Our Time? Our Place?
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Books
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The Earl Bishop
Tweet Interesting BBC article on an upcoming presentation and talk [Roe Valley Arts and Cultural Centre, 17 August] by lecturer and broadcaster Stephen Price on the subject of his new book – The Earl Bishop. The 18th Century ”Earl Bishop” was Frederick Augustus Hervey, fourth Earl of Bristol and Church of Ireland Bishop of Derry. Hervey was also [...] read our review »
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Lessons in Cute Hoorism: “Graft was accepted, for you were taking from the British…”
Tweet I’ve been catching up on some reading, recently. Most pleasantly surprised by John Drennan’s latest opus from Gill and Macmillan, Cute Hoors and Pious Protestors… It’s early days yet, but I was struck by this paragraph, part of a dissection of Fianna Fail near the beginning: One of the more fatal consequences of our [...] read our review »
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Review: To Kill a Mockingbird
Tweet Somehow I escaped reading this essential school text, with its story of racism in 1930s American South. Living in Northern Ireland, I draw parallels with sectarianism, with its similar bigotry and prejudice. To Kill a Mockingbird was part of a Unite Against Hate campaign event at Parliament Buildings in Northern Ireland, which I’ve [...] read our review »
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That Time, That Place
Our Time, Our Place: No Surrender
No joke I seen a numberplate on a trailer in Derry the other day
S05 FGU
Save Our Souls For God and Ulster.
It’s a guy who trains people for the trailer test.
Unfortunately.
“The unionist family” (to quote Arlene Foster on the news tonight).
Silly old me to think that we were ALL included in our time,our place.
‘Save Our Souls For God and Ulster.’
Do they include Donegal & Cavan & Monaghan in Ulster or are the poor Prods in those counties not eh favoured by God ?
And how do they know that God gives a damn either way about Ulster ?
Lets face it- if JC were to return to Earth and start preaching all that ‘love your neighbour even if he/she’s a Fenian or a Hun stuff ‘ on the streets of Belfast he might avoid being recrucified by the knucklegrounders but he’d probably have his head kicked in at minimum .:(
Oh I’m digressing – For the caption
Flag waver at edge : ‘I’m at the end of my tatter ‘
Greenflag, I promised to let you know when my brother’s book came out. Details in “Are our versions of history sundering or reconciling us? (5) ” thread
Twas our time and twas our place
The world looked on and prayed
Until some flag just got misplaced
And hope began to fade
Threats of death, all roads shut
No sign of festive cheer
Basil’s off to tan his butt
And Santa wont be here…
Orange on top, green republicanism underneath, and yellow Alliance on the bottom. Well, some people will be pleased.
@ mister joe ,
Thanks Joe I’ll have a gander on the morrow and a goose the day after
Greenflag with orange/gold harp centre motif and both tricolour & union jack joined together on small inset say 10% of flag area at bottom right hand tail of new flag signifying the histories of and roles of both current states in the formation of the new Second Republic . And as we’ll probably have been invited to rejoin the Commonwealth the part union jack insert will be recognition of the traditions of the British minority on the island .
I’ll leave any new anthem to the musical composers of the future -just not Danny Boy -in no ways Danny Boy -
“Support is flagging for togetherness in Norn Iron”. The old ones are best.