Friday, March 28, 2008
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!
Michael Shilliday @ 03:45 PM
Here, or is it there?
You partitioned Ulster, remember.
Posted by on Mar 28, 2008 @ 04:24 PMTo 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.
Posted by on Mar 28, 2008 @ 08:24 PMP&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?
Posted by on Mar 28, 2008 @ 08:59 PMPeace and Justice down the barel of a loyalist gun has gone quiet
Posted by on Mar 28, 2008 @ 11:40 PMTo 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?
Posted by on Mar 29, 2008 @ 02:12 AMGood to see Michael Shilliday with his finger on the PULSE of topical issues as usual…
Posted by on Mar 30, 2008 @ 01:10 AMP&J;,
answer the question, you straight-talking Ulster Prod you.
Posted by on Mar 30, 2008 @ 05:29 AMTo 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.
Posted by on Mar 30, 2008 @ 09:35 PMUlster 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.
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