Poll
Can I modify the poll?
I don't think so. A mod probably can - ask CdM, as he has a boner for Ireland. :P
Your one wasn't very well named. :P
But you did a better job with the poll. :blush:
No, not that one. The other one, those that rejects the accords. McKevitt's thing.
But I can't bring myself to help vote in the third Mary in a row as President.
Do you have to be a natural born citizen of Ireland to run? Or can you be a Kenyan Muslim?
They also need to get nominated by 20 members of the Oireachtas or 4 city/county councils.
Heh I doubt his family are that recent of immigrants. My Irish ancestors came over fairly late and I am fourth generation. Donnegal County represent!
Ulster County here. :ph34r:
Ditto. From what I've heard, the American branch of the family originally came over due to some drama involving nail bats colliding with catholic heads in a pub. The people involved are all dead now, so I can't get any details.
:Embarrass:
I don't know which county though, though I'm pretty sure they came from Ulster itself.
Donnegal is in Ulster Beeb...the Republican part.
It's a geographical region. :angry: The name of the country which takes up most of it is Northern Ireland.
It is a province...there are five traditional provinces of Ireland. Though Leinster appears to have eaten Meath at some point so now there are four I guess.
The King of England did that.
My ignorance or Irish geography has already been exposed - why do you continue to taunt me? :weep:
Just letting you know our ancestors were neighbors. Maybe it is why we look so much alike...maybe we are related *cue scary music*
I'm pretty sure the Cathcarts wouldn't be caught dead fraternizing with papists. It was bad enough my mother married a Uke in the 70s (well no, not really).
Ireland is not very well documented. I am a Genealogist myself.
Someone was able to trace that part of my family as far back as the 1600s or so.
My Ukrainian side, however...
Heck when my Great-Grandfather married an Irish Catholic woman in the 20th century his family boycotted the wedding...though granted they were Southern Baptists in rural Texas.
That is very impressive. You can only go back to the 13th century at the earliest anyway since before then last names hadn't been invented for most people unless you are descended from some line of nobility (which granted almost everybody of British descent is to some extent).
Yes, they are also known as fifths, so Ireland is divided into four fifths :cool:
Dear God. Why would he do such a thing?
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Question: Who would you vote for President of Ireland?
Option 1: 
votes: 4
votes: 4
Option 2: 
votes: 2
votes: 2
Option 3: 
votes: 2
votes: 2
Option 4: 
votes: 3
votes: 3
Option 5: 
votes: 3
votes: 3
Option 6: 
votes: 1
votes: 1
Option 7: 
votes: 4
votes: 4
Title: Who would you vote for President of Ireland?
Post by: Cerr on September 29, 2011, 04:24:00 AM
Post by: Cerr on September 29, 2011, 04:24:00 AM
A fairly diverse range of candidates. Not sure who I'll vote for yet.
Title: Re: Who would you vote for President of Ireland?
Post by: Martinus on September 29, 2011, 04:25:08 AM
Post by: Martinus on September 29, 2011, 04:25:08 AM
Why not post these as pictures rather than links???
Edit: Three of which do not work. You: fail at internet. :rolleyes:
Edit: Three of which do not work. You: fail at internet. :rolleyes:
Title: Re: Who would you vote for President of Ireland?
Post by: Cerr on September 29, 2011, 04:26:41 AM
Post by: Cerr on September 29, 2011, 04:26:41 AM
Quote from: Martinus on September 29, 2011, 04:25:08 AMSorry forget to add the img tags.
Why not post these as pictures rather than links???
Can I modify the poll?
Title: Re: Who would you vote for President of Ireland?
Post by: Martinus on September 29, 2011, 04:27:48 AM
Post by: Martinus on September 29, 2011, 04:27:48 AM
Anyways, I voted for the bearded dude at the top because I know who he is. :cool:
Title: Re: Who would you vote for President of Ireland?
Post by: Martinus on September 29, 2011, 04:28:46 AM
Post by: Martinus on September 29, 2011, 04:28:46 AM
Quote from: Cerr on September 29, 2011, 04:26:41 AMQuote from: Martinus on September 29, 2011, 04:25:08 AMSorry forget to add the img tags.
