We’ve always been told that Cork is a bit special. As the only Dublin cousin of a Cork family, I know how serious the crime of being born in Dublin is viewed by the southern tribe. Forgiveness is rarely mentioned or even entertained; tolerance and pity is the best that such a deracinated creature can expect.
Many years ago, as a seven-year-old, I was sent to Ballyvourney to my cousins when my mother went back to college to do exams. It was bizarre for this suburban Jackeen to be in the company of people who were incomprehensible in two languages. But I struggled on. On my first day in the tiny village school (with one teacher for all ages), my cousin introduced me to the headmaster with the words:
“Muinteor, this is David my cousin. He’s from Dublin.”
The old man didn’t look up from his roll book. He didn’t say something welcoming like — “Dublin, little man? Interesting, welcome to Ballyvourney!”
Without looking at me, he took a drag of his fag and responded:
“Dublin is it? Sure what harm?”
Implying that the poor amadán Jackeen can’t help the awful misfortune that has befallen him, sure we’ll just have to put up with it in the class for a while.
This was my first experience with what we could call Corkonian exceptionalism. It wasn’t my last. Forty years later I still experience the same exceptionalism when I’m reminded regularly by the next generation about the tallest building, the straightest road and the longest building. That’s the thing about Cork. Things that mean the world to them, mean little to the rest of us. It’s like the rules of any club — only club members give a hoot. Is it a sign of confidence or insecurity? I’m not sure. But that’s Cork for you; and the census confirms that Cork is in fact a bit like a club that you rarely leave and are rarely allowed to join.
Cork people leave Cork far less frequently than people from any other county in Ireland. And far fewer outsiders are “encouraged” to move to Cork. It also shows how brave my mother was as a teenager in the 1950s leaving her three sisters, mother and father and heading to Dublin with her suitcase and her dreams.
According to the census, such flightiness is not common. The People’s Republic of Cork is alive and well. Only 16% of Cork people moved county between 2011 and 2016. This compares with 44% of people from Leitrim who moved out of the county in the same period.
For Cork, maybe “Cexit” will be the next big political move in Ireland as the people of Cork democratically cede from the rest of Ireland, forming their own autonomous republic with a hard border, its own currency, the Shandon, which can be exchanged seamlessly for bottles of Tanora, Beamish, Murphys and drisheen. A People’s Republic with customs posts north of Mitchelstown, west of Bantry and east of Youghal could be financed by a Yacht tax imposed on anyone spotted in bright yellow oilskins by officious tax collectors from Kinsale to Baltimore during the summer.
If not hard Cexit than maybe a soft Cexit with an electronic tagging on the M7 the odd time that the locals are forced to travel to Dublin for a match of some sort; although in fairness, they don’t get many such opportunities in recent times.
Whatever about the obstinate Corkmen, who clearly don’t move out of the Rebel County, the rest of us are constantly on the move all around the country. We see extraordinary fluidity in the western countries of Roscommon and Leitrim and nearer to Dublin in the counties of Westmeath, Meath, Kildare and Wicklow. Irish people are on the move at a significant pace and most of us are settling in that giant arc from Drogheda to Mullingar, that sweeps south eastwards through Port Loaise to Carlow and on to the sea at Arklow. This is Ireland’s babybelt. This is the future of the country and indeed if a maternity hospital should be positioned anywhere, it should be in Naas or Portlaoise. This is where Ireland’s babies will be born; not in Dublin 4 because, along with Dun Laoghaire, Dublin 4 is the oldest place in Ireland and least fertile place in Ireland. Arguably ,it is the worst place to put a maternity hospital!
Ask yourself, when was the last time you were ploughed off a footpath in Ballsbridge by an outsized stroller that didn’t belong to a young mother queuing for a US visa?
Not only is the new maternity hospital owned by the wrong people, it is in the wrong bloody place. In fact, there’s a smaller possibility of an Irish baby being born close to St Vincent’s Hospital than a Cork person dipping their toe into Limerick!
In all, 263,551 people moved around the country in the twelve months up to April 2016. The largest numbers of these were Dubs who are always on the move internally within in the county and further afield. Nearly 100,000 Dubs upped sticks last year. And almost 20,000 left the county for the suburban dream of Westmeath, Meath, Kildare and Wicklow.
