Replying To points50swiththeargyllsonthewrongfeet: "When I lived in Foxrock, every year, Foxrock put on a fete (very English) for Foxrock "village". Every year, they put up red, white and blue bunting. It was like being back up home around the 12th lol. Everyone in the Gables wine bar read the Daily Telegraph, and spoke with faux English accents. West Briton is not an insult (unless you think being British is bad), it's merely an accurate description of a rich Irish minority who view Irishness and Ireland with a discreet contempt."
Nothing new there, that's how the Dubs became known as the "Jackeens". A good auld country woman got a bit annoyed with all the Union Jacks flying in the city to welcome queen Vic to Dublin and her famous put down to the locals was "Ye and your f****ng jackeens" meaning union jacks of course.
Replying To MillerX: "Nothing new there, that's how the Dubs became known as the "Jackeens". A good auld country woman got a bit annoyed with all the Union Jacks flying in the city to welcome queen Vic to Dublin and her famous put down to the locals was "Ye and your f****ng jackeens" meaning union jacks of course."
Replying To DUBJOHN: "Says the man from the Royal County !!!"
I think to be fair to Meath ( not an expression I use often) the Royal in this instance relates to the Kings of Ireland, and does not relate to anything across the Irish sea.