Cork People
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Yes.
Cork people believe, or profess to believe that Cork is the real capital (biy).
See www.peoplesrepublicofcork.com for further info. It's a website dedicated to furthering the cause of secession for the Rebel county. (It's only half serious, like.
)Is humour allowed in Letting off Steam? A Corkman came up to Dublin in search of fame and fortune. As he made his way along the quays from Hueston, he heard shouting coming from somewhere close by. Looking over the parapet he saw a man struggling in the water. Without a moment's thought he threw off his cap and long overcoat and jumped straight into the Liffey. When he saw the Corkman coming, the drowning man cried "Thank you! Thank you", "You've come to save me!". Yerrah, I have not" said the Corkman, "I just want to know where you work!".
Northside Dub and proud of it.
Northside Dub and proud of it.
As a proud Cork man I won't allow this slur to pass unchecked. No chip on anyones shoulder down here...why have a chip on our shoulder when we simply know we are better at everything????
No, I don't think so. As Legend says, Cork people are above that sort of thing because of their natural superiority. However Dublin people may believe Cork people should have a chip on their shoulder about them because they ( wrongly ) think they are superior. As this post is by someone neutral ( Kerry and proud) you can take it that I am right.
purplealien
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Is Dublin that very small county with all the pretentious people .........
Clubman, given your somewhat recent tendency to dissect other poser's comments on grounds of grammer, would you care to expand on your use of the term "wooden"?
Firefly
I believe that Clubman is trying a merry jape! He is associating the fibrous qualities of cork with the word wooden - hilarous
A Kerry person sticking up for Cork people. I never thought I'd see the day.
Cork has a population of about 120'000. The greater Cork area has 380'000 (2006 census). That's a town that thinks it's a city. Don't get me wrong, it's a nice place and may well be nicer than Dublin. I have never lived there so I don't consider myself qualified to comment. It's just that in my experience Cork people have a preoccupation with knocking Dublin. Is it regional insecurity or is there some other reason? People from Galway or Waterford or Belfast or Limerick (or other large towns) don’t seem to have the same obsession.
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Yes they do, I have worked in Waterford, Limerick, Dublin and Cork and everyone outside of Dublin likes knocking Dublin.
Nothing personal I am sure against anyone in particular just something us folk 'down the country' like to do.
Yes, but not with the same venom or volume.
Lived in Cork for the bones of 5 years. In general I found Cork people to be genuine, straightforward, generous and humerous. They don't take themselves too seriously. They are very welcoming to 'outsiders'. I never noticed any Dublin knocking going on, but maybe I was too busy fielding Kerryman jokes!
A lot of the population of cork lives outside the city boundaries. Glanmire, Sallybrook, Riverstown have all seen rapid growth in recent years, yet they are still classified as being in the county and for some reason it suits the county council to retain the status quo.
As to why knocking Dublin, well, you could understand a Waterford or a Limerick person knocking Cork or Dublin, but a Cork person will hardly waste his time knocking Waterford or Limerick.
Cork is the biggest city in a hundred fifty mile radius of itself, which probably explains some of the resentment.
On a more serious note, Dublin is perceived as getting much more infrastructure development - Cork train station is a good example. Cork contributes a lot in taxpayers money but does not get as much of a return.
Its a simple fact, Dublin gets 80% of the investment, Cork get 10% and the rest of us get the other 10%. It pains Cork to see how well they manage the 10% and they just wonder what the country would be like if the roles were reversed ie Cork with 80% and Dublin with 10%. The other 10% would be surplus to requirements as Cork would do so well with that 80%. We live in hope.
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As a Kerry person I must say that it is very rare indeed to find a Kerry person running down Cork people