Why not post these as pictures rather than links???
Can I modify the poll?
I don't think so. A mod probably can - ask CdM, as he has a boner for Ireland. :P
Title: Re: Who would you vote for President of Ireland?
Post by: Cerr on September 29, 2011, 04:29:36 AM
Post by: Cerr on September 29, 2011, 04:29:36 AM
Quote from: Martinus on September 29, 2011, 04:27:48 AMYeah he's very popular with the gay community for some reason. ;)
Anyways, I voted for the bearded dude at the top because I know who he is. :cool:
Title: Re: Who would you vote for President of Ireland?
Post by: Cerr on September 29, 2011, 04:39:49 AM
Post by: Cerr on September 29, 2011, 04:39:49 AM
Quote from: Martinus on September 29, 2011, 04:28:46 AMOk thanks.Quote from: Cerr on September 29, 2011, 04:26:41 AMQuote from: Martinus on September 29, 2011, 04:25:08 AMSorry forget to add the img tags.
Why not post these as pictures rather than links???
Can I modify the poll?
I don't think so. A mod probably can - ask CdM, as he has a boner for Ireland. :P
Title: Re: Who would you vote for President of Ireland?
Post by: CountDeMoney on September 29, 2011, 04:42:00 AM
Post by: CountDeMoney on September 29, 2011, 04:42:00 AM
Considering both Robert Shaw and Richard Harris are dead, my write-in is a Daniel-Day Lewis/Liam Neeson ticket.
Title: Re: Who would you vote for President of Ireland?
Post by: Ideologue on September 29, 2011, 04:50:59 AM
Post by: Ideologue on September 29, 2011, 04:50:59 AM
David Cameron.
Title: Re: Who would you vote for President of Ireland?
Post by: Josquius on September 29, 2011, 04:51:15 AM
Post by: Josquius on September 29, 2011, 04:51:15 AM
But...mine was first :(
Title: Re: Who would you vote for President of Ireland?
Post by: CountDeMoney on September 29, 2011, 05:04:23 AM
Post by: CountDeMoney on September 29, 2011, 05:04:23 AM
#5 looks like a pub brawler with a bad fucking attitude. Got my vote.
Title: Re: Who would you vote for President of Ireland?
Post by: Cerr on September 29, 2011, 05:07:33 AM
Post by: Cerr on September 29, 2011, 05:07:33 AM
Quote from: Tyr on September 29, 2011, 04:51:15 AM:console:
But...mine was first :(
Your one wasn't very well named. :P
But you did a better job with the poll. :blush:
Title: Re: Who would you vote for President of Ireland?
Post by: Richard Hakluyt on September 29, 2011, 05:13:41 AM
Post by: Richard Hakluyt on September 29, 2011, 05:13:41 AM
I'd be tempted to vote for Martin McGuinness but I think he made an error in not participating in the shindig when the Queen visited Ireland. He needs to realise that the English are on the same side as him nowadays and would love to ditch NI if they had a good excuse............he'd have to temporarily forget a lot of history though :hmm:
Title: Re: Who would you vote for President of Ireland?
Post by: Cerr on September 29, 2011, 06:05:46 AM
Post by: Cerr on September 29, 2011, 06:05:46 AM
For those unfamilar with the candidates (in no particular order):
One of the seven is a former Eurovision winner, ex MEP and is a Catholic fundie.
Another is the most well known gay politician in Ireland. They successfully campaigned to decriminalise homosexual acts in Ireland.
A Sinn Féin politician, the current deputy First Minister of Northern Ireland and a former IRA leader.
Is an entrepreneur who is best known as a panellist on the Irish version of Dragon's Den.
A former poet, broadcaster and currently a Labour politician. Was a cabinet minister in a couple of previous governments.
Currently serves as the Managing Director of Special Olympics Europe/Eurasia.
Centre right politician, a member of the most popular party in the country at the moment. Is a MEP and a former cabinet minister.
One of the seven is a former Eurovision winner, ex MEP and is a Catholic fundie.