In total, just under 25 per cent of the Irish population lived in Dublin City and suburbs in April 2016, and it accounted for 30.2 per cent of the movers within the previous year. Strikingly, larger towns outside Dublin are growing quickly too. This is new. Nearly one in five of all people who moved last year moved to large towns and, interestingly, Drogheda is now Ireland’s largest town with a population of nearly 40,000. Within Dublin, the fasted growing town is Saggart. This shouldn’t surprise anyone as there is land out there. The coast of Dublin Southside and Northside is gradually getting older and will soon be the oldest part of the entire country.
The main census showed that the urban population grew by 4.9 per cent while the rural population grew by a far more modest 2 per cent but rural Ireland is not dying as you might think from listening to radio shows. Nearly one in four of us are still living in rural Ireland and that population is rising. Babies are definitely being born. Probably the most startling statistic is how we are a sea loving people who don’t like fish!
1.9 million of us — or 40% of the population — live within 5km of the sea, yet Ireland has consistently one of the lowest consumption of fish per capita of any European country!
So what do we make of all this? Well the census is a blueprint for planning. It is data-driven. We now know where we live and can plan schools and hospitals accordingly. Clearly a national maternity hospital located where no one is having babies is a bit daft! And as for Cexit, well these days anything could come to pass!
This is Maccer’s funniest column like, ever – he definitely has a latent talent of a comedian (and it is definitely more sophisticated a humour than Stephen Fry’s jokes about victims of Hiroshima and Nagasaki bombings). I particularly enjoyed the bit about “autonomous republic with a hard border, it own currency, the Shandon, which can be exchanged seamlessly for bottles of Tanora, Beamish, Murphys (my favourite Irish beer, sadly unavailable in bottles – G.K.) and drisheen” (but you forgot the yucky tripe, David – packet and tripe – G.K.). The whole Cork cuisine reminds me of the Elizabethan episode of… Read more »
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Cruiskeen Lawn May 17th, 1951 “Did you read me yesterday on Alfred O’Rahilly, the Cork gawskogue? I was damn funny, if I say it meself. It was right gas. But I overlooked one small comment I had intended. AOR referred to me as “a Catholic who masquerades under the pseudonym of “Myles na gCopaleen”. Thanks, but why this perfectly gratuitous assertion that I am a Catholic? How does AOR know what my beliefs are, of what nature is my creed? I do not likely take on the grandiose title of Catholic. If AOR is a Catholic, it follows that I… Read more »
Hi David,
I was thinking about maternity hospitals when the thought occurred to me the Polish authorities should put one of their maternity hospitals in Dublin since one in 4 Irish kids now has a non national parent;
http://www.thejournal.ie/poverty-children-ireland-immigrant-non-irish-1599272-Aug2014/
Come to think of it since the largest ever emigration out of Ireland was 2015, 2014 and 2013 maybe we could open 3 small ones in Newyork, Sydney, and london.
A few years ago, I was trying to learn about investment in resource stocks. Unlike Tony Brogan, I decided that it was all a racket. [ And Tony, for your information the biggest liars in resource stocks operate out of Vancouver – nice city, but it has more cowboys in suits than Arizona]. Anyway, the profile of those present at one shareholders meeting that i attended, for learning purposes, was interesting. This is a high risk business was a very risky business. A disproportionately high element of the voices were all from the South-West. Cork/Kerry/Limerick. And they were all over… Read more »
[ if a maternity hospital should be positioned anywhere, it should be in Naas or Portlaoise. This is where Ireland’s babies will be born; not in Dublin 4 because, along with Dun Laoghaire, Dublin 4 is the oldest place in Ireland and least fertile place in Ireland. Arguably ,it is the worst place to put a maternity hospital! ] Exactly. This urgently needdd to be said. Alternatively Blanchardstown. In other countries, outside large cities – they build one large health care complex – beside the major arterial transport routes – 24 hour care facilities – critical mass – capable of… Read more »
I suspect that a significant part of rural Ireland is actually dying. The key rural demogaphic of the North West has not yet 70. It is between 55 and 65. There is a strong decline coming.
South of a line from Drogheda to Kinsale, there is a rural population that is either stable or growing. North of that line it is in a precarious position.
