Have a good night Ulster squaxx..one of the best nights of my life was spent in Belfast in 2001 on July 12 on a pub crawl in Newtownards rd..The Elk and The Old Moat Inn (I think?) were particularly memorable and the hospitality was fantastic..aye they know how to have a knees up in Belfast..
Have a good night!..
TPS
hmmm.... yeah - walk through a opposing religions housing estates, crowing about a battle that they won 200 (or so) years ago, whilst throwing stones, rocks, petrol bombs and each other at the police, all the time scaring the locals witless.
Sounds like a cracking night out!
yeah right Darryl..Belfasts like that all the time..you cant walk anywhere without a provo blowing a shop out..I've never seen any of that shite except on the news and I go every year and i have a fucking good time EVERY time
just out of interest Darryl how many times do you go and witness the things you've said?
You specifically mentioned the 12th - and from that I infer you mean the commemoration of the Battle of the Boyne (which, after checking the facts, was 316 years ago) by the Orange Order, who feel that the ability to march through predominately Catholic areas is a staple of their human rights, an activity that has come to symbolise the Protestants superiority and control over the Catholics. Am I right?
Now as for have I been to Belfast - yes, on several occasions, mainly to go to gigs at the Odyysey Arena - a bloody good venue! So yes, I ahve had good nights out - I just think that a group of bigoted old farts who want to intimidate the rest of the community aren't something that should have a 'happy 12th!' celebration - it's a bit like saying 'happy 14th!' and holding a parade of british soldiers through the streets of Dresden...
But I take your point about Belfast being a good night out - it isn't bad - but not as good as Dublin.
Dublin is a whorehouse without a roof.
There's always trouble on the 12th, it's just a matter of scale from one year to the next. My brother-in-law has definite opinions of orangemen stemming from the fact that he's a photographer, and he gets stoned or threatened with violence if he tries to take photos at 'family fun' events like 12th bonfires. Journalists are unwelcome, also.
The 12th is a celebration of sectarianism in Northern Ireland, which is fine, as it's all we're good at these days anyway.
The 12th's great.
I got a day off work, and tomorrow I'm getting double time. And just to balance it out, I get the same on Paddy's day.
Dublin is fantastic.
Apart from getting stuck in a feckin one way system (during a Marathon) and finding a Gardai who appeared to have no idea how to get out of his own City!!
'it's a bit like saying 'happy 14th!' and holding a parade of british soldiers through the streets of Dresden...'
Er no it isn't..it's nothing like that all in fact.
I mentioned happy 12th because its a good piss up day in Belfast..just like St Patricks day is too, which I also try and get over for if i can.
Before this thread descends into a Protestant/Catholic bicker , I urge all squaxx to resist from posting Historical/political viewpoint that will further antagonize those reading and is fucking BORING..this is a celebratory thread so everyone go out and get pissed instead..
"a Gardai who appeared to have no idea how to get out of his own City"
hahah- all garda? are from the country! they have no idea about Dublin apart from what they're taught at cop-school, thats it's full of jackeens, thieves,whores and drugs
and protestants
A car blew up in my street at 2.30 this morning. I live in Glasgow. Its fuck all to do with this thread but I've been gagging to post it somewhere!