Another is the most well known gay politician in Ireland. They successfully campaigned to decriminalise homosexual acts in Ireland.
A Sinn Féin politician, the current deputy First Minister of Northern Ireland and a former IRA leader.
Is an entrepreneur who is best known as a panellist on the Irish version of Dragon's Den.
A former poet, broadcaster and currently a Labour politician. Was a cabinet minister in a couple of previous governments.
Currently serves as the Managing Director of Special Olympics Europe/Eurasia.
Centre right politician, a member of the most popular party in the country at the moment. Is a MEP and a former cabinet minister.
Title: Re: Who would you vote for President of Ireland?
Post by: Grey Fox on September 29, 2011, 06:11:08 AM
Post by: Grey Fox on September 29, 2011, 06:11:08 AM
I voted #4, he looks like True IRA to me.
Or is it Reall IRA? :unsure:
Or is it Reall IRA? :unsure:
Title: Re: Who would you vote for President of Ireland?
Post by: Cerr on September 29, 2011, 06:17:13 AM
Post by: Cerr on September 29, 2011, 06:17:13 AM
Quote from: Grey Fox on September 29, 2011, 06:11:08 AMProvisional IRA.
I voted #4, he looks like True IRA to me.
Or is it Reall IRA? :unsure:
Title: Re: Who would you vote for President of Ireland?
Post by: Josquius on September 29, 2011, 06:29:07 AM
Post by: Josquius on September 29, 2011, 06:29:07 AM
The idea of a euroskeptic eurovision winner makes me giggle.
Title: Re: Who would you vote for President of Ireland?
Post by: Grey Fox on September 29, 2011, 06:31:01 AM
Post by: Grey Fox on September 29, 2011, 06:31:01 AM
Quote from: Cerr on September 29, 2011, 06:17:13 AMQuote from: Grey Fox on September 29, 2011, 06:11:08 AMProvisional IRA.
I voted #4, he looks like True IRA to me.
Or is it Reall IRA? :unsure:
No, not that one. The other one, those that rejects the accords. McKevitt's thing.
Title: Re: Who would you vote for President of Ireland?
Post by: Richard Hakluyt on September 29, 2011, 06:37:34 AM
Post by: Richard Hakluyt on September 29, 2011, 06:37:34 AM
I voted for Mary Davis btw, looks like a safe pair of hands, but is she?
Title: Re: Who would you vote for President of Ireland?
Post by: Admiral Yi on September 29, 2011, 06:51:07 AM
Post by: Admiral Yi on September 29, 2011, 06:51:07 AM
Helen Mirren is very sweet looking, but she has to be some kind of no blood for land mines nutter. I wouldn't wish #2 on my worst enemy. The professional wrestler is right out.
That leaves the gray haired suit, #5.
Everybody should be commended for their very nice skin however.
That leaves the gray haired suit, #5.
Everybody should be commended for their very nice skin however.
Title: Re: Who would you vote for President of Ireland?
Post by: Cerr on September 29, 2011, 06:57:43 AM
Post by: Cerr on September 29, 2011, 06:57:43 AM
Quote from: Richard Hakluyt on September 29, 2011, 06:37:34 AMI don't know too much about her tbh. I imagine she would be a fairly safe but dull President.
I voted for Mary Davis btw, looks like a safe pair of hands, but is she?
But I can't bring myself to help vote in the third Mary in a row as President.
Title: Re: Who would you vote for President of Ireland?
Post by: Neil on September 29, 2011, 07:21:30 AM
Post by: Neil on September 29, 2011, 07:21:30 AM
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Title: Re: Who would you vote for President of Ireland?
Post by: Cerr on September 29, 2011, 09:14:14 AM
Post by: Cerr on September 29, 2011, 09:14:14 AM
She's ineligible.
Title: Re: Who would you vote for President of Ireland?
Post by: Malthus on September 29, 2011, 09:19:50 AM
Post by: Malthus on September 29, 2011, 09:19:50 AM
Not one of them looks like the Lucky Charms mascot. :mad:
Title: Re: Who would you vote for President of Ireland?
