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09-11-2007, 08:28 PM
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Useless facts about Ireland
. . .the colour of the flag of Dublin is blue,not green, with the harp.
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09-11-2007, 08:31 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by SWTXBelle
. . .the colour of the flag of Dublin is blue,not green, with the harp.
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I didn't know Dublin had a flag (not a Dubliner). My people are from the south and west (Clare, Mayo, Tipperary mostly.)
And I can hijack my own thread if I want to.
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09-11-2007, 08:33 PM
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Let's really hijack it
Don't most of the counties have their own "colours"??
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09-11-2007, 08:37 PM
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First of all, are you British or Irish? (Wondering because of the spelling of "colours" )
I don't know if the counties do or not - they very well might. I've studied a lot about culture and music and also political and religious history, but I've never concentrated on the counties. I'll need to look up my counties and see. We just hang the old Irish flag at our house - the green with the gold harp and gold fringe.
ETA: Yes they do have flags! I didn't realize that the stickers on the cars there were the county flags.
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Last edited by irishpipes; 09-11-2007 at 08:40 PM.
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09-11-2007, 08:40 PM
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Really, really southern - and taught with British spelling and numbers ( I cross my 7s, for example).
I was in Ireland about a month ago, and noticed that the different counties would have banners in what our guide told us were their colours. I just figured as our resident expert in all things Irish you might know.
And speaking of harps - of course Guiness uses the harp, and has one of Carolan's at the St. James Gate Storehouse.
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09-11-2007, 08:44 PM
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Oh gosh - not the expert. A few GC posters have lived over there. I've only visted the old sod. My username just stems from the fact that I am a singer and used to sing Irish folk music. ("Pipes" being singer slang for lungs/vocal cords.) I do have great interest in many Irish things since my mom's family is from there, but I'm not an expert.
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09-11-2007, 08:50 PM
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Irish music
My father was in a folk group in the 60s, I sang at Renfairs and various festivals, and my sister and brother were in Paisley Close. Sister was lead singer for Gordian Knot back in the day . .. small, small Celtic music world!
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