I've no time for this oul North/South divide thing myself.

Ulsterman (Antrim) - Posts: 9816 - 17/03/2009 23:26:41    233921

a bit, first thing to spring to mind is the "US" referred to in the song would be scotland, did i miss something glaringly obvious???

dhorse (Laois) - Posts: 11374 - 17/03/2009 23:37:14    233932

Ulsterman
County: Antrim
Posts: 293

233921 I've no time for this oul North/South divide thing myself.

Same here, i have friends that live in clontarf

dhorse (Laois) - Posts: 11374 - 17/03/2009 23:38:41    233933

corkcelt
County: Cork
Posts: 329

233686
patrique I must say you continue to intrigue me as you gradually reveal details of your curriculum vitae. Along with your other attributes I now realise you are a traditional Musician with the ability to chastise "about 40 unruly Neds" who disagree with your musical taste. No doubt when I am next in Belfast I will have little problem finding you, you will be the one wearing your underpants on the outside of your trousers. Hmmmm Superman or Walter Mitty? I wonder.

17/03/2009 21:22:07




Superman, big Charlie. I just give the orders.

patrique (Antrim) - Posts: 13709 - 18/03/2009 01:52:59    233957

whats it matter anyway,spl is as good as watching paint dry

Duffy89 (Wexford) - Posts: 3320 - 18/03/2009 08:59:54    233968

Duffy89
County: Wexford
Posts: 421

233968
whats it matter anyway,spl is as good as watching paint dry


You could be watching the premiership, officially the most boring league with a record 33 0-0 draws to date this season, as everyone now plays 4-5-1 which in reality is 6-3-1.

patrique (Antrim) - Posts: 13709 - 18/03/2009 13:50:37    234131

Greengrass
County: Louth
Posts: 87

233865 Corkcelt, I have a lot of time for Celtic myself. Have to say you take the whole thing far too seriously. Singing songs about Celtic in a Cork pub leaves me wondering have you nothing better to do. Sad. I'd sooner sing songs about a really great team like Portumna. By the way mock not the Horse. Top poster on this site.

Lay off the agreeing with me greengrass, when 2 or more people end up agreeing on something they know very little about it usually ends up being a religion or a political party, neither of which i have any truck with

dhorse (Laois) - Posts: 11374 - 18/03/2009 19:53:30    234394

Lads having a few pints with your mates and having a good singing session is a first class way to spend your evening particularly after watching Celtic beating the Huns. I realise I haven't drawn too much popular support, with Greengrass, dhorse, hipster, Duffy69 sorry 89 and patrique joining forces. But fighting against the odds never bothered me before and it won't now. If you are not part of it you won't appreciate what I'm talking about. Have a good life boys HAIL HAIL COME ON THE CELTS.

corkcelt (Cork) - Posts: 4388 - 18/03/2009 20:13:23    234411

18/03/2009 20:13:23
corkcelt
County: Cork
Posts: 337

234411
Lads having a few pints with your mates and having a good singing session is a first class way to spend your evening particularly after watching Celtic beating the Huns.


Oh dear? Were you the lad outside Croke Park that Day?

patrique (Antrim) - Posts: 13709 - 18/03/2009 20:52:48    234444

Agreed, any other songs from the repertoire????

dhorse (Laois) - Posts: 11374 - 18/03/2009 21:16:40    234462

Another hilarious insightful post from the pretentious patrique. dhorse plenty of them son, how about "The Gunner Magee" the pride of The Longford Militia. I'll let you know when the next session is on and you can come and join us. I know the Skehard Road well. I assume you know that Flower Lodge is now Pairc Ui Rinn. Re the Cork Laois game. You are right about size, present Cork Team are the biggest squad of lads we've ever had. We also hammered Kerry in under 21's so there is a bit of hope. Laois producing good under age teams as well, saw ye beat Kildare and wasn't it only 2 years ago we beat ye in a final that we should never have won. Hopefully the talent will come through for ye.

corkcelt (Cork) - Posts: 4388 - 18/03/2009 21:30:03    234469

Lighten up Horse. If I have reason to disagree with you, don't worry I will.