Post by: Valmy on September 29, 2011, 09:20:20 AM
Post by: Valmy on September 29, 2011, 09:20:20 AM
Quote from: Cerr on September 29, 2011, 09:14:14 AM
She's ineligible.
Do you have to be a natural born citizen of Ireland to run? Or can you be a Kenyan Muslim?
Title: Re: Who would you vote for President of Ireland?
Post by: Valmy on September 29, 2011, 09:20:52 AM
Post by: Valmy on September 29, 2011, 09:20:52 AM
Guy #2 looks like a Notre Dame fan so I voted for him.
Title: Re: Who would you vote for President of Ireland?
Post by: Ideologue on September 29, 2011, 09:21:11 AM
Post by: Ideologue on September 29, 2011, 09:21:11 AM
David Cameron.
Perhaps my troll will work here.
Perhaps my troll will work here.
Title: Re: Who would you vote for President of Ireland?
Post by: Cerr on September 29, 2011, 09:37:17 AM
Post by: Cerr on September 29, 2011, 09:37:17 AM
Quote from: Valmy on September 29, 2011, 09:20:20 AMThey need to be an Irish citizen (I don't think it matters if they're natural born or not) aged 35 or more.Quote from: Cerr on September 29, 2011, 09:14:14 AM
She's ineligible.
Do you have to be a natural born citizen of Ireland to run? Or can you be a Kenyan Muslim?
They also need to get nominated by 20 members of the Oireachtas or 4 city/county councils.
Title: Re: Who would you vote for President of Ireland?
Post by: Richard Hakluyt on September 29, 2011, 09:40:08 AM
Post by: Richard Hakluyt on September 29, 2011, 09:40:08 AM
That would make a lot of British people eligible, they would just need the one Irish grandparent and take Irish citizenship.
In fact.........gasp!.............I think it means that CdM is eligible if he takes up Irish citizenship :cool:
In fact.........gasp!.............I think it means that CdM is eligible if he takes up Irish citizenship :cool:
Title: Re: Who would you vote for President of Ireland?
Post by: Drakken on September 29, 2011, 10:04:51 AM
Post by: Drakken on September 29, 2011, 10:04:51 AM
Presidents of Ireland are useless rubber-stampers, it seems, so any of them or the chair would accomplish the same.
Title: Re: Who would you vote for President of Ireland?
Post by: Valmy on September 29, 2011, 12:13:58 PM
Post by: Valmy on September 29, 2011, 12:13:58 PM
Quote from: Richard Hakluyt on September 29, 2011, 09:40:08 AM
In fact.........gasp!.............I think it means that CdM is eligible if he takes up Irish citizenship :cool:
Heh I doubt his family are that recent of immigrants. My Irish ancestors came over fairly late and I am fourth generation. Donnegal County represent!
Title: Re: Who would you vote for President of Ireland?
Post by: Barrister on September 29, 2011, 12:24:39 PM
Post by: Barrister on September 29, 2011, 12:24:39 PM
Quote from: Valmy on September 29, 2011, 12:13:58 PMQuote from: Richard Hakluyt on September 29, 2011, 09:40:08 AM
In fact.........gasp!.............I think it means that CdM is eligible if he takes up Irish citizenship :cool:
Heh I doubt his family are that recent of immigrants. My Irish ancestors came over fairly late and I am fourth generation. Donnegal County represent!
Ulster County here. :ph34r:
Title: Re: Who would you vote for President of Ireland?
Post by: MadImmortalMan on September 29, 2011, 12:31:34 PM
Post by: MadImmortalMan on September 29, 2011, 12:31:34 PM
Quote from: Barrister on September 29, 2011, 12:24:39 PM
Ulster County here. :ph34r:
Ditto. From what I've heard, the American branch of the family originally came over due to some drama involving nail bats colliding with catholic heads in a pub. The people involved are all dead now, so I can't get any details.
Title: Re: Who would you vote for President of Ireland?
Post by: Richard Hakluyt on September 29, 2011, 12:32:23 PM
Post by: Richard Hakluyt on September 29, 2011, 12:32:23 PM
tsk tsk Beeb, Ulster is a province not a county, it has 9 counties and only 6 of them are in Northern Ireland.
