I remember I had just moved into Clarecastle. It was about 6pm and myself and a lad from Athlone decided to head olinto Powers for a few after work. For whatever reason the topic got to Charlie. This lad was obviously anti and got stuck into it.
Suddenly a voice came from the corner âRemember young man ,Charlie Haughey was the best Taoiseach this country ever had. Now drink your pint and show some respectâ
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Was it God? I bet God was a big fan of Charles J
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Cool story
Youâre replying to someone who sneers at Irish people while praising someone who spent his life pilfering from Irish people.
I think Haughey is one if the very few politicians in this country who has split the opinions in his legacy right down the middle.
Iâd say thereâs plenty of die hard FFers who would not be enamoured by him
Maggie sent CJ home with his tae in a mug. A fucking takeaway mug as well. Iâd imagine an all-comers international coty from around that time would have been epic.
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I think he was one of the most fascinating men in Irish history, but a complete and utter bollocks.
Iâm very sorry to hear of the passimg of Maureen Haughey who was by all accounts a very decent person.
He had a great way about him.
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The country wasnât big enough for Charlie. He was destined for a greater role on the World stage
Pennys did a great line in bespoke shirts at the time alright.
Was that Pennys of Paris?
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I remember sitting in Deanes in Bunclody late one night with about 6 lads, all contemporaries of my Dad, all men I highly redpected. We talked politics and I made my views on Haughey known. âsure what would yoi know about it. You were 10 when all that happenedâ says one, another rebukes him with " ffs, he was there, alive, awake, any if us could see what that bollocks was doing. But you had to go and vote for him you thick bastard".
We agreed to disagree and it was insisted upon that whiskey would be bought for me. I was a bit sick the next morning.
That never happened.
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Wexford is blueshirt country, you wouldnât understand what a man of Haugheys calibre did for this country
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You donât get it.
Charles gave more to the Irish people than the likes of you ever would. You owe him a debt of gratitude you sneering prick.
Fitzy sitting there flaming on home-made porter on paddies day, ten thousand miles away in the colonies, listening to the wolf tones on youtube, full of bitterness
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