One of the factors driving down the birth rate in the coastal part of Dublin, is the amount of money required to buy a resident there, or rent there. In fact it is the predominant reason why young people from Dun Laoghaire are being pushed to Greystones, or Gorey, or even into upland Wicklow. There are no families around anymore – they have moved. Either down the coast, or inland. Another baffling aspect is why Ireland’s senior citizens from these areas have not yet moved to warmer locales for retirement pruposes. In France, the US, and the UK there has… Read more »
If planning permission approvals are a useful guideline, then the fast growing county in the next ten years, will be Kildare. Meanwhile in Dublin, the four local authorities are doing everything possible to ensure that Kildare will be the fastest growing county in Ireland. The next fastest growing will probably be Galway. The Dublin local authorities seem to be run by morons. An excellent opportunity presents itself for one Irish city to get it’s act together while DCC and it’s three ugly sisters chase their self importance to new levels of absurdity. To position itself as a better location for… Read more »
@SMOKEY. Re curmudgeon. Most posters here are grumpy (maybe dirty too) old men, I suspect. I discovered that when I became a pensioner I suddenly had the time to ponder the real issues facing the world or me. One of my first posts (actually it was a question) I questioned the need for CB led inflation or any kind of inflation. I might have worked it out for myself but a number of posters brought me up to speed very quickly. I’m now on a steep learning curve re gold and bitcoin type potential investments as hedges against the evil… Read more »
Hi David, I am going to shift the narrative with apologies on this occasion and beg and implore you to do something (which is something I don’t do) something which I feel is vital so let me explain. I dropped my 8 year old daughter to violin practice this afternoon. I met her friends dad who was 3 years behind me in school and is now a digital media lecturer. He is 42. His car insurance went from 320 euros to over 1000 euros pa with no other change. His wife’s car insurance went from 300 odd to over 1000… Read more »
Banking crisis within Irish State is spoken about,
incl.
Irish Central Bank
HEADING ;
Banker Speaks Out
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vhNONJxoUE0
@ Grzegorz,
I came upon the following link courtesy of tweet from Makow of particular article from that link ;
https://justice4poland.com/
SHOWN ON RUSSIA’S TV NEWS [ on 02 April 2017 ] ;
And, of course, to keep it simple I have been refering to “The Rothschilds” despite knowing that the “pedigree” — according to the edicts that they uphold — pass through the female offspring.
So, unless the female off-spring were marrying with males of Rothschild name, we must broaden our interest into all family names of Rothschild lineage since the name came to being from banker Mr. Bauer in 18th century adopting the Red Shield attached to exterior of his bank building as replacement for his surname.
HEADING ;
Lord Rothschild Discusses How His Family Created Israel !
2017 Interview
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kj5eypBex-U
University College CORK highlighted here ;
UCC along with the other Universities & the ITs & Colleges-of-further-Damage-to-Jobless are always screwing the populace for big monies.
And, they are deeply involved in foisting the pernicious agenda of “The Frankfurt School” upon Irish society.
HEADING ;
Universities resisted declaring tens of millions in assets
Audits also reveal extra payments to staff and non-compliance with procurement rules
http://www.irishtimes.com/news/education/universities-resisted-declaring-tens-of-millions-in-assets-1.3084158?mode=sample&auth-failed=1&pw-origin=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.irishtimes.com%2Fnews%2Feducation%2Funiversities-resisted-declaring-tens-of-millions-in-assets-1.3084158
Obviously the Trotskyites / Trots in Irish State are benefited in their agenda by actions of Soros.
Apropos of DMW article ;
Mr. Mick Barry, Socialist Party is a Dub representing Cork as TD.
https://newswithviews.com/revealed-hundreds-of-george-soros-owned-organizations/
#Cexit….”funniest column like, ever”
A note from Andy Mooney.
best wishes
Zozo
@QWERTYouija
https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=365311500532089&id=100011597258703
Irish striker Sheridan continues fine goalscoring form for Polish table-toppers
http://www.the42.ie/cillian-sheridan-jagiellonia-bialystok-goal-wisla-krakow-3388946-May2017/?ref=yfp
@ Grzegorz
Very interesting youtube here ;
I am very interested to know of ur opinion as to whether the particular approach of this lecturer can be successfully used in courts of Irish State.
HEADING ;
Introduction To Common Law ; Part 1
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IkkECkt2gY8
By the way ;
Dublin is “Needle” City
Limerick is “Stab” City
CORK IS “COMPO.” City ;
COMPO. = Compensation ; i.e. Legal Cases for Compo.
The next thing to take off in Ireland will be minimalism.
And the driving factor will be the deliberate starngling of residential development in the urban area within the M50 in Dublin.
I expect it to become trendy in Galway first though, because these things tend to emerge in the West Coast city first, where anti-mainstream, leftist counter-culture tends to be more spontaneous.
But it Dublin, it will be driven by practicality. It is already taking off in cities like New York, Vancouver, San Francisco, Portland.
