Well according this Wiki page - it was nothing to do with "us" grabbing "your" land... rather, it was to do with Home Rule and all the fall out surrounding that.

Seems we both need to get back to the history books (if Wiki is accurate).

FTA "From the late 19th century, the majority of people living on the island of Ireland wanted the British government to grant some form of self-rule to Ireland"

It all spiralled from there. The article makes interesting reading.

 

Shameful, maybe. I was lucky enough to actually be taught in a Integrated College, I do believe my views would be more pro-UK otherwise. Still the past is the past and all we can do is learn from it.

 

Word.

 

i ******* knew you where a token taig

 

Wiki to the rescue again for "taig"

Well this afternoon has been a learning experience. At least I have achieved something today!

 

Here lad less of it, I near smashed my favourite cup as I spat my tea out after reading that!

 

We'll here's another one for you in that case
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fenian

You English lads have certainly led very sheltered lives

 

jaysus, mary and joseph. 10 hail marys and 5 our father form me sins sir. TT Boy

 

Didn't realise I was a Protestant till my early 20's!

 

Another one for our cause! Every little counts, them feckin' catholics breed like rabbits!

 

It will all change when the pope releases his new range of canon condoms

 

you want to brush up on your history mate. in ireland we had a sophisticated culture 5000 years before you heathens ventured from your mud huts.

google the tuautha de danaan and the fenian cycle. irish women enjoyed the freedom and equality of their male counterparts for thousands of years before Emily Pankhurst.

what have you englanders got by way of myth and legend.................king arthur pfffft

 

even the priests couldn't wait to get their hole. they just molested wee boys

 

See you've learned lots today!

So now you can come to N.Ireland in July - specifically for the 12th day parades and demand your rights to walk up a road wearing your traditional colours (orange) in an area in which you most certainly will not be comfortable or safe.

 

Why bother Shaun when we could send the 12th to him!

 

Like here

 

Religion, eh? Crazy ****.

 

#
we aren't crazy we just hate each other

 

And our love for a Japanese car is bringing us together.... (I couldn't find a hug icon)

 

I was a bit younger (7) but around 1972 some lad on our estate in Dunmurry asked if I was Catholic or Protestant and I didn't have a clue! So I asked my mum/dad and their response was to send me to boarding school near Brighton!

I must have been the only kid on that estate who didn't have a clue what religion he/she was!

 

yea, some of them Irish (on both sides) really need to learn to chill the **** out and move on

 

How ironic for a country who has the BNP and a slight problem with Muslims changing "their way of life"

 

I was on the **** with some Irish guys I met in Brussels while working away from home. About 20 of us went out for a massive meal... taking the **** etc etc. One of the guys asked me why I was so relaxed about protestant jibes (that had gone right over my head)... I glossed over it.

Had to call my mum to ask! What a way to find out.

Religion plays no part in my life I'm proud to say... even though it seems to be affected by it all the time!

 

I'm Scottish, we dont have many Muslims up here so my way life is basically unaffected, and the BNP are pretty much nobody up here as well.

Nice try but no coconut Jamz

 

Your Scottish nuff said really!

 

OK so he knows about the orange men now since he's coming to March around in July.

Do you want to tell him about the black men (And westwood2006 - they're not darkies which is probalby what you're thinking!)

 

Black and Tans?

 

yup, we get the best of both worlds
(but pay for it with **** weather)

 

There's loads of N.Irish exported to Scotland - Glasgow springs to mind...

 

yup, hence why there is bittrness between Celtic & Rangers supporters, Celtic was set up as a charity for Catholic immigrants or something like that and Rangers were never set up or had any ties to Prodestant(ism)<< (is that even a f,ing word? ) Till the early 1900's after some Irish immigrants from Belfast came to work on the Clyde ship yards, and you can guess which football club was just up the road