The Green, White and Orange flies over the north-east’s regional assembly building at Stormont. We are living in the end days of the British colony in Ireland, whether others wish it or not.
Update 09.062015: The 1916 Societies claim responsibility for the flag-hoisting. Well done to all.
AN SIONNACH FIONN 
onwards and more importantly – upwards !!!
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That perspective is nicely offered in the “skywards” shot
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Meanwhile …
https://www.change.org/p/labour-led-glasgow-city-council-hold-gcc-to-account-on-orangefest-the-people-of-glasgow-say-no-more?tk=nH8bN3UYHy67j-
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the petition got about 30,000 signatures –
Glasgow’s orangefest was practically deserted yesterday – probably due to bad weather and the petition. Some people are wondering whether Glaswegians had opted to just silently boycott it
No Attender instead of No Surrender
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That’s good news then, and the Labour councillors will pay for this come the next election. There was some sort of a stay-away campaign, but I’ve no idea how well if at all it was organised. Perhaps it didn’t need to be organised, even better!
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Better late then never. Only nearly 100 years after the same flag flew over Dublin Post Office, in 1916.
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Easter Sunday 1916 from my grandfather’s witness statement
“There were nearly 200 Volunteers there. I was told that the schoolmaster at Bweeing put out a green, white and gold flag that day. I had seen one before that in 1915 at Bandon Railway station carried by the boys of a hurling or football team on the train. They were waving it in the faces of the police on duty. “
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And, of course, there has been a huge over-reaction to this by both Unionists and Nationalists, to something which was obviously intended to be a joke. It doesn’t negate the need for a coherent argument to be put in favour of a United Ireland, particularly by those like Sinn Fein who are the chief cheerleaders for it : but in the words of the old song, “I’m still waiting.”
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“…my fourth green field will bloom once again, said she”
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Tommy Makem on Caitlín Ní Houlihan
And from the play by Yeats and Gregory
“It is a hard service they take that help me. Many that are red-cheeked now will be pale-cheeked; many that have been free to walk the hills and the bogs and the rushes will be sent to walk hard streets in far countries; many a good plan will be broken; many that have gathered money will not stay to spend it; many a child will be born, and there will be no father at its christening to give it a name. They that had red cheeks will have pale cheeks for my sake; and for all that, they will think they are well paid.”
― W.B. Yeats, Cathleen Ni Houlihan
I had to learn this for a local drama group performance of the play when I was 14 yrs Every now and then i try to recall this line which I found the most difficult to remember at the time
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Apologies there
I was certain that I’d sent a link
Don’t wish to commandeer the blog !!
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No worries on my end. I liked your contribution.
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Link working ok, Eileen, and commandeer away 🙂
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