All Discussions Tagged 'Belfast' - The Wild Geese2024-03-29T11:37:00Zhttps://thewildgeese.irish/forum/topic/listForTag?tag=Belfast&feed=yes&xn_auth=noStop the Parades?tag:thewildgeese.irish,2013-08-12:6442157:Topic:392292013-08-12T18:00:36.066ZKelly O'Rourkehttps://thewildgeese.irish/profile/KellyORourke
<p>A recent outbreak of violence in Belfast has me pondering parading. My husband and I visited Belfast just a few days before the riots, and the streets were calm and peaceful. It seems that the majority of the incidents in recent years have occurred at or around a Loyalist or Republican parade. The non-parading faction usually takes umbrage at the chosen route, stages a protest, and tempers escalate.</p>
<p><strong>The president of the Capitol Hill-based Irish National Caucus,…</strong></p>
<p>A recent outbreak of violence in Belfast has me pondering parading. My husband and I visited Belfast just a few days before the riots, and the streets were calm and peaceful. It seems that the majority of the incidents in recent years have occurred at or around a Loyalist or Republican parade. The non-parading faction usually takes umbrage at the chosen route, stages a protest, and tempers escalate.</p>
<p><strong>The president of the Capitol Hill-based Irish National Caucus, <a href="http://thenewwildgeese.com/profiles/blogs/my-american-struggle-a-priest-s-bold-bid-to-put-injustice-in" target="_self">Father Sean McManus</a>, has offered a solution: "Stop being stupid."</strong></p>
<p>Here is his statement in full :</p>
<blockquote><p>"First, full disclosure: I have no personal interest in, or existential need for parading.<br/> Although I have been almost forty-one years in the United State, I've never marched in the New York or Washington St. Patrick's Day parades. (Although in 1973 and 1974 I led the 45-mile Irish Freedom March from Baltimore to Washington, to the White House and British Embassy respectively).</p>
<p>That being confessed, here is my suggestion: Stop the stupid marching in Northern Ireland. I say stupid with all due respect, because if one keeps doing the same thing over and over again, with bad and sad results, then surely it is stupid.</p>
<p>Why should grown ups -- indeed, middle age men and women keep doing this?<br/> Does it really need to waste the time of the excellent Richard Haas? Does it need a professional diplomat to resolve it?</p>
<p>All parties should suspend parading indefinitely, or accept parades being banned.</p>
<p>Stop being stupid."</p>
<p>Sean Mc Manus<br/> President<br/> Irish National Caucus</p>
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<p>So what do ye think, fellow Wild Geese? Should the parades be banned to limit the violence, or are they an important expression of free-speech?</p>
<p><a target="_self" href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/122479007?profile=original"><img width="610" class="align-center" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/122479007?profile=RESIZE_1024x1024" width="610"/></a></p> Whole Tribe Sings -- Born Across Belfast's Sectarian Dividetag:thewildgeese.irish,2013-04-23:6442157:Topic:178172013-04-23T16:54:39.511ZGerry Reganhttps://thewildgeese.irish/profile/ger_regan
<p><a href="http://www.valley-entertainment.com/history-of-hard-luck-1.html">http://www.valley-entertainment.com/history-of-hard-luck-1.html</a></p>
<p><span>From the promo on Valley Entertainment's website:</span></p>
<p><span>"Born out of Derry in war torn Northern Ireland, </span><strong>Whole Tribe Sings</strong><span> is a vibrant clan of musicians who, if it were a different time, might well be enemies."</span></p>
<p><span>What a fascinating backstory!</span></p>
<p><span>What do you…</span></p>
<p><a href="http://www.valley-entertainment.com/history-of-hard-luck-1.html">http://www.valley-entertainment.com/history-of-hard-luck-1.html</a></p>
<p><span>From the promo on Valley Entertainment's website:</span></p>
<p><span>"Born out of Derry in war torn Northern Ireland, </span><strong>Whole Tribe Sings</strong><span> is a vibrant clan of musicians who, if it were a different time, might well be enemies."</span></p>
<p><span>What a fascinating backstory!</span></p>
<p><span>What do you guys think of the music?</span></p>
<p></p> View of 1916 Rising from Stage in Wartime Belfasttag:thewildgeese.irish,2013-04-02:6442157:Topic:154292013-04-02T14:05:41.540ZGerry Reganhttps://thewildgeese.irish/profile/ger_regan
<p>Derry Journal has an interesting article about <span>Derry republican Hugh McAteer, who led an IRA commemoration of the 1916 Rising by hijacking a screening in a Belfast cinema. McAteer and his comrades' feat generated coverage for the incident, and the nationalist cause, in headlines around the world. He even drew a mention from Nazi propagandist Lord Haw Haw (typically the voice of Brooklyn-born and Galway-raised William Joyce). Journal reporter Michael McMonagle took a look at McAteer's…</span></p>
<p>Derry Journal has an interesting article about <span>Derry republican Hugh McAteer, who led an IRA commemoration of the 1916 Rising by hijacking a screening in a Belfast cinema. McAteer and his comrades' feat generated coverage for the incident, and the nationalist cause, in headlines around the world. He even drew a mention from Nazi propagandist Lord Haw Haw (typically the voice of Brooklyn-born and Galway-raised William Joyce). Journal reporter Michael McMonagle took a look at McAteer's extraordinary life.</span></p>
<p><a href="http://www.derryjournal.com/news/local/remembering-easter-1943-1-4946108?goback=%2Egde_134004_member_227895517">http://www.derryjournal.com/news/local/remembering-easter-1943-1-4946108?goback=%2Egde_134004_member_227895517</a></p>