This fella came up to me in Tokyo to practice his English. When I said I was Irish these were his exact words:
“IRISH
TITANIC
SINN FÉIN
IRA
NORTHERN IRELAND
THE ISSUES”
Late for work this morning so I grab a taxi.
“Bachelors Walk pls”
“Sure thing, but if Bachelors Walk then what do married men do?”
Sir it’s 8.30am, now isn’t the time to tell me the best joke I’ve ever heard in my life
You know one time some fella rang up Maynooth University pretending to be a contractor and told them they owed him €360,000 for a building he’d never seen before, and they said no stress and sent him the money
If you wanna help an Irish artist - please follow them on Spotify, and save the tunes to your library. It helps us get on some massive playlists with global big hitters
So hop onto Spotify there and do your thing ya big sexy
Years ago in the Gaeltacht I had major beef with one of the lads in the house. So I told the Bean an Tí that he was Lactose Intolerant.
We’d get cheeseburgers, he’d get burgers. We’d get ice cream and jelly, he’d just get jelly.
More Maynooth Uni slander? No prob.
One year on Maynooth’s Christmas Day event they hired security to raid the on-campus apartments with sniffer dogs. Took any alcohol and kicked out any guests.
On-campus accom was comprised of mostly first years. Imagine.
They said I was CRAZY for doing an Irish degree. “A dead language” they said. “No money in it” they said.
Well who does every Irish outlet call when they need a Gaeilge speaking rapper?
Kneecap. But THEN they call me.
On an 11 hour flight and 2 hours in we get food, and the fella beside me goes “Maynooth?”
We shared a 3 sentence conversation then didn’t speak for the rest of the journey. I absolutely loved it and will be forever in his debt
White people not seeing any issue with Gardaí beating up a family outside their home? Then explaining what is/isn’t racist to black people? This app is a hellscape man
My new job gave me a Dublin bus pass for a year so I might just spend my weekends travelling to the far corners of Dublin challenging gym leaders to battle
Now is a good time to look at the content you consume as a white person.
It would be cool if people would drop links to their favourite black podcasts/shows/books/publications below.
Michael Fassbender is set to star in a biopic about an Irish rap group called Kneecap. Group members Mo Chara, Móglaí Bap and DJ Próvaí are also starring as heightened versions of themselves.
My new boss: Ya know who you remind me of?
Me in my head: please don’t say Ed Sheeran, please don’t say Ed Sheeran..
Boss: That ginger bloke from Futurama
Me:
Seeing Irish artists casually mix with international music stars at Longitude was so gratifying. We were shown our worth and our work was recognised with unbelievable treatment.
Hup Ireland, hup Irish artists.
I've started relearning Irish in my spare time and it's been such a fun and rewarding experience. You appreciate the language so much more outside of the classroom. My goal for next summer is to go to a gaeltacht for a week
One time in College I brought a Spanish girl home and we didn’t really talk at all.. When she saw the guitar in my room she asked if I could play any Ed Sheeran songs which was odd enough. Then I saw she had his lyrics TATTOOED on her.
I never felt so used. It was great.
Matt here. To our black friends and supporters, I’m sorry you have to see so much hatred so regularly. You’ve done nothing but made this country a better place and enriched the lives around you.
I can’t imagine what this is like. But please know that you’re loved. Fuck racism.
After a year of long distance, my gf is coming home next week from Malaysia and we’re getting our first apartment together. Lads I’m absolutely fucking BUZZEN
Last September my gf moved to Malaysia for a year. She came home to visit this week and this morning I said goodbye to her for the last time til SHES BACK FOR GOOD 👊👊👊 LONG DISTANCE RELATIONSHIP CHALLENGE COMPLETED