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Gombeen Nation
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Gombeen Nation is a (not so) tongue-in-cheek look at the idiosyncrasies of Ireland and things Irish.
Recent Posts
Compulsory Irish placenames for Dublin - Brabazon and Ni Dhailaigh decree
This is not a joke, right? This is for real.All future building developments in Dublin will be compelled to have Gaelic names, Dublin City Council has ruled. The council - which obviously has little else to do - supported a motion to that effect prop...
IFA urge Paul McCartney to let it be on global warming
Listen. Do you want to hear a secret? The Irish Farmers’ Association (IFA) is an organisation not known for narrow self interest, whingeing and self-promotion; so we really have to sit up and take notice when its members request Paul McCartney to ...
Too much Virgin Mary at Knock damages your eyes
You'll all know by now that Gombeen Man is a great fan of religous visionary Joe Coleman, who regularly conducts conversations in his Ballyfermot living room with the Virgin Mary. Joe, of course, has predicted "Yer Wan" will appear again at Knock thi...
Police and Priests
During the very time that the Catholic Church was telling us that divorce was scandalous immorality altogether- and that Irish people should be denied it to save their eternal souls (even those of us who had none) - a considerable number of its cler...
Murphy Report into Clercial Sex Abuse
Niamh Connolly: “I hope it’s [Craggy Island parochial house] not some kind of hideaway for paedophile priests. That whole thing disgusted me.”Father Ted: “Well, we’re not all like that, Niamh. Say, if there’s two hundred million priests i...
Ireland Today poll - attitudes towards immigrants not very welcome
"Ireland of the welcomes"Well, maybe when the prolifigate natives thought they were rich, on the basis of borrowing heavily against their overvalued houses, and were splurging money left-right-and-centre in restaurants and hotels serviced by underpa...
