That's the problem with Ratoath, a suburb of Blanchardstown and Ashbourne, a suburb of Finglas. The kids are ccurcchies but the parents are raising them as Dubs.It depends. Are the kids wearing Dublin jerseys?
I thought they were all just vegan protestants.And I thought people from Greystones were sandpeople not culchies.
It's pointless to fight against the inevitable. If they grow up in the country then they'll be Culchies.So they may not be culchies, it may be an annexation by Dublin...
Do you go home (back down the country) for Christmas?I was born in Holles St and then whisked off to home which was a in a large midlands town, moved to Dublin when I was 14 and always considered myself a country person even though I've lived in Dublin for last 40 odd years.
Happy with either but I consider myself a country person first, good to know there's an arbitrator on such matters though but I'll be appealing your ruling to the appropriate ombudsmanIf not you're a Dub. That's good news!
Is he from inside or outside the pale I suspect he is a Jackeen, if you google jackeen it will trow up self-assertive worthless fellow ,I colleague from Dublin who now lives in Ratoath took umbrage when it was pointed out to him that his children are culchies.
Jackeen means little Englander. The jack being a derived from the Union Jack (really called the Union Flag, it has to be flying on a Royal Navy ship to be a Union Jack). A well spoken Jackeen, or indeed one whom eats with their mouth closed, could be described as a West Brit. A Culchie who can breath with their mouth closed, while being a curiosity in their own right, is probably also a West Brit. They are generally old money and live in Kildare, Tipperary and the better parts of Meath (they also live in Cork but from aa sociological point of view that's a different country).Is he from inside or outside the pale I suspect he is a Jackeen, if you google jackeen it will trow up self-assertive worthless fellow ,
Yes, but that's grand.It can be hard on when he was growing up a common word was eegit his Children never use eegit but have a new word Deontas,
I beg to differ. A product of the Mammy & Daddy who were culchies but also a boy delivered in the Rotunda. I've never been able to live down being born on DNS but dragged up in civilisation.A Dub, on the other hand, doesn't have to born in Dublin
When he mentions the hill his children think he is on about Castletown which really annoys him,Ratoath is culchie land. The issue here is that you have an immigrant from the Pale refusing to accept and acknowledge the culture and refinement of Meath. So he is not a culchie but his kids are card carrying members who will grow up shouting for the Royal County
Irelands oldest town that thinks it’s a city.As a resident of Waterford, Irelands oldest city
Dublin a funny old place, remember hearing about the Northside Southside divide only to find it a very real thing.
While you may be correct that's not in the spirit of this thread. We're here trying to reinforce stereotypes and make sweeping generalisations. Stop being factual. Imagine you're at a meeting with Trump... okay, go!Actually it's a hell of a lot more complicated and nuanced than that. Granted the north inner city is more gritty than the south city - but head out further and it's a different story altogether. Residents of leafy (and very expensive) Clontarf would look down their noses at Sandymount, while Howth, Sutton and Malahide etc more than equal the likes of Monkstown, Sandycove and Dalkey - only with better beaches.
And good luck trying to buy a house in Glasnevin these days...think Terenure prices - or would you prefer Dolphin's Barn?!
In truth it's largely a coastal thing...apart from the red-bricked Edwardian builds of the mature inner suburbs on either side of the Liffey which are fairly equal these days.
As someone who was forcibly moved to Greystones for his teenage years, I can fully empathise with that personThe discussion then broadened out and another person who is from Gerystones in Wicklow struggled to accept that they are also a culchie.
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