Greengrass (Louth) - Posts: 6178 - 19/03/2009 17:47:20    235033

Corkcelt why do celtic fans call rangers 'the huns'? Ive heard it a few times

I know British soldiers called German soldiers 'huns' in WWI, or surely its not a reference to Attila the Hun...

bad.monkey (USA) - Posts: 4649 - 19/03/2009 18:11:26    235060

As far as I know the British calling the Germans Huns does go back to Attilla the Hun. I am not certain how the name got tagged on to Rangers. There are various theories . The most likely is in the pre-war period, the German National team was generally shunned. But they did get to play a game at Ibrox, Rangers home ground and apparently the Swastika was flown there officially at that game. In general terms the Celtic supporters do accuse Rangers supporters of being fascist so it could have also developed from there.

corkcelt (Cork) - Posts: 4388 - 19/03/2009 20:21:10    235162

bad.monkey County: USA Posts: 956 Corkcelt why do celtic fans call rangers 'the huns'? Ive heard it a few times I know British soldiers called German soldiers 'huns' in WWI, or surely its not a reference to Attila the Hun... __________________________________ The of the origins of the term 'hun' in reference to rangers supporters came from a quote in a newspaper in England after rangers fans rioted while in Newcastle for a game when it was said "they came over the border like a hoard of maurading hun's". That was in 1969 and the term is as appropriate now as it was then.

monaghan_ultra (None) - Posts: 213 - 19/03/2009 20:42:59    235181

corkcelt County: Cork Posts: 347 235162 As far as I know the British calling the Germans Huns does go back to Attilla the Hun. I am not certain how the name got tagged on to Rangers. There are various theories . The most likely is in the pre-war period, the German National team was generally shunned. But they did get to play a game at Ibrox, Rangers home ground and apparently the Swastika was flown there officially at that game. In general terms the Celtic supporters do accuse Rangers supporters of being fascist so it could have also developed from there. Never knew that. Amazing. In N.Ireland "hun" is a derogatory term for protestant. I explained all of this the other day but it was censored.

patrique (Antrim) - Posts: 13709 - 19/03/2009 21:01:21    235219

As I said at the start I am not sure where it started, equally I am not sure whether referring to Protestants in the North as Huns came from Rangers fans being called Huns or the other way around.

corkcelt (Cork) - Posts: 4388 - 19/03/2009 21:54:46    235286

corkcelt County: Cork Posts: 350 234469 Another hilarious insightful post from the pretentious patrique. dhorse plenty of them son, how about "The Gunner Magee" the pride of The Longford Militia. I'll let you know when the next session is on and you can come and join us. I know the Skehard Road well. I assume you know that Flower Lodge is now Pairc Ui Rinn. Re the Cork Laois game. You are right about size, present Cork Team are the biggest squad of lads we've ever had. We also hammered Kerry in under 21's so there is a bit of hope. Laois producing good under age teams as well, saw ye beat Kildare and wasn't it only 2 years ago we beat ye in a final that we should never have won. Hopefully the talent will come through for ye. been in Pairc ui rinn a few times. gunner magee was obviouisly a pacifist, was he a celtic player/fan?? i see form another post your 50 years following hurling, the old folks you had the sing song with at W/E must have been fairly long in the tooth so

dhorse (Laois) - Posts: 11374 - 19/03/2009 23:05:21    235355

Monaghan Ultra,

In my youth before I became sensible I sang Celtic songs, and the word "huns" appeared in many, well before that game against Newcastle, or the brave battle the republican Rangers fans put up in Barcelona against Franco's fascist police.

patrique (Antrim) - Posts: 13709 - 19/03/2009 23:07:15    235359

there are many variations on the background to this. Interestingly the term is now a disciplinary offence with the staff at celtic park. Since the scottish parliament began to take sectarianism seriously both clubs had moved to erdaicate a lot of stuff. How serious they are is a debate for another day. However, Rangers have given life bans to 2,000 supporters since the government introduced legislation. Where it all gets confusing is when west of scotland sectarianism gets mixed in with Irish Republicanism.

realgaa (UK) - Posts: 128 - 20/03/2009 08:39:35    235439