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PalazioVecchio said:
Flags.

Both the St George, the Three Lions, AND the irish tricolour ( with a Palace logo of course ) , would be good. Lets show Shelbourne that we got more irish fans than them. Therefore we are a bigger club in Ireland than them.

the Union Flag...union jack.... has always been a little bit controversial on these shores. But for the life of me i cannot say why. It doesnt really bother me. But suffice it to say you would show discretion about wearing Palace colours in a Brighton Housing estate. The Union Flag can elicit a similar reaction among republican types, Sinn Fein voters, people with Palestine flags, Glasgow Celtic shirts, etc. Its probably fine to fly the Jack inside the stadium, but just remember that a small drunken fella wandering a dodgy neighbourhood alone, in the evening, with a Union jack t-shirt....probably not a good idea.....you get the picture. I expect the Shelbourne fans will be fine and well behaved - more interested in football than politics.

And for the sake of balance, be reminded that although there are very many Micks who support Palace, there are probably also a decent number of Nigels who support Shelbourne. Such is the interconnected nature of the modern World.
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Forest Hillbilly said:
Beware the Irish breakfast. Almost identical the the English breakfast, except for the addition of "white pudding". I have no idea of the contents of white pudding, except to say, if it looks like,......., if it smells like,....

It's ........
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I grew up in a household with an Irish mother from Drogheda, Dad from Forest Hill, I grew up eating Irish white pudding, its Beautiful, much better than Black Pudding. Its just Irish sausage with spice and breadcrumbs and oats (I think)
 
PalazioVecchio said:
Probably needs a thread of its own.
Especially given that :
a) we will be playing in Dublin
b) many Eagles live in Dublin & environs.

c) many Eagles in South London have connections to Ireland.
d) Dublin is a wonderful place to wear the Palace shirt & abuse Liverpool & Manchester plastic fans.

e) The memory of the likes of Damien Delaney & Clinton Morrison. Palace have contributed more players to the Republic of Ireland than ever did Shelbourne.

f) Shelbourne can feckoff

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Wow, our very own plastic paddy fan club - we’ve really gone international!
 
Malcolm Al said:
That is a massive over-estimate; the two most Irish London clubs are Arsenal and QPR.
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Not Irish anymore. Arsenal's gone blud. Innit.

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The death of County Kilburn

This corner of northwest London was once known as the 33rd county of Ireland. Did its disappearance take the soul of Irish London with it?
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Chelsea is more the flavour of Glasgow Rangers - so 100% British.

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How Crystal Palace have taken over from their London rivals to become the city’s ‘Irish’ club

The emotional sight this week of a grainy video of Bob Dylan singing Rainy Night In Soho at a gig gave weight to the belief that it took an Irishman, Shane MacGowan, to write the songs that say more about the capital of England than any pure-bred Londoner could manage.
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Jason Smith said:
No offence was meant, mate. My father is a paddy, which makes me a ‘genuine plastic paddy’!
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cillian Murphy..........a Paddy
Nigel Murphy from Croydon............a plastic paddy

and of course , the ultimate insult ?

A Murphy from South Dublin who went to a Rugby playing school 'a West Brit'
 
Coming over from Manchester for this. Will see if I can get 2 tickets but happy to just be around the ground.

Flying into Dublin at 8:40am, stay out partying all night… fly back at 7am on Friday!! Let the palace take over commence!!!
 
cotopaxi said:
'Plastic paddy' offensive..fcuk me heard all it now..stay at home mate
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Maybe you would understand why it's offensive if you had gone to a south London school with an Irish accent in the 80s like I did. That was a terrible experience and I gradually lost the accent. So now when I open my mouth and a south London accent comes out but I say I'm Irish every gobsh1te feels entitled to say the same thing.... "so you're a plastic Paddy then"
 
Malcolm Al said:
Maybe you would understand why it's offensive if you had gone to a south London school with an Irish accent in the 80s like I did. That was a terrible experience and I gradually lost the accent. So now when I open my mouth and a south London accent comes out but I say I'm Irish every gobsh1te feels entitled to say the same thing.... "so you're a plastic Paddy then"
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identity is very fluid these days. Would you consider a Micky Murphy from Boston to be Irish ? Or all the John Leydon/Shane McGowans who speak with an English accent. There are lots of the latter living in Ireland.
The term 'plastic Paddy' i never found offensive, but other people can reserve the right to be offended if they wish.
If you restricted irish identity to only those who could speak Irish-Gaelic, you would probably only have 5% of the nation.
Got the accent ? N.I. .... its impossible to tell if a Nordie is British or Irish just from the accent. And all the Alaistair Mc Alaistairs get p1.ssed Off when you call them irish.

I would class both yourself and myself as Anglo-Irish......except that such a term is reserved for an Eton/Harrow landowning gent. Its all a big mess. Some of the most hardcore IRA supporting types have an English accent, and some Paddy O'Flaherty types from Kerry are basically Unionists.

Plastic Paddy never bothered me. But the most embarrassing one is when travelling abroad ( especially France) and the locals smile " ah , you are Irish, i hate the English too "

People love to remember the crimes of Oliver Cromwell.......and conveniently forget the fact that he fecked over half of England too.
 
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