History Main / IrishExplosivesExpert

* The page quote is provided by Brian from ''ComicBook/SinCity'', a former-IRA bomber turned mercenary who admits that explosions are his preferred method of killing.

* Brian from ''ComicBook/SinCity'' is a former-IRA bomber who now works as a mercenary, who admits that explosions are his preferred method of killing.
-->"Y'see, I'm not too fond of shootin'. It's my preference to blow things up. Once you blast the roof off a pub and see all the parts flying off people, a little bang-bang's never gonna match the sight of that."

* ''ComicBook/TheFurtherAdventuresOfIndianaJones'': In #29, Indy clashes with IRA agent Michael Cobb, but is [[TeethClenchedTeamwork forced to join forces with him]] in #30 after they realise they have a mutual foe. Although Cobb is happy wielding a Tommy gun, he has an especial fascination with dynamite--referring to it as his 'calling card'--and wearing an over lined with sticks of it sealed in waterproof pouches.

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* ''ComicBook/TheFurtherAdventuresOfIndianaJones'': In #29, Indy clashes with IRA agent Michael Cobb, but is [[TeethClenchedTeamwork forced to join forces with him]] in #30 after they realise they have a mutual foe. Although Cobb is happy wielding a Tommy gun, he has an especial fascination with dynamite--referring to it as his 'calling card'--and wearing an over lined with stick of it sealed in waterproof pouches.

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* John Mallory from ''Film/AFistfulOfDynamite''. His demolition expertise is put to good use by the rebels.

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* ''Literature/TheHoundOfTheDurbervilles'': The group of Irish revolutionaries includes a notorious bomber, Tyrone Mountmain.

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* Packie [=McReary=], Nico's main contact in the Irish Mob in ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoIV'', will supply Nico with car bombs once the two become good friends.

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* Macmorris in ''Theatre/HenryV'', who is in charge of mining the town of Harfleur, is a curious example in that the play predates the events, or at least the technology, that led to the existence of the stereotype. Macmorris's quick temper and defensiveness about his nationality reflect both English sterotypes of the Irish and the fact that there was a rebellion in Ireland going on at the time ''Henry V'' was written, but of course it would be several centuries before explosives came to connote political violence pertaining to Ireland (indeed, the play itself also takes place before explosives were widely used in combat in Europe. In medieval warfare, mining involved digging tunnels beneath a city's defenses, but thanks to Shakespeare's tendency toward AnachronismStew the text of the play includes several references to explosives, which had become part of the process by his own tie). This is sometimes played up, and PlayedForLaughs, in modern productions.

As this is TruthInTelevision and an inflammatory issue even today, NoRealLifeExamplesPlease. In a less inflammatory sense, likely also TruthInTelevision due to the number of Irish workers involved in railway construction in Great Britain, Canada, the United States, and Australia.

A Subtrope of {{Oireland}}, DemolitionsExpert and MadBomber, the Irish Explosives Expert is a person hailing from the Emerald Isle whose use in the plot is that of the explosives expert. As the {{Oireland}} page says, 90% of Irish characters in action movies tend to be this trope. This trope is derived from UsefulNotes/TheTroubles, a dark period of time for both the North and South, where bombings were carried out by various paramilitary groups (most notably the Irish Republican Army) against targets both military and civilian.

A Subtrope of {{Oireland}} and MadBomber, the Irish Explosives Expert is a person hailing from the Emerald Isle whose use in the plot is that of the explosives expert. As the {{Oireland}} page says, 90% of Irish characters in action movies tend to be this trope. This trope is derived from UsefulNotes/TheTroubles, a dark period of time for both the North and South, where bombings were carried out by various paramilitary groups (most notably the Irish Republican Army) against targets both military and civilian.

* ''Film/BlownAway'' gives us Ryan Gaerity and Liam Dove, one a PsychoForHire that ''loves'' making StuffBlowingUp while the other is a ShellShockedVeteran of UsefulNotes/TheTroubles that decided to apply his explosives expertise (taught by Gaerity) in working for the Boston Police's Bomb Squad.

Ireland is famous for many things. The lush, green countryside. The friendliness of the people. Their red hair and mellifluous burrs (accents). The song, the music, the dance (ceilidh). [[BreadEggsMilkSquick People skilled with the use of explosives.]]

As this is TruthInTelevision and an inflammatory issue even today, NoRealLifeExamplesPlease.

* * A novelty song by the Glencoves from 1963 is "It's Sister Ginny's Turn To Throw The Bomb," which details an Irish family of {{MadBomber}}s. "It's sister Ginny's turn to throw the bomb. / The last one, it was thrown by brother John. / Mom's aim is bad, / And the coppers all know Dad, / So it's sister Ginny's turn to throw the bomb."

Ireland is famous for many things. The lush, green countryside. The friendliness of the people. [[BreadEggsMilkSquick People skilled with the use of explosives.]]

* The Kitchen Irish arc of ''ComicBook/ThePunisher'' has one, though his face is completely mangled from the time one of his bombs exploded in his face.

* Seamus Finnegan, from ''Franchise/HarryPotter''. Various projects of his exploding are a RunningGag throughout the movies.

* ''Film/BlownAway'' gives us Ryan Gaerity and Liam Dove, one a PsychoForHire that ''loves'' making StuffBlowingUp while the other is a ShellShockedVeteran of UsefulNotes/TheTroubles that decided to apply his explosives expertise (taught by Gaerity) in working for the Boston Police's Bomb Squad.