Irish blogs again

Posted in Old blogger by Twenty Major on April 15th, 2005

There are, if you go look at Planet of the Blogs, literally tens of Irish blogs for you to choose from, dealing with all kinds of subjects. Technology, life in general, drinking booze, not drinking booze, the arts, photoblogs and many, many more.

But the the Irish blogging scene so ‘new’ (relatively speaking - the first recorded blogs were spotted in 1876 in Nebraska) there are some we’re missing in the Irish blogosphere. Or Boggersphere as one witty chap named it. That is good for anyone from outside of Ireland talking about Irish blogs in general but for us Dubs the term ‘bogger’ doesn’t sit very well as it describes only those outside of Dublin with their wellies and ruddy cheeks and donkey jackets. And that’s just the ladies.

Anyway, having spent a considerable amount of time thinking about this I believe we’re missing some Irish blogs which would cover important parts of our culture. Who will step up to the plate and get them off the ground? List to follow:

foreignworker.blogspot.com: We need a blog from many of the foreign workers in this country. The shop assistants in Spar, the waiters in Dublin’s restaurants, the Turkish construction workers, the lounge girls in the the bars and all the others who now do the jobs that Irish people feel are too lowly to bother with.

Example entry: Man come in. Ask for pint. Serve pint to man. He no give me tip. Spit in man next pint.

irishgossip.blogspot.com: There are all kinds of sites for Hollywood gossip but we don’t have anybody bitching and sniping, on a regular basis, about Ireland’s phalanx of media and entertainment stars. We need somebody to deflate their swelled heads, prick their fragile egos and make them realise that as famous people we’re entitled to mock them ceaselessly and they can’t do anything about it.

Example entry: Saw Ryle Nugent in Kiely’s last night. He was drinking a pint of Smithwicks. Later spotted outside Brian O’Driscoll’s house with a mandolin serenading the Irish captain with ‘Everybody hurts’ by REM.

irishsport.blogspot.com: There are some blogs which cover sport from time to time but there doesn’t seem to one dedicated to sport or a particular sport. Given that we play so much sport in this country it does seem odd we’re missing that kind of blog. We could have one about rugby, GAA, stabbing people outside pubs or even League of Ireland football.

Example entry from St Patrick’s Athletic blog: Went to the game last night. Loada bollix it was. Dem fucking Bohs fuckin cunts from de Nortside fuckin won it widda skanky penno. De bleedin’ ref was a load a me hoop, the muppet. Least we borned his fuckin’ car outside de Stadium o’ Ligh’. Reeeeet.

famousperson.blogspot.com: Other countries have blogs by famous people, such as Noam Chomskey, that wee nerd from Star Trek and Moby. Ireland’s famous people are letting the blogging revolution pass them by. Sort it out, famebots.

Example entry: Hi fans. Wrote another dreary song with very few instruments in it last night. It’s about a man who loves a girl but the girl doesn’t love the man so he writes a song about how much he loves the girl and the fact the girl doesn’t love him makes him love her even more. It’s called ‘I really love this girl but she doesn’t love me’. I suppose you could say it’s autobiograpical…[continues in this vein for what seems like 200 pages]. Until next time. Damien Rice.

knackerblog.blogspot.com: This Irish travelling community gets a hard time. Perhaps a blog would give people valuable insight into their way of life.

Example entries: Wednesday: Thurles. Went door to door looking for handouts. Robbed some clothes off some washing lines. Went home in a 05 Hi-Ace. Had sex with my sister/wife.

Thursday: Clonmel. Went door to door looking for handouts. Robbed some clothes off some washing lines. Went home in a 05 Hi-Ace. Had sex with my sister/wife.

luasdriver.blogspot.com: We’ve got a taxi driver’s blog, a busman’s blog, now we need a blog from a driver of Dublin’s newest form of public transport. The Luas.

Example entries: Weds - crashed. Thurs - crashed. Fri - some cunt crashed into me. Sat - crashed. Sun- ran over pedestrian. Mon - ran out of electricity.

So there are just some of the blogs the Irish blogging scene is missing. Can you think of any more?