Title: Re: Who would you vote for President of Ireland?
Post by: Barrister on September 29, 2011, 12:33:19 PM
Post by: Barrister on September 29, 2011, 12:33:19 PM
Quote from: Richard Hakluyt on September 29, 2011, 12:32:23 PM
tsk tsk Beeb, Ulster is a province not a county, it has 9 counties and only 6 of them are in Northern Ireland.
:Embarrass:
I don't know which county though, though I'm pretty sure they came from Ulster itself.
Title: Re: Who would you vote for President of Ireland?
Post by: Richard Hakluyt on September 29, 2011, 12:36:35 PM
Post by: Richard Hakluyt on September 29, 2011, 12:36:35 PM
Since we are sharing, my wife's Irish half were catholics from Newry, which is on the county Down and Armagh border.
Title: Re: Who would you vote for President of Ireland?
Post by: BuddhaRhubarb on September 29, 2011, 12:41:11 PM
Post by: BuddhaRhubarb on September 29, 2011, 12:41:11 PM
voted feisty redhead.
Title: Re: Who would you vote for President of Ireland?
Post by: Valmy on September 29, 2011, 01:00:18 PM
Post by: Valmy on September 29, 2011, 01:00:18 PM
Quote from: Barrister on September 29, 2011, 12:33:19 PM
Ulster County here. :ph34r:
Donnegal is in Ulster Beeb...the Republican part.
Title: Re: Who would you vote for President of Ireland?
Post by: Ideologue on September 29, 2011, 01:15:03 PM
Post by: Ideologue on September 29, 2011, 01:15:03 PM
Quote from: Richard Hakluyt on September 29, 2011, 12:32:23 PM
tsk tsk Beeb, Ulster is a province not a county, it has 9 counties and only 6 of them are in Northern Ireland.
It's a geographical region. :angry: The name of the country which takes up most of it is Northern Ireland.
Title: Re: Who would you vote for President of Ireland?
Post by: Valmy on September 29, 2011, 01:27:41 PM
Post by: Valmy on September 29, 2011, 01:27:41 PM
Quote from: Ideologue on September 29, 2011, 01:15:03 PM
It's a geographical region. :angry: The name of the country which takes up most of it is Northern Ireland.
It is a province...there are five traditional provinces of Ireland. Though Leinster appears to have eaten Meath at some point so now there are four I guess.
Title: Re: Who would you vote for President of Ireland?
Post by: MadImmortalMan on September 29, 2011, 01:29:22 PM
Post by: MadImmortalMan on September 29, 2011, 01:29:22 PM
Quote from: Valmy on September 29, 2011, 01:27:41 PM
Though Leinster appears to have eaten Meath at some point so now there are four I guess.
The King of England did that.
Title: Re: Who would you vote for President of Ireland?
Post by: Barrister on September 29, 2011, 01:33:47 PM
Post by: Barrister on September 29, 2011, 01:33:47 PM
Quote from: Valmy on September 29, 2011, 01:00:18 PMQuote from: Barrister on September 29, 2011, 12:33:19 PM
Ulster County here. :ph34r:
Donnegal is in Ulster Beeb...the Republican part.
My ignorance or Irish geography has already been exposed - why do you continue to taunt me? :weep:
Title: Re: Who would you vote for President of Ireland?
Post by: Valmy on September 29, 2011, 01:35:27 PM
Post by: Valmy on September 29, 2011, 01:35:27 PM
Quote from: Barrister on September 29, 2011, 01:33:47 PM
My ignorance or Irish geography has already been exposed - why do you continue to taunt me? :weep:
Just letting you know our ancestors were neighbors. Maybe it is why we look so much alike...maybe we are related *cue scary music*
Title: Re: Who would you vote for President of Ireland?
