Irish Republican Army was assasinated and no one knows who did it. The capital is Dublin, another one of the major cities is Cork I beleive what else...the Giant's Causeway is one of the main tourist attractions it was formally inhabited by the Celts. Oh speaking of the Celts another Irish historical figure was Queen Boudica who led them against the Romans. The main languages are English and Gaelic

Thats what I know of the top of me head and I'm a "stupid yank" according to several European trolls I've seen. I have an Irish friend though.

 

[dont_blink]

it's depressing because i'm from ireland and i dont know any more than anyone has posted here...

history fail =D

Níl fhios agam aon rud faoi Éire. Aon rud air bith...

Stuff like this is why i dislike my parents for not teaching me Gaelic.
(I wouldn't mind but they speak it in there daily lives)

Most Irish people can barely speak any though, despite being taught since we were 6. It's quite astounding really, how terribly it's taught in school. I learnt about 95% from going to the gaelteacht (irish only speaking summer colleges) for 3 weeks a year for 4 years.

I speak better Irish than most people i know, but I'm really bad at it now... (though i still call myself bilingual to look cool.)

I do find it strange that you wouldn't know any with Irish speaking parents, maybe they have that inherent Irish laziness too?

I'm British & one of my friends is from Isle Of Mann & she can speak Manx Gaelic really well, both her parents are from Manx.

i love how only foreign people call Irish Gaelic... gaelic is a sport here XD

 

[That's Funny]

Ummmm, some of the best writers came from Ireland.

That's all I know sorry.

 

[huckleberryhound]

it's depressing because i'm from ireland and i dont know any more than anyone has posted here...

history fail =D

Níl fhios agam aon rud faoi Éire. Aon rud air bith...

Stuff like this is why i dislike my parents for not teaching me Gaelic.
(I wouldn't mind but they speak it in there daily lives)

Most Irish people can barely speak any though, despite being taught since we were 6. It's quite astounding really, how terribly it's taught in school. I learnt about 95% from going to the gaelteacht (irish only speaking summer colleges) for 3 weeks a year for 4 years.

I speak better Irish than most people i know, but I'm really bad at it now... (though i still call myself bilingual to look cool.)

I do find it strange that you wouldn't know any with Irish speaking parents, maybe they have that inherent Irish laziness too?

I'm British & one of my friends is from Isle Of Mann & she can speak Manx Gaelic really well, both her parents are from Manx.

i love how only foreign people call Irish Gaelic... gaelic is a sport here XD

Au contraire. Only Irish people call Gaelic "Irish". Gaelic comes from central europe, and is spoken all over the brittish isles in various pockets.

 

[wildpeaks]

All I know from ireland is that the word's colors are [mostly] yellow, blue and red. Which is pretty useless.

Pretend I'm not here, I'm just a figment of your imagination.

 

[dont_blink]

Níl fhios agam aon rud faoi Éire. Aon rud air bith...

Stuff like this is why i dislike my parents for not teaching me Gaelic.
(I wouldn't mind but they speak it in there daily lives)

Most Irish people can barely speak any though, despite being taught since we were 6. It's quite astounding really, how terribly it's taught in school. I learnt about 95% from going to the gaelteacht (irish only speaking summer colleges) for 3 weeks a year for 4 years.

I speak better Irish than most people i know, but I'm really bad at it now... (though i still call myself bilingual to look cool.)

I do find it strange that you wouldn't know any with Irish speaking parents, maybe they have that inherent Irish laziness too?

I'm British & one of my friends is from Isle Of Mann & she can speak Manx Gaelic really well, both her parents are from Manx.

i love how only foreign people call Irish Gaelic... gaelic is a sport here XD

Au contraire. Only Irish people call Gaelic "Irish". Gaelic comes from central europe, and is spoken all over the brittish isles in various pockets.

but irish gaelic is different from scottish gaelic et c.
i think we were making the same point though =P it's just funny because i've never heard of the irish gaelic language referred to as "gaelic" by an irish person. it's just known as Irish,is all. or gaeilge, i guess

 

[darth gditch]

hmmm, I'm afraid I don't know a whole lot. I think at one point the Romans may have called the island Hibernia. In 1169, the English invaded..........starting a fairly continuous war/unrest/rivalry/partnership. And, um, became an independent republic in 1923, I think. During the 17th and 18th century Irish Catholic ex patriots fought for various Catholic European armies against Protestant British interests. Was neutral in WWII. That's about it.

 

[Pegghead]

Well there was a potato famine...and they invented guiness...celtic folk?

I haven't got a fucking clue, and is it just me or does it seem like the Irish feel the need to make themselves known on the escapist. I'm not saying it's bad it's just that there are so many threads dedicated to the Irish so they can talk about Ireland and make the non-Irish feel unwelcome.

 

[huckleberryhound]

Níl fhios agam aon rud faoi Éire. Aon rud air bith...

Stuff like this is why i dislike my parents for not teaching me Gaelic.
(I wouldn't mind but they speak it in there daily lives)

Most Irish people can barely speak any though, despite being taught since we were 6. It's quite astounding really, how terribly it's taught in school. I learnt about 95% from going to the gaelteacht (irish only speaking summer colleges) for 3 weeks a year for 4 years.

I speak better Irish than most people i know, but I'm really bad at it now... (though i still call myself bilingual to look cool.)

I do find it strange that you wouldn't know any with Irish speaking parents, maybe they have that inherent Irish laziness too?

I'm British & one of my friends is from Isle Of Mann & she can speak Manx Gaelic really well, both her parents are from Manx.

i love how only foreign people call Irish Gaelic... gaelic is a sport here XD

Au contraire. Only Irish people call Gaelic "Irish". Gaelic comes from central europe, and is spoken all over the brittish isles in various pockets.

but irish gaelic is different from scottish gaelic et c.
i think we were making the same point though =P it's just funny because i've never heard of the irish gaelic language referred to as "gaelic" by an irish person. it's just known as Irish,is all. or gaeilge, i guess

The difference is in pronunciaiton, not spelling. Like accents in English.

Same thing really. Ireland bases a lot of it's tourism trade on the whole Oirish thing...hence they misspell the word Crack and pretend it's an Irish word.

 

[More Fun To Compute]

Uhm.

A man called Patrick introduced Christanity to the country by charming snakes and this religion has caused much merriment and joyful feelings of brotherhood in that particular land.

Before Christianity they believed in Fairies and Leprechauns or some shit. What a bunch of maroons.

Like the English they spent a lot of time losing to the Danish. Unlike the English they didn't lose to the Romans so the Irish version of Time Team must be really shit since they don't dig up any mosaics or vomitoriums.

To bring Ireland into the modern age, their main exports are comedians and theme pubs.

 

[SantoUno]

Surprise surprise Furburt didn't post on first page.

I wouldn't mind learning some Irish history, simply because I'm sick of this country's. Fuck history, it's useless, history of other countries are what interest me.

 

[Necrofudge]

All I know is that northern Ireland caused problems in the 1970s with its political status or something (don't care enough to read up on it). and theres booze.

 

[punkrocker27]

Willam Fuckin Wallace

Oh and House of Pain made a hit song

nuff sad said

 

[IrishBerserker]

Willam Fuckin Wallace

Oh and House of Pain made a hit song

nuff sad said

William Wallace was Scottish, dude, not Irish.

 

[stone0042]

I actually know a shitload, I've been to Ireland. I was pissed when I had to leave it's a great place.

OT: No drinking age!!!

We do, it's 18.

That been changed recently, because when I visited at 13 years old I was allowed to buy a bottle of scotch to bring home for my family