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1. Comment on “Republicans should remember that the third colour in the Irish flag is Orange…”
   on 24 May 2013 at 5:23 pm

   Morpheus

   Here is a link to a review of Mickey Harte’s book.

   http://www.gladysganiel.com/spirituality-sport/tyrone-football-manager-mickey-harte-book-review-presence-is-the-only-thing-spirituality-and-sport/

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2. Comment on “Republicans should remember that the third colour in the Irish flag is Orange…”
   on 23 May 2013 at 4:36 pm

   babyface

   Spot on comment. I cringe with embarrassment every time I hear one of their spokemen defend the order. They could possibly turn things around in a short space of time if they had brains.

   Morpheus
   Do you expect them to play at grounds named after members of “repubican gangs” or will Tyrone GAA do something about these clubs? What have they done about it up to now?

   I think it’s great that kids can of all traditions come together in sport. I have no problem with that. I have a photo of my young son when we where in France two yeas ago. He’s wearing his NI top and playing huring with kids from Kilkenny. He loved it. If my children wished to play gaelic sports I would back them 100%. Saying that I don’t think they will be playing in grounds named republican gang members.

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3. Comment on “Republicans should remember that the third colour in the Irish flag is Orange…”
   on 23 May 2013 at 3:30 pm

   Morpheus

   You appear to doing an impression of Ian Paisley here. When he didn’t like the question asked by a southern journalist he accused him of being drunk. Attack appears to be the best form of defense. The question still stands. Can the PUL community ever be part of the Tyrone GAA.

   AM Ghobsmach

   It would be interesting if the PUL did decide to embrace Gaelic games on mass. Would they be able to form clubs in their areas and be accepted into the GAA family or would they have to join existing clubs outside their areas….

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4. Comment on “Republicans should remember that the third colour in the Irish flag is Orange…”
   on 23 May 2013 at 12:05 pm

   Morpheus

   I also meant to say we all know that the GAA is more than a sporting organisation.

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5. Comment on “Republicans should remember that the third colour in the Irish flag is Orange…”
   on 23 May 2013 at 12:03 pm

   Morpheus

   Where in my post did I say Mickey Harte was anti Protestant? Did I say that it was his idea to go to a mass before an All Ireland final? Did I say that it was his idea that the team learn the Irish anthem before the final? I was quoting from his book. Nothing more nothing less.To be honest I actually think Mickey Harte is a decent guy whose loves the GAA and gives his time freely. I respect that. I resent your comment that I was labelling him as anti Protestant. I was simply asking the question how would a person from the PUL community fit in to this team when these activities were deemed necessary by Tyrone GAA. Note that I am not saying that it was Mickey Harte who organised these events!!!!!!!

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6. Comment on “Republicans should remember that the third colour in the Irish flag is Orange…”
   on 23 May 2013 at 10:46 am

   Morpheus

   Apologies if I offended you regarding my comments about “republican’s ” and the GAA. I know that the vast majoriy of GAA members are decent people and I’m not trying to get at them. Saying that, I believe the leadership of the GAA turns a blind eye to these people. Do they really think that unionist’s would feel comfortable in grounds named after volent “republican’s or that they would let their children play in tournaments named after violent “republican’s. They need to get real.

   I read Mickey Harte’s auto biograhy “Presence Is The Only Thing”. He writes about how before an All Ireland final they took the squad to a mass. If they had players from a Presbyterian, Methodist, Anglican etc background would they be expected to wait on the bus while this happened? He also wrote as how the team had to learn the anthem of the Republic so they would be able to sing it at Croke park. If a unionist player was in the team would this not make him stand out? These are some of the issues that the GAA need to adress if they want to reach out to unionist’s and indeed non catholics.

   I used to have conversations with a former work collegue about the Down team. He was a big Down football fan and invited me to a number of games. Alas I didn’t take up his invite. He told me of a conversation he had with a fan of a county from the republic. He told the fan that his county were lucky as they had the whole county to choose players from and Down didn’t. They only could pick players from half the county. This guy wold also use the term “undesirables” when discussing some of the people who attended the big games. He did say that it was mainly the hurling clubs ( in his area) which attracted these people.

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7. Comment on “Republicans should remember that the third colour in the Irish flag is Orange…”
   on 22 May 2013 at 9:57 pm

   Carl

   Can we really ignore the dual memership of the GAA? Is it really whataboutery to mention it? Like the OO the GAA has many decent people in it and I accept that they are not marching down roads during the summer.That is the big difference between them. The problem for me with the GAA is the violent “republican’s” who are involved with it. Of course the flags and anthem don’t help as well.The same can be said about clubs and tournaments named after violent “republican’s.

   The problem I have with the OO is the pretence that it is a Christan organisation. If it was we wouldn’t have he issues we are having at the moment.They need to wise up and lose the arrogance and the pride especially in urban areas. The rural OO is a different organisation in my eyes. They are mainly respectable and seem to get on with their neighbours a lot more.

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8. Comment on “Republicans should remember that the third colour in the Irish flag is Orange…”
   on 22 May 2013 at 2:43 pm

   Carl
   Reader has a good point regarding the GAA and the OO having members who have terrorist pasts. Are people vetted when they apply to join the GAA. If not should they be vetted?

   I agree with you regarding parades. I wish the order would get off their high horse and speak to the people who are ofended by the parades. The leadership of the order comes across as arrogant and out of touch. The rules regarding the RC church are stupid. Some of the bands ned to be banned from the pardes. Saying that there are a of people who claim to be republican who will travel a brave distance to be offended by these parades.

   What would it take to make the OO acceptable to you? Unionists should ask themselves the same qustion about the GAA.

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9. Comment on “Republicans should remember that the third colour in the Irish flag is Orange…”
   on 21 May 2013 at 9:39 pm

   I’m no fan of the OO but babyface has got it right. It is hardly a secret society when you compare it to the IRA, UVF,UDA etc. They are real secret societies. Martin og seems to have memory laspes when talking about secret societies. While the OO has many faults and some obnoxious members we should remember that there are members who are decent and law biding. People like the late David Black the prison warder who was murderd by a secret society was one of these decent orangemen.

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10. Comment on Death of CSI: If we can’t have a strategy what about asking better questions?
    on 10 May 2013 at 3:27 pm

    fitz
    I thought Bell and O’Dowd were appalling last night. The smirk on Bell’s face while Conall McDevitt was speaking was nauseating.

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