Post by: Barrister on September 29, 2011, 01:37:47 PM
Post by: Barrister on September 29, 2011, 01:37:47 PM
Quote from: Valmy on September 29, 2011, 01:35:27 PMQuote from: Barrister on September 29, 2011, 01:33:47 PM
My ignorance or Irish geography has already been exposed - why do you continue to taunt me? :weep:
Just letting you know our ancestors were neighbors. Maybe it is why we look so much alike...maybe we are related *cue scary music*
I'm pretty sure the Cathcarts wouldn't be caught dead fraternizing with papists. It was bad enough my mother married a Uke in the 70s (well no, not really).
Title: Re: Who would you vote for President of Ireland?
Post by: Grey Fox on September 29, 2011, 01:38:46 PM
Post by: Grey Fox on September 29, 2011, 01:38:46 PM
Holy hell! Caliga could do the research, quick feed him your ancestors information.
I have Irish ancestors, no idea from where.
I have Irish ancestors, no idea from where.
Title: Re: Who would you vote for President of Ireland?
Post by: Neil on September 29, 2011, 01:40:03 PM
Post by: Neil on September 29, 2011, 01:40:03 PM
Quote from: Cerr on September 29, 2011, 09:14:14 AMShe's your rightful monarch, rebel.
She's ineligible.
Title: Re: Who would you vote for President of Ireland?
Post by: Valmy on September 29, 2011, 01:40:19 PM
Post by: Valmy on September 29, 2011, 01:40:19 PM
Quote from: Grey Fox on September 29, 2011, 01:38:46 PM
Holy hell! Caliga could do the research, quick feed him your ancestors information.
I have Irish ancestors, no idea from where.
Ireland is not very well documented. I am a Genealogist myself.
Title: Re: Who would you vote for President of Ireland?
Post by: Barrister on September 29, 2011, 01:42:33 PM
Post by: Barrister on September 29, 2011, 01:42:33 PM
Quote from: Valmy on September 29, 2011, 01:40:19 PMQuote from: Grey Fox on September 29, 2011, 01:38:46 PM
Holy hell! Caliga could do the research, quick feed him your ancestors information.
I have Irish ancestors, no idea from where.
Ireland is not very well documented. I am a Genealogist myself.
Someone was able to trace that part of my family as far back as the 1600s or so.
My Ukrainian side, however...
Title: Re: Who would you vote for President of Ireland?
Post by: Valmy on September 29, 2011, 01:43:41 PM
Post by: Valmy on September 29, 2011, 01:43:41 PM
Quote from: Barrister on September 29, 2011, 01:37:47 PM
I'm pretty sure the Cathcarts wouldn't be caught dead fraternizing with papists. It was bad enough my mother married a Uke in the 70s (well no, not really).
Heck when my Great-Grandfather married an Irish Catholic woman in the 20th century his family boycotted the wedding...though granted they were Southern Baptists in rural Texas.
Title: Re: Who would you vote for President of Ireland?
Post by: Valmy on September 29, 2011, 01:45:05 PM
Post by: Valmy on September 29, 2011, 01:45:05 PM
Quote from: Barrister on September 29, 2011, 01:42:33 PM
Someone was able to trace that part of my family as far back as the 1600s or so.
My Ukrainian side, however...
That is very impressive. You can only go back to the 13th century at the earliest anyway since before then last names hadn't been invented for most people unless you are descended from some line of nobility (which granted almost everybody of British descent is to some extent).
Title: Re: Who would you vote for President of Ireland?
Post by: Sheilbh on September 29, 2011, 01:51:22 PM
Post by: Sheilbh on September 29, 2011, 01:51:22 PM
No.1. I'd like to vote for Eamon O Cuiv if he were running though.
Title: Re: Who would you vote for President of Ireland?
Post by: Richard Hakluyt on September 29, 2011, 02:08:50 PM
Post by: Richard Hakluyt on September 29, 2011, 02:08:50 PM
Quote from: Valmy on September 29, 2011, 01:27:41 PMQuote from: Ideologue on September 29, 2011, 01:15:03 PM
It's a geographical region. :angry: The name of the country which takes up most of it is Northern Ireland.
It is a province...there are five traditional provinces of Ireland. Though Leinster appears to have eaten Meath at some point so now there are four I guess.
