MacGowan and the IRA

by **Fr. McGreer** Mon Dec 07, 2015 9:43 pm

DzM wrote:
invisiblehelper wrote:Erm, one wee thing which may seem a bit pedantic I know however McGowan was born in Tunbridge Wells. You don't get much more English!

So long as we're being pedantic - It's "MacGowan."

Growing up in England and spending all your holidays at home in Ireland really does make the grá for the oul sod very intense at different times during your life. Whilst I can only imagine that devouring copious amounts of Irish literature, folklore, laudanum and potín would give you a slightly rose tinted view of your own past.

by **DzM** Mon Dec 07, 2015 1:47 am

invisiblehelper wrote:Erm, one wee thing which may seem a bit pedantic I know however McGowan was born in Tunbridge Wells. You don't get much more English!

So long as we're being pedantic - It's "MacGowan."

by **invisiblehelper** Mon Dec 07, 2015 12:20 am

Erm, one wee thing which may seem a bit pedantic I know however McGowan was born in Tunbridge Wells. You don't get much more English!

by **DownInTheGround** Sun Apr 15, 2007 9:03 pm

hehe OIrish, I love you green tinted perception of Ireland

by **IrishRover** Sun Apr 15, 2007 8:22 pm

by **dawson** Sun Apr 15, 2007 6:39 pm

Top o da mornin to ya oirish

by **IrishRover** Sun Apr 15, 2007 3:14 pm

dawsonn wrote:
"The Pogues would never have existed if I wasn’t Irish. Ireland means everything to me. I always felt guilty because I didn’t lay down my life for Ireland, I didn’t join up. Not that I would have helped the situation, probably. But I felt ashamed that I didn’t have the guts to join the IRA. And the Pogues was my way of overcoming that guilt. And looking back on it, I think maybe I made the right choice.

somebody shut him up! hes sounds lioke the oirish roiver

ahhhh, thats the noices comploiment oi could get

by **philipchevron** Sun Apr 15, 2007 10:18 am

dawsonn wrote:"The Pogues would never have existed if I wasn’t Irish. Ireland means everything to me. I always felt guilty because I didn’t lay down my life for Ireland, I didn’t join up. Not that I would have helped the situation, probably. But I felt ashamed that I didn’t have the guts to join the IRA. And the Pogues was my way of overcoming that guilt. And looking back on it, I think maybe I made the right choice.

somebody shut him up! hes sounds lioke the oirish roiver

Never underestimate what a man is prepared to say to his sweetheart to get her to change her mind and marry him.

by **dawsonn** Sun Apr 15, 2007 9:33 am

"The Pogues would never have existed if I wasn’t Irish. Ireland means everything to me. I always felt guilty because I didn’t lay down my life for Ireland, I didn’t join up. Not that I would have helped the situation, probably. But I felt ashamed that I didn’t have the guts to join the IRA. And the Pogues was my way of overcoming that guilt. And looking back on it, I think maybe I made the right choice.

somebody shut him up! :lol:

hes sounds lioke the oirish roiver

by **Bottle_of_Smoke** Sat Apr 14, 2007 8:33 pm

Yeah i was pretty surprised by him shouting up the ira - in the book i get the impression he couldn't care less anymore about the northern ireland situation. Or Catholiscism

Maybe he's doing it for the laugh/to engage with the crowd. Though I noticed as the years have gone by theres been much more rockers than celtic fans at the gigs

by **nboldock** Tue Apr 10, 2007 9:27 pm

I was going to post that passage but I couldn't find where it was in the book, and I didn't want to try and remember and get it wrong! Glad someone else found the right bit.

by **Zuzana** Tue Apr 10, 2007 6:48 pm

Shane in A Drink with Shane MacGowan, when asked what being Irish means to him:

"The Pogues would never have existed if I wasn’t Irish. Ireland means everything to me. I always felt guilty because I didn’t lay down my life for Ireland, I didn’t join up. Not that I would have helped the situation, probably. But I felt ashamed that I didn’t have the guts to join the IRA. And the Pogues was my way of overcoming that guilt. And looking back on it, I think maybe I made the right choice.
(...)
I wouldn’t join the IRA now under any circumstances. I don’t agree with killing civilians. I don’t think I’d be any good in the IRA, is another reason. You find your task in life and you do that. I haven’t got the qualifications to be an IRA man, I have the qualifications to be an Irish musician. And I’ve still got a few kicks in the arses ready for the boring old farts of Irish music. They’re still there, the ones who couldn’t handle the Pogues."

by **MacRua** Tue Apr 10, 2007 8:37 am

I believe Shane has aired his views of the subject, more than once.

by **IrishRover** Mon Apr 09, 2007 5:53 pm

Mick Molloy wrote:
Happy anniversary Oirish!

Ahoy, hundred thousand thanks Mick! Slainte

DownInTheGround wrote:
How about a 1000th post resolution! hey, i have an oidea!!

Oi promoise to keep up the good work, in doirection and accordoing to purest OIrish sporits, essence & attitude.

by **DownInTheGround** Mon Apr 09, 2007 4:39 pm

IrishRover wrote:LOL

The coppers in the North they couldn't catch him
The British army they just couldn't touch him
When he got out of jail he shouted up the IRA
And the guests called him Paddy Public Enemy No 1

and the crowd shouts: SHANEO, SHANEO, SHANEO !!!
(lol, somehow it turned out thois is me 1000th post at Medusa, it couldn't be better! )

How about a 1000th post resolution! hey, i have an oidea!!

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