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[Cruimh]

Yes it works great. it's no coincidence that the British controlled part of Ireland has been a disaster since its inception.

There should really have been a smiley after that .....

[bona na croin]

Probably. There's areas or Cavan (like Cootehill) where people are very open about their membership of the Loyal Orders. Might be more to do with numbers than anything else. The more concentrated numbers, the less likely they are to worry about it. It's probably exposure too, people become "desensatised" to something after they've been around it so much. The further south you go, the less you come across people who've had any sort contact with something like the OO and their opinions on it have been molded by media, their social interactions and their history books.

I know what your saying. I remember when I was in secondary school, a lad told the class that in his house they had a picture of the Queen above their mantle piece. I was shocked at the time but looking back now i can she why he had no fear of saying it.

[Schomberg]

I know what your saying. I remember when I was in secondary school, a lad told the class that in his house they had a picture of the Queen above their mantle piece. I was shocked at the time but looking back now i can she why he had no fear of saying it.

I've always had a great time in Donegal, going up for parades and get togethers. At Rossnowlagh, all the locals are fantastic. I remember a friend of mine, from NE Donegal telling me that he was trying to sell raffle tickets once for his lodge in the area and a girl he had just bought tickets off a week previous wouldn't buy his. That was about how hot it got lol

Further south than that you wouldn't find an orangeman willing to risk walking around trying to shift tickets for a lodge

[bogtrotter]

It's obvious he will always lament independence no matter what steps the Republic takes to embrace his sectarian culture. I feel sad for him having to wake up every morning despising that fact that he's an Irishman and that the British Queen will never be his head of state.

There are many like him in the Republic and they are not all protestants or members of loyal orders....It may take another centuary to wash away all the dirt from our Colonialised roots......Too many of our people were contaminated and influenced by bribes and threats over the centuries by our English colonisers..........

[Scipio]

There's a reason a lot of Irish Protestants, especially the more rural ones, feel like outsiders. We know it, they kinda know it too but will never admit to it. What gets to me is when I hear these nationalist freaks smooth talking northern Unionism about the utopian united Ireland that awaits them, if only they'd take the leap and some more naive unionists engage with them. Scipio and co refuse to believe that what someone says to them and what someone will say to someone like me are two very different things, yet when any new poll on a united Ireland comes out and it's shown to have little support they're first line of defense is no one will answer honestly to someone knocking at their door. It's all pretty predictable at this stage.

People, in general, may be afraid to admit they're members of the OO Schomberg, even (or especially) to fellow Protestants. I don't believe I've ever denied that.

That said, can you honestly say that participation in the Loyal Orders is anything more than a minority pursuit amongst southern Protestants, much akin to Catholic membership of the AOH?

Just as I don't know a Protestant Orangeman neither do I know a Catholic Hibernian. I'm sure they're there, but they're certainly not numerous. That's the crux of my point.
The organization you're involved in is clearly a pursuit important to people like yourself, but it's hardly representative of a wider community consciousness.

[b.a. baracus]

I've always had a great time in Donegal, going up for parades and get togethers. At Rossnowlagh, all the locals are fantastic. I remember a friend of mine, from NE Donegal telling me that he was trying to sell raffle tickets once for his lodge in the area and a girl he had just bought tickets off a week previous wouldn't buy his. That was about how hot it got lol

Further south than that you wouldn't find an orangeman willing to risk walking around trying to shift tickets for a lodge

How much does an anti-Catholic raffle ticket cost Schomberg? What was the prize?

Just in case you get all hot and bothered I'm not a catholic myself, just interested.

[bona na croin]

I've always had a great time in Donegal, going up for parades and get togethers. At Rossnowlagh, all the locals are fantastic.

I might bite the bullet myself next year and see what its like, i'll have to ask my friends can i borrow their granda's Sash for the day. He might turn in his grave though having a republican wearing it.

[b.a. baracus]

I might bite the bullet myself next year and see what its like, i'll have to ask my friends can i borrow their granda's Sash for the day. He might turn in his grave though having a republican wearing it.

Jog on Timmy.

[Sean O'Brian]

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CR6IL3fUvGU"]The Sash My Father Wore[/ame]

[bona na croin]

Jog on Timmy.

i'll walk on, walk on...