Yes, they are also known as fifths, so Ireland is divided into four fifths :cool:
Title: Re: Who would you vote for President of Ireland?
Post by: Maximus on September 29, 2011, 02:22:41 PM
Post by: Maximus on September 29, 2011, 02:22:41 PM
In honour of this thread I decided to extend the Irish branches of my family tree. So far I have counties Tyrone, Cavan, and Monaghan.
Title: Re: Who would you vote for President of Ireland?
Post by: Barrister on September 29, 2011, 02:25:02 PM
Post by: Barrister on September 29, 2011, 02:25:02 PM
How does a menno wind up having Irish roots? I could understand lots of different countries - Germany, Ukraine, Mexico - but Ireland?
Title: Re: Who would you vote for President of Ireland?
Post by: Maximus on September 29, 2011, 02:51:46 PM
Post by: Maximus on September 29, 2011, 02:51:46 PM
My maternal grandfather joined the Mennonites. He was of old pioneer stock from SE Ontario-Prince Edward and Peterborough counties. Seems to be of Protestant Irish and Loyalist roots.
Title: Re: Who would you vote for President of Ireland?
Post by: Valmy on September 29, 2011, 02:56:53 PM
Post by: Valmy on September 29, 2011, 02:56:53 PM
Quote from: Maximus on September 29, 2011, 02:51:46 PM
My maternal grandfather joined the Mennonites. He was of old pioneer stock from SE Ontario-Prince Edward and Peterborough counties. Seems to be of Protestant Irish and Loyalist roots.
Dear God. Why would he do such a thing?
Title: Re: Who would you vote for President of Ireland?
Post by: Maximus on September 29, 2011, 03:02:13 PM
Post by: Maximus on September 29, 2011, 03:02:13 PM
For a woman.
The Cavan branch of the family tree goes back to Kent, in England, where my great x4 grandfather shares a name and birth year with this guy.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sir_Thomas_Hales,_4th_Baronet (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sir_Thomas_Hales,_4th_Baronet)
The Cavan branch of the family tree goes back to Kent, in England, where my great x4 grandfather shares a name and birth year with this guy.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sir_Thomas_Hales,_4th_Baronet (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sir_Thomas_Hales,_4th_Baronet)
Title: Re: Who would you vote for President of Ireland?
Post by: Ideologue on September 29, 2011, 03:05:20 PM
Post by: Ideologue on September 29, 2011, 03:05:20 PM
Quote from: Valmy on September 29, 2011, 01:27:41 PMQuote from: Ideologue on September 29, 2011, 01:15:03 PM
It's a geographical region. :angry: The name of the country which takes up most of it is Northern Ireland.
It is a province...there are five traditional provinces of Ireland. Though Leinster appears to have eaten Meath at some point so now there are four I guess.
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Title: Re: Who would you vote for President of Ireland?
Post by: Valmy on September 29, 2011, 03:10:45 PM
Post by: Valmy on September 29, 2011, 03:10:45 PM
Even the supporters of William of Orange agree on that :P
Title: Re: Who would you vote for President of Ireland?
Post by: Cerr on September 30, 2011, 11:39:22 AM
Post by: Cerr on September 30, 2011, 11:39:22 AM
Quote from: Sheilbh on September 29, 2011, 01:51:22 PMWhy?
I'd like to vote for Eamon O Cuiv if he were running though.
Title: Re: Who would you vote for President of Ireland?
Post by: Sheilbh on September 30, 2011, 12:51:10 PM
Post by: Sheilbh on September 30, 2011, 12:51:10 PM
Quote from: Cerr on September 30, 2011, 11:39:22 AMI like the idea of de Valera's grandson presiding over the 1916 centenary.Quote from: Sheilbh on September 29, 2011, 01:51:22 PMWhy?
I'd like to vote for Eamon O Cuiv if he were running though.
Title: Re: Who would you vote for President of Ireland?
Post by: The Brain on September 30, 2011, 01:06:47 PM
Post by: The Brain on September 30, 2011, 01:06:47 PM
My God those fuckers are ugly. Will TV reach Ireland soon?