Northern Ireland

looney · Mar 27, 2016

glasfryn said:
just the 30 years it is then

In living memory. But yes some hold grudges for centuries.

alfredmizen · Mar 27, 2016

Brighton Lines said:
Eventually the Catholic population will outnumber the Protestant. Things will probably change. The most important thing is that people are mature about it. That area of land belongs to those who live there, we have no ownership rights. Relationships between the communities is the top priority, not the system of governance. Great strides have been made in recent times.

No it wont,as has already been stated, the majority of the Catholic population would now rather stay within the UK.

Gregory2Smith1 · Mar 27, 2016

looney said:
In living memory. But yes some hold grudges for centuries.

Indeed

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Bartholomew's_Day_massacre

dangull · Mar 27, 2016

Gregory2 said:
look this it 2016 not 1916

if it hadn't been for the 1st World War,Ireland was poised for a civil war

the protestants would have gone through the South like a dose of salts

the border would have been about 5 miles north of Dublin otherwise

any community that paints their curbs red,white & blue are British in my book

A lot of southern irish protestants thought against the British in the war of independence.

The 1798 rebellion was led by Wolfe Tone who was a protestant.

Lord Bracknell · Mar 27, 2016

One question to ask is:- What difference will Arlene Foster make?

El Presidente · Mar 27, 2016

Lord Bracknell said:
One question to ask is:- What difference will Arlene Foster make?

Isn't that a song by The Smiths?

Wellesley · Mar 27, 2016

dangull said:
A lot of southern irish protestants thought against the British in the war of independence.

The 1798 rebellion was led by Wolfe Tone who was a protestant.

Who'd have fought it?

dangull · Mar 27, 2016

Wellesley said:
Who'd have fought it?

Yep that's what I meant :dunce:

Hope people understood anyway

Colonel Angus · Mar 27, 2016

I really thought NSC was going to solve the Irish problem once and for all.

Soooo surprised and disappointed that we have not.

jonny.rainbow · Mar 27, 2016

Buzzer said:
No it f*cking shouldn't. Ulster is British.

It would be the ultimate betrayal of our fellow countrymen if we sold them out. Prats like you don't have a scoobies about the issues at stake or the people involved.

I used to live in Ulster, County Donegal to be specific. The country I resided in was not British.

If you don't have a scoobie about the Irish provinces I suggest you stop mouthing off or you'll make yourself look a bit of a prat.

Wellesley · Mar 27, 2016

jonny.rainbow said:
I used to live in Ulster, County Donegal to be specific. The country I resided in was not British.

If you don't have a scoobie about the Irish provinces I suggest you stop mouthing off or you'll make yourself look a bit of a prat.

I think you should take your own advice. Whether you like it or not, Ulster IS British.

jonny.rainbow · Mar 27, 2016

Wellesley said:
I think you should take your own advice. Whether you like it or not, Ulster IS British.

It's nothing to do with what I, you or anyone else 'likes'. Ulster is made up of counties from both the Republic and Northern Ireland.

Wellesley · Mar 27, 2016

jonny.rainbow said:
It's nothing to do with what I, you or anyone else 'likes'. Ulster is made up counties from both the Republic and Northern Ireland.

Oh yeah, well then, errrr, let me tell you this...........Yes, you're right actually.

Cian · Mar 27, 2016

Wellesley said:
I think you should take your own advice. Whether you like it or not, Ulster IS British.

Ulster consists of 9 counties, 3 of which have been in the Republic of Ireland and predecessor states since 1922. I'm from one of those 3.

If you don't know what a word means, don't use it.

Wellesley · Mar 27, 2016

Cian said:
Ulster consists of 9 counties, 3 of which have been in the Republic of Ireland and predecessor states since 1922. I'm from one of those 3.

If you don't know what a word means, don't use it.

I mistakenly thought I did know what it meant, so how was I supposed to know not to use it? I admit I learned that something l always believed, was wrong. I think I had already acknowledged that in my previous post, and therefore wasn't in need of some smart-arse from a third world country to stick his oar in.

Cian · Mar 27, 2016

Wellesley said:
I mistakenly thought I did know what it meant, so how was I supposed to know not to use it? I admit I learned that something l always believed, was wrong. I think I had already acknowledged that in my previous post, and therefore wasn't in need of some smart-arse from a third world country to stick his oar in.

Thinking without actually knowing causes a lot of problems.

Bitchiness does too.

Eeyore · Mar 27, 2016

Wellesley said:
I think you should take your own advice. Whether you like it or not, Ulster IS British.

You use the term 'British' with a worrying sense of ownership. I don't regard Ulster as British, and many of those who live there don't. It is part of the United Kingdom, and may wish to remain so, but it is Irish (although very different to Eire). If anything the area seems to be developing a cultural identity of its own.

This is why I forsee an independence that doesn't attach itself to the south or the mainland.

A lot of unionist Scots don't see themselves as 'British'. Ditto the Welsh.

dangull · Mar 27, 2016

Wellesley said:
I mistakenly thought I did know what it meant, so how was I supposed to know not to use it? I admit I learned that something l always believed, was wrong. I think I had already acknowledged that in my previous post, and therefore wasn't in need of some smart-arse from a third world country to stick his oar in.

Are you one of those idiot people who do these orange marches every year just to cause the police a problem?

Wellesley · Mar 27, 2016

dangull said:
Are you one of those idiot people who do these orange marches every year just to cause the police a problem?

Absolutely.

dangull · Mar 27, 2016

Wellesley said:
Absolutely.

Well that helps both sides of the community to come together in reconciliation :facepalm:

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