Willie Drennan vs Orange Order - Spot the Difference

[whiskeysteve]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XMwPRuXBL9I

I've done a lot of research into this and it appears the Ulster Scots movement is indelibly linked with the orange order and extremist unionism. According to wikipedia Our Willie sang the champ song in duet with Billy Wright.

I would invite posters to play the ball and not the man on this one. Grrrrrr

[The Watcher Pat]

Wonder how many scumbags dancing around there are claiming Incapacity benefit or Dla...?

[Evil Genius]

I've done a lot of research into this and it appears the Ulster Scots movement is indelibly linked with the orange order and extremist unionism.

Did your "research" ever get as far as this chap? 

Dr William Drennan
William Drennan, a Belfast Presbyterian doctor and poet of radical views, is usually credited with being the first person to call Ireland "the emerald isle". Drennan was also the main originator of the Society of United Irishmen, an idea which matured in his mind between 1780 and 1785.
Drennan was born on 23 May 1754. Like so many of the United Irishmen, Drennan was a son of the manse. His father, the Revd Thomas Drennan, Minister of First Presbyterian Church, in Rosemary Street, Belfast, had been a friend of Francis Hutcheson, the Ulster Presbyterian philosopher who held the Chair of Moral Philosophy at the University of Glasgow.
http://www.ulsterscotsagency.com/drwillieDrennan.asp

Anyhow, I have no time for either the OO or the "Ulster-Scots-is-a-languge" nonsense, but if you actually listen to the words of The Sash, they are pretty inoffensive. Of course, the song can give offence in an inappropriate context, but I hardly think anyone was too put-out at Whitehead Rangers Club, somehow! 

4/10 - Must try harder

[Roger]

An Ulster-Scot sings an inoffensive song at a party, is this worthy of a thread?  What extremist-unionism does your research show that is indelibly linked to Ulster Scots?

[fitzroyalty]

Thons a wee daftie

[illdecide]

I'd ride your woman up dancing

[Main Street]

I'd agree, the Sash is a harmless folk ditty in the same way as The Boys of the Old Brigade and a thousand other republican songs are harmless folk songs.