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By *ontbesillywrapyourwilly OP   Man
35 weeks ago

Tipperary

Little topic of discussion this morning. In your opinion should they be banned or is your motto , leave the kids have their enjoyment and fun?

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By *arrot_in_a_boxCouple
35 weeks ago

Kinda Dublin

Bonfires are great. What's the harm when they're supervised, and not lighting wheelie bins in the streets.

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By (user no longer on site)
35 weeks ago

It’s a tradition that I think had peaked and is slowly declining I feel with everyone being so safely conscious.

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By *exesrangerMan
35 weeks ago

city


"It’s a tradition that I think had peaked and is slowly declining I feel with everyone being so safely conscious. "

Agree with this. I think ppl are becoming more conscious environmentally and then there's the safety aspect. I haven't seen a Halloween bonfire lit in my area in many years. I don't disagree with them now before someone bounces on me and I loved them as a kid but there was always lots of parentental supervision too and not tyres

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By *exesrangerMan
35 weeks ago

city

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By *ontbesillywrapyourwilly OP   Man
35 weeks ago

Tipperary


"It’s a tradition that I think had peaked and is slowly declining I feel with everyone being so safely conscious.

Agree with this. I think ppl are becoming more conscious environmentally and then there's the safety aspect. I haven't seen a Halloween bonfire lit in my area in many years. I don't disagree with them now before someone bounces on me and I loved them as a kid but there was always lots of parentental supervision too and not tyres"

jesus there was a nice few lit last night around my area and further afield. Tyres etc all over the place.

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By *onderingpurposeMan
35 weeks ago

Belfast

Us Northerners will sit this one out

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By (user no longer on site)
35 weeks ago


"Us Northerners will sit this one out "

I came here to say exactly the same thing

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By *ouble Trouble 1000Couple
35 weeks ago

ireland


"Us Northerners will sit this one out

I came here to say exactly the same thing "

Indeed !

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By *ontbesillywrapyourwilly OP   Man
35 weeks ago

Tipperary

Didn’t bonfires begin and take off as English thing from guy Fawkes night?

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By *onderingpurposeMan
35 weeks ago

Belfast


"Us Northerners will sit this one out

I came here to say exactly the same thing

Indeed !"

Great polluted minds think alike

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By *ouble Trouble 1000Couple
35 weeks ago

ireland


"Didn’t bonfires begin and take off as English thing from guy Fawkes night? "

Remember ,Remember

The 5th of November !!

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By *ontbesillywrapyourwilly OP   Man
35 weeks ago

Tipperary


"Didn’t bonfires begin and take off as English thing from guy Fawkes night?

Remember ,Remember

The 5th of November !!"

yep the English bonfires.

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By *elfastDMan
35 weeks ago

belfast

I didn’t realise the south celebrated the failure of the great gunpowder plot with bonfires seems bizarre

Even those of a certain persuasion don’t celebrate it up north

Maybe the pallets are too wet up north at this time of year for another bonfire

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By *ilthyNightsCouple
35 weeks ago

East / North, Cork

Dublin Fire Brigade dealt with 629 call outs over Halloween. 244 of the calls were to handle fires, mainly bonfires.

I guess it's the same in the north with the added fun of Guy Faulks night and the burning of the tricolour/poorly made Leo effigies/pallets/tyres in all the July stupidity.

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By *ilthyNightsCouple
35 weeks ago

East / North, Cork

In answer to the original question, I think setting bonfires is already illegal

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By (user no longer on site)
35 weeks ago


"Didn’t bonfires begin and take off as English thing from guy Fawkes night?

Remember ,Remember

The 5th of November !!yep the English bonfires."

Was it not a pagan ritual that the High King used to oversee and then St. Patrick lit his before the King....or something to do with that bullshit, ha

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By (user no longer on site)
35 weeks ago


"It’s a tradition that I think had peaked and is slowly declining I feel with everyone being so safely conscious.

Agree with this. I think ppl are becoming more conscious environmentally and then there's the safety aspect. I haven't seen a Halloween bonfire lit in my area in many years. I don't disagree with them now before someone bounces on me and I loved them as a kid but there was always lots of parentental supervision too and not tyres"

Possibly this but also I think people are more lazy to set them up and also, aren't as many large grass areas or small fields that people owned so you can set them up as a lot has been sold for a bunch of house and whatever to be built on....suppose you could say it's a bunch of factors why you don't see many

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By *ilthyNightsCouple
35 weeks ago

East / North, Cork

I guess also schools and organisations who like to be thought of as being responsible and sustainable aren't going to be lighting massive fires in organised events so much. When I was at school there used to be a massive bonfire, but few schools will do this now. Insurance probably plays a part too.

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