Comments on: The laughter of my children http://www.philmacgiollabhain.ie/the-laughter-of-my-children/ Freelance Journalist, Author & Blogger Thu, 09 Feb 2012 19:58:42 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Alex http://www.philmacgiollabhain.ie/the-laughter-of-my-children/#comment-233 Alex Sun, 26 Oct 2008 12:40:07 +0000 http://www.philmacgiollabhain.com/?p=59#comment-233 "I have relatives with an identical genealogy in Philadelphia and in Ohio. There it isn’t a problem in the USA to have an Irish lineage." I'll wager they sing The Star Spangled Banner and display The Stars and Stripes with pride, when the celebrate the fact that they were lucky to be born in the United States. The problem is not with us, it's with you! “I have relatives with an identical genealogy in Philadelphia and in Ohio. There it isn’t a problem in the USA to have an Irish lineage.”

I’ll wager they sing The Star Spangled Banner and display The Stars and Stripes with pride, when the celebrate the fact that they were lucky to be born in the United States.

The problem is not with us, it’s with you!

]]> By: GweedoreGerry http://www.philmacgiollabhain.ie/the-laughter-of-my-children/#comment-74 GweedoreGerry Wed, 01 Oct 2008 12:34:23 +0000 http://www.philmacgiollabhain.com/?p=59#comment-74 Reading through this makes me laugh, all this high moral rage at Celtic fans singing IRA songs. UVF/UDA singsong at Ibrox anyone, talk about hypocrisy and denial. Ach sure it's only banter, blame the Schools/Fenians/Celtic/Taigs, did I mention Schools, aye blame everyone. Keep the good work going Phil, expose them for what they are. Reading through this makes me laugh, all this high moral rage at Celtic fans singing IRA songs. UVF/UDA singsong at Ibrox anyone, talk about hypocrisy and denial. Ach sure it’s only banter, blame the Schools/Fenians/Celtic/Taigs, did I mention Schools, aye blame everyone. Keep the good work going Phil, expose them for what they are.

]]> By: Mark Cowan http://www.philmacgiollabhain.ie/the-laughter-of-my-children/#comment-66 Mark Cowan Sun, 21 Sep 2008 01:15:19 +0000 http://www.philmacgiollabhain.com/?p=59#comment-66 Mary, firstly may i offer you my deepest condolences on the passing of your friend. I enjoyed reading your reply but feel you may have missed at least part of the point. Internet aside, the majority of Rangers \"Home\" fans are against the Famine Song and do not sing it but the issue we have is the picking and choosing of what to be \"offended\" by. It is hugely ironic that you finish your comment off with: \"another family somewhere will be grieving for the unexplainable loss of a dearly beloved\" Perhaps Phil wouldnt mind explaining why he hasnt felt it neccesary at any time in the last 20 years to take humbrage to the illegal chants about the IRA coming from his fellow supporters. The devastation the IRA have caused may not be anywhere near the scale of the Irish Potato Famine, but is it only some of the \"Dead\" who deserve respect or should we respect them all equally ? This is why Phil has caused such an uproar and is getting silly emails sent to him. Perhaps Phil should spare a thought for the widow/widower who has to sit \"at the dinner table\" and tell their tearful kids that the fans on the telly are celebrating the very people who took their other parent away from them. In the words of Jesus(thats the Protestant and Catholic version) \"Let he who is without sin cast the first stone\" PS - I was in the City of Manchester Stadium and did not hear the Famine song once. Mary, firstly may i offer you my deepest condolences on the passing of your friend. I enjoyed reading your reply but feel you may have missed at least part of the point.

Internet aside, the majority of Rangers \”Home\” fans are against the Famine Song and do not sing it but the issue we have is the picking and choosing of what to be \”offended\” by.

It is hugely ironic that you finish your comment off with:
\”another family somewhere will be grieving for the unexplainable loss of a dearly beloved\”

Perhaps Phil wouldnt mind explaining why he hasnt felt it neccesary at any time in the last 20 years to take humbrage to the illegal chants about the IRA coming from his fellow supporters. The devastation the IRA have caused may not be anywhere near the scale of the Irish Potato Famine, but is it only some of the \”Dead\” who deserve respect or should we respect them all equally ?

This is why Phil has caused such an uproar and is getting silly emails sent to him.

Perhaps Phil should spare a thought for the widow/widower who has to sit \”at the dinner table\” and tell their tearful kids that the fans on the telly are celebrating the very people who took their other parent away from them.

In the words of Jesus(thats the Protestant and Catholic version)

\”Let he who is without sin cast the first stone\”

PS – I was in the City of Manchester Stadium and did not hear the Famine song once.

]]> By: jim http://www.philmacgiollabhain.ie/the-laughter-of-my-children/#comment-55 jim Fri, 19 Sep 2008 13:52:42 +0000 http://www.philmacgiollabhain.com/?p=59#comment-55 phil, the words hammer, nail and head all spring to mind, these sad people say it is only to get a rise out of celtic fans, so why was it sung so vehemently to noel hunt dundee utd v rangers and at very many other club games involving rangers but not celtic phil, the words hammer, nail and head all spring to mind, these sad people say it is only to get a rise out of celtic fans, so why was it sung so vehemently to noel hunt dundee utd v rangers and at very many other club games involving rangers but not celtic

]]> By: Sean Fallon http://www.philmacgiollabhain.ie/the-laughter-of-my-children/#comment-54 Sean Fallon Fri, 19 Sep 2008 13:50:44 +0000 http://www.philmacgiollabhain.com/?p=59#comment-54 Phil, can you not see what the apologists from Ibrox are saying? It's all a lie, they never held the World record for not signing Catholics, they never had a campaign aimed at slurring the name of Celtic and Scotland Manager Jock Stein, they never threw potatoes onto the pitch at Celtic park, those nine Celtic fans murdered in and around games against Rangers aren't really dead, they never wrecked the seats and toilets at Celtic Park, they never attacked Neil Lennon, they never attacked the various other Celtic players who were assaulted by them, they never made the ambulance banner, they never sang in glory of the death of over one million taigs, they never wrecked Manchester, they were not the ones attacking the Police in Spain and they never sang songs about the Pope. Know your place Timmy, keep your head down and you might just get by, this is Scotland, it is their little rotten sectarian backwater and it's really all in your mind Timmy, move along now the Scottish media don't want to know.....WHY DON'T YOU GO HOME. Keep up the good work and keep exposing the Nazi vermin. Phil, can you not see what the apologists from Ibrox are saying? It’s all a lie, they never held the World record for not signing Catholics, they never had a campaign aimed at slurring the name of Celtic and Scotland Manager Jock Stein, they never threw potatoes onto the pitch at Celtic park, those nine Celtic fans murdered in and around games against Rangers aren’t really dead, they never wrecked the seats and toilets at Celtic Park, they never attacked Neil Lennon, they never attacked the various other Celtic players who were assaulted by them, they never made the ambulance banner, they never sang in glory of the death of over one million taigs, they never wrecked Manchester, they were not the ones attacking the Police in Spain and they never sang songs about the Pope.

Know your place Timmy, keep your head down and you might just get by, this is Scotland, it is their little rotten sectarian backwater and it’s really all in your mind Timmy, move along now the Scottish media don’t want to know…..WHY DON’T YOU GO HOME.

Keep up the good work and keep exposing the Nazi vermin.

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