Next up – minimalism.
Is the furniture retail sector prepared for minimalism ?
‘We declare the right of the people of Ireland to the ownership of Ireland and to the unfettered control of Irish destinies, to be sovereign and indefeasible. The long usurpation of that right by a foreign people and government has not extinguished the right, nor can it ever be extinguished except by the destruction of the Irish people.’
#Cexit
‘French farmers call for ‘hard’ border between Republic and Northern Ireland’
http://www.independent.ie/business/farming/eu/french-farmers-call-for-hard-border-between-republic-and-northern-ireland-35721095.html
Lads, I’d say it was immigrants that did this:
http://m.independent.ie/business/personal-finance/credit-union-has-200000-missing-from-accounts-35723318.html
Well, even if they didn’t it’s still all their fault.
Heading to Dublin with her suitcase and her dreams…heading to New York, heading to Boston, heading to Philadelphia, heading to Toronto, heading to London, heading to Liverpool, heading to Birmingham, heading to Perth, heading to Melbourne, heading to Sydney. All those suitcases. All those dreams. Over 170 years worth… Dreams that were often realised. Just look at the numbers of Irish diaspora and compare them to our numbers. Dublin has become a primate city – https://www.theguardian.com/cities/datablog/2014/may/12/world-most-powerful-cities-data. Good for Dublin. However it’s a primate city despite its utter lack of urban planning and logical public transport into, out of and within.… Read more »
First, David highlighted the “specialness” of Cork. Then, I highlighted the nefarious Rothschild banksters. Next, Grzegorz highlighted the soccer exploits, in Poland of Cillian Sheridan from Ireland. And, now, I highlight the amazing Clare Sheridan who spent most of her childhood at Innishannon, Co. Cork. Clare Sheridan had an affair with Trotsky’s by the way. And, she was also very close with Winston Churchill. Here is a valuable passage about her lover Trotsky from the spartacus-educational website article about Sheridan ; “… Trotsky was born Lev Bronstein, the son of an extremely rich Jewish entrepreneur farmer in the New Russia… Read more »
///////////////////////////////////////////// To open particular URL ; Highlight the URL > Right-Click > Select the URL /////////////////////////////////////////// REF. WATCHING THE “OFFICIAL” MEDIA ; USEFUL INSIGHT CAN BE GAINED FROM OBSERVING THEIR POLICIES / LACK OF POLICIES THEIR ACTIONS & NON-ACTIONS ………………………….. HEADLINE ; Russian TV uses Nazi film in segment advancing … world domination theory By wmw_admin May 15, 2017 The Times of Israel nbcnews.com/politics/white-house/trump-considering-joe-lieberman-fbi-director-spicer-n761151 ……………………………. HEADING ; Article In Saudi Daily: U.S. Planned, Carried Out 9/11 Attacks – But Blames Others For Them MEMRI May 18, 2016 thetruthseeker.co.uk/?p=151803 //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// Ref. “THE SWAMP” versus “TRUMP “; BUT, REALLY IS ; “THE… Read more »
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Correct URL is inserted.
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REF.
WATCHING THE “OFFICIAL” MEDIA ;
USEFUL INSIGHT CAN BE GAINED FROM OBSERVING
THEIR POLICIES / LACK OF POLICIES
THEIR ACTIONS & NON-ACTIONS
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HEADLINE ;
Russian TV uses Nazi film in segment advancing … world domination theory
http://www.thetruthseeker.co.uk/?p=151697
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Of course, if such a statement came from Iran about Satan-Yahoo ;
It would be classed as “anti-semetic”.
HEADING
Israeli minister:
‘The time has come’ to kill Bashar Assad
SUB-HEADING
Yoav Galant says revelation the Syrian president is executing prisoners and burning their bodies ‘crosses a red line’
By
Judah Ari Gross
May 16, 2017, 12:14 pm
http://www.timesofisrael.com/israeli-minister-the-time-has-come-to-assassinate-assad/
HEADING ;
Germany Confiscating Homes To Use For Migrants
SUB-HEADING ;
Authorities in Hamburg, the second-largest city in Germany, have begun confiscating private dwellings to ease a housing shortage
Soeren Kern ; The Gatestone Institute –
May 15, 2017
https://www.infowars.com/germany-confiscating-homes-to-use-for-migrants/
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HEADING ;
The EU are about to sanction Hungary & strip them of their voting rights for ‘breaching EU rights’
https://twitter.com/DavidJo52951945/status/864448182247358467
@ Grzegorz, I am almost sure that the link I gave above of remarkable approach to using Common Law in Courts is of Mr. Bill Thornton. Please find below that link again. And, here follows another link giving a different lecture ; A link which actually is a video rather than still graphic in initial link. 1st link ; Exceedingly suitable for to listen to whilst doing another computer task. Superb speaker. 2nd link is not audible enough for me here without speaker accessories. /////////////////////// Link 1 ; Ref. above post HEADING ; Introduction To Common Law ; Part 1… Read more »
Poles try to be cultural.
