Silence in the Ulster air
Alan in Belfast has already picked up on the Northern Ireland confidential blog. I love the latest post – we’re just so much more civilized here!
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Books
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The lost art of reading (or drowning in too much information)…
Here’s a great review of a fascinating book (H/T reader Rory) on how the Internet is destroying our capacity for intelligent, focused and critical thought. It opens thus: …here is the news that Ulin brings in this slim, meandering book: that reading is “an act of contemplation”; that such an act becomes more difficult in [...] read our review »
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Children of the Revolution (Bill Rolston)
What was life like for children of political activists during the Troubles? A new book by Bill Rolston and published by Guildhall Press during the summer has collected together the stories of twenty Children of the Revolution whose parents’ activities – and in many cases, imprisonment – had a significant affect on childhoods and life [...] read our review »
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Belfast port celebrated as hopes rise for lower corporation tax
The House of Lords was the suitably grand venue for the London launch of Alf McCreary’s magnificently illustrated tome Titanic Port, a history of Belfast Harbour. Before I got a chance to take a good look at my copy, my ears pricked up when the chairman of the harbour commissioners Len O’Hagan said hopes were high [...] read our review »
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Here, or is it there?
You partitioned Ulster, remember.
To monaman – Ulster as in Northern Ireland. Or maybe you prefer the 9-county version drawn up during Elizabethan times. While some sporting groups use the Elizabethan Ulster, you should remember that Ulster has changed in size over the generations.
P&J;,
“While some sporting groups use the Elizabethan Ulster, you should remember that Ulster has changed in size over the generations.”
Tell me, P&J;, when you fed that line to the UVF men of the wee three (2000 in Cavan alone) back in ’22, how did it go down?
Peace and Justice down the barel of a loyalist gun has gone quiet
To monaman – you can’t deny that Ulster has changed over the centuries. It’s interesting that you support the lines drawn up by English officials during Elizabethan times.
To Quiz Master – I don’t and have never supported terrorism of any kind. Can you say the same?
Good to see Michael Shilliday with his finger on the PULSE of topical issues as usual…
P&J;,
answer the question, you straight-talking Ulster Prod you.
To monaman – ask sensible questions and you will get answers. Around the time the border was set up many people may have had a different definition of Ulster. The point is – and I repeat – that Ulster has changed over time. You obviously have a deep affection for the lines drawn up by English officials during Elizabethan times.
Ulster is nine counties and NI is six of those counties. NI isn’t Ulster, it’s part of Ulster.
I wouldn’t say to a Cavan, Monaghan or Donegal man they aren’t Ulster men because NI Protestants think they can claim “Ulster” as a Protestant province when there’s as many Catholic Ulstermen.