A difference of opinions has arisen on a whingy Scotish Concerts thread-I would apreciate it if the unbiased, wider community would settle the matter.

Which is better, deadly fun Ireland with its own international holiday of sorts, or Scotland?


No need to be too blunt when letting the Scots down.

My grandparents were Irish, and myself and my whole family take our Irish heritage very seriously - its much more important to us than the Scottish part. However it was not my decision to move to Scotland when they did, and as seeing as I am here in Scotland I want Prince to tour here. Its very simple! Absolutely nothing to do with Ireland being better or worse than Scotland. I only said that cause you said Ireland was better than Scotland, regardless of Prince's touring schedules.

Dude, I love the Irish. But the Scots invented men in skirts with nothing beneath.

Who can top that?
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coop10000 said:

I don't want to go on holiday to a place where the only food on offer is potatoes. What if there's another famine? I'd need to come home to Scotland early, with the rest of the Irish.

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Levi said:

Yeah very funny.



The Great Famine or the Great Hunger (Irish: An Gorta Mór or An Drochshaol), known more commonly outside of Ireland as the Irish Potato Famine, is the name given to a famine in Ireland between 1845 and 1849. The Famine was at least fifty years in the making, due to the disastrous interaction of British economic policy, destructive farming methods, and the unfortunate appearance of "the Blight" —the potato fungus that almost instantly destroyed the primary food source for the majority population. The immediate after-effects of The Famine continued until 1851. The number of deaths is unrecorded, and various estimates suggest totals between 500,000 and more than one million in the five years from 1846. Some two million refugees are attributed to the Great Hunger (estimates vary), and much the same number of people emigrated to Great Britain, the United States, Canada, and Australia (see the Irish Diaspora).

The immediate effect on Ireland was devastating, and its long-term effects proved immense, permanently changing Irish culture and tradition. The Irish Potato Famine was the culmination of a social, biological, political and economic catastrophe, caused by both Irish and British factors, which would have sharp and lasting influences on the world.

Nikki23 said:

Thanks

Nikki23 said:

Yeah...The Famine....bit of a low blow...

what a bloody stupid thread!!!!

we all know that the Scottish invented everything and the irish only exist for comic relief.

Actually you are all just cast off's from the only true race the ENGLISH now stop arguing and make more whisky.

mdiver said:

dont get me started on the bloody english