Irish try to be vulgar. ;
Taking our lead from the Brits.
No surprise ;
“The country we love to hate,
But, never cease to imitate.”
That famous German ambassador to Ireland bemoaning how Irish have declined in culture even since his youth said in that whole dialogue ;
Ireland has a very sad history ;
Even sadder than Poland’s.
Reckon that this German would be a fair man to link with for sake of Poland.
Governments should fund infrastructure by use of public credit, which is at no cost if issued directly by the government. That means a public bank and or issuing money from treasury at no cost. Eliminate the usurious debt based interest charging fiat money central banking system. It is for the public good.
http://www.thedailybell.com/exclusive-interviews/james-jaeger-new-documentary-mainstream-on-the-globalist-agenda-in-movies/
Trump is abused and accused with nothing proved. Meanwhile Weiner is convicted of relations with a minor and cries with a confession. Where is the liberal outrage Nowhere. They are perverted hypocrites.
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=24642?omhide=true
https://spectator.org/witch-hunting-for-trump/?utm_source=American+Spectator+Emails&utm_campaign=797418f490-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2017_05_19&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_797a38d487-797418f490-104365713 I have heard about “Witch-Hunts” all of my life. When I was a small child, Senator Joe McCarthy (R-Wis.) and the House Un-American Activities Committee were said by the left-wingers to be on a “witch-hunt” for Communists in the government. That’s what the left alleged against Richard Nixon when he was a young Congressman from Yorba Linda, too. The allegation was a bit misleading, though, because as far as we know, there are no such things as witches. There’s Maxine Waters and Nancy Pelosi and they are not nice, but no one could prove that there are even such… Read more »
Number — incl. TURNAROUND — of “Taoisigh” & “Ministers” & “TD’s” & “Senators” & “Civil Servants” ==> the bigger the drain on the taxpayers.
The following link is further proof that ;
THERE IS NO JUSTICE IN IRELAND
IRISH STATE IS NOT A “BANKABLE” COUNTRY
http://www.irishtimes.com/business/economy/taoiseach-s-pension-package-would-cost-5m-to-buy-experts-1.3089737
@ Tony Brogan @ Adam. Hi Lads. er recent suggestions re gold and bitcoin are on the money pun intended but there is an even simpler solution to get gold or bitcoin circulating as a means of currency; First bitcoin; You can get a prepaid credit card from; https://cryptopay.me/. What you do is sign up, get the prepaid card and fund the online account to buy bitcoins. When you use the prepaid credit card for goods and services it is deducted from your bitcoin balance even though the transaction is in the relevant currency where the transaction took place either… Read more »
“History is Made: Bitcoin Prices Top $2,000 to Set New All-Time High”
http://www.coindesk.com/history-made-bitcoin-prices-top-2000-set-new-time-high/
https://seekingalpha.com/article/4067368-exhaustion-gaps-fear-missing
This is a most interesting discussion on crypto currency investment, fiat currency and real money. The logic on all sides seems infallible so it is each according to his own. Why not invest in Ethereum for the future of technology, bitcoin as a flyer to make some money, and convert the profits, from both, to gold/silver bullion coin as money,eg Maple leafs, to preserve your new found wealth. Precious metals are not going down as they are beaten down already. So bought at todays price is “good value”. bitcoin may not be good value but the price may go bonkers.… Read more »
Best to compile ongoing table of countries with names & addresses of gold shops that ACCEPT PAYMENT, for plain Gold as necklace & bracelet, & also chain Treasury issued Gold Coin — CANADIAN MAPLE, CHINA PANDA, AUSTRALIAN KOALA or similar — IN ENTHEREUM ; And, have dedicated columns respectively for Entereum accepting Shops that : accept remote transactions with delivery by courier or registered post only accept transactions on the premises Also, have dedicated columns respectively giving the value in paying by Enthereum than if paying in : local currency USA Dollars Euros. YES, $ 200 TO $ 500 INVESTMENT… Read more »
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