Murder of a GAA Chairman

[seafoid]

This story is really like the one about the Stardust

Certainly a tragedy with an attempted coverup, but collusion in the North went much further than that.

British State forces actively provided Loyalists with the intel, support and equipment to carry these murders out and then did everything to prevent a proper investigation then and indeed ever since.

The details are different but the contempt for ordinary decent people is not. . The North has an extra layer of political violence of course  but the core dynamic is the same imo.

There was no RUC or MI5 involvement in the Kerry Babies story.

[Norm-Peterson]

I haven't watched the documentary yet but my mother was from Bellaghy. In the 1970s the Orangemen would go out of their way to parade through a Catholic housing estate even though they knew it was Catholic.

[ranch]

I haven't watched the documentary yet but my mother was from Bellaghy. In the 1970s the Orangemen would go out of their way to parade through a Catholic housing estate even though they knew it was Catholic.

In the 1970s?
That still happens today.

[Wildweasel74]

Rasharkin jumps out at me!

[marty34]

A lot of towns in the 6 counties.

Flags and marches in up to 70 - 100% -'nationalist' towns and villages.

Strange people.

[brokencrossbar1]

A lot of towns in the 6 counties.

Flags and marches in up to 70 - 100% -'nationalist' towns and villages.

Strange people.

Dogs pissing around 'their' territories....

[imtommygunn]

Rasharkin jumps out at me!

Used to happen in Dunloy but seems to have been nipped in the bud. Ridiculous that this was happening.

[johnnycool]

Rasharkin jumps out at me!

Still happens in Kircubbin on the 12th morning I believe.

The local bands from Portavogie, Cloughy etc would get out of their buses and parade around one of the local estates, almost 90% nationalist and then get back on their busses to the main parade wherever.

There used to be a band "from" Portaferry do the same, but they've dwindled away to next to nothing and I don't think any of them are local to Portaferry at all now. All a bit of a sad spectacle at this point.

[ardtole]

I'm pretty sure Castlewellan has been used recently, definitely has in the past.

[Brendan]

Dungiven another strange one they have to get marching through

[marty34]

I think in a way, the OO marching in these towns and villages is people don't care any more. No major flashpoints now apart from the interfaces and urban areas. 

Nationalism has won. It's all about the demographics now and that has swung hugely in the past 5 years and in 10 years say, it'll be massive.

These parades are more to be pitied than laughed at. They know their place now in the small rual areas, especially west of the Bann. A tiddly wee band with a few old men in bowler hats marching behind.

A sad sight. 

 

[markl121]

I think in a way, the OO marching in these towns and villages is people don't care any more. No major flashpoints now apart from the interfaces and urban areas. 

Nationalism has won. It's all about the demographics now and that has swung hugely in the past 5 years and in 10 years say, it'll be massive.

These parades are more to be pitied than laughed at. They know their place now in the small rual areas, especially west of the Bann. A tiddly wee band with a few old men in bowler hats marching behind.

A sad sight. 

 

This is exactly it. Where I'm from
Would have been 80% unionist when my da was growing up, but there were no flags, my da and his mates used to take them down. Now the town is about 70% nationalist and we have flags that go up in June and don't come down to Christmas. Thing is no one my generations cares. Bit of a laugh for ha as we go to our work in decent jobs with decent education.

[Milltown Row2]

I used to take my dad away for weekends every so often, headed to Derry one time, was a late Saturday afternoon and heading into town, at the corner of the street when pulling into town, the Lundy burning was happening in a street we passed, I said to the taxi man was it a bit controversial, he didn't give it a second and said, no one is bothered, let them at it and soon enough it'll disappear.

That's gotta happen, kids will eventually go "WTF" and it will die a death

Was refreshing (at the time) to hear.

[Derryman forever]

I used to take my dad away for weekends every so often, headed to Derry one time, was a late Saturday afternoon and heading into town, at the corner of the street when pulling into town, the Lundy burning was happening in a street we passed, I said to the taxi man was it a bit controversial, he didn't give it a second and said, no one is bothered, let them at it and soon enough it'll disappear.

That's gotta happen, kids will eventually go "WTF" and it will die a death

Was refreshing (at the time) to hear.

If only we'd known you were in Derry. We'd a bought you a pint or two