Easter Lilys

**sligobhoy67** · 09/04/2009, 8:22 PM

anyone wear one?

**celticV3** · 09/04/2009, 8:52 PM

Sunday I will.

**razor** · 09/04/2009, 9:48 PM

Originally Posted by sligobhoy67

anyone wear one?

for what?

**celticV3** · 09/04/2009, 9:58 PM

Originally Posted by razor

for what?

Commemorate the 93rd anniversary of the 1916 rising.

**OneRedArmy** · 09/04/2009, 10:24 PM

They are the Catholic equivalent of a poppy in the North.

**celticV3** · 10/04/2009, 1:43 AM

Originally Posted by OneRedArmy

They are the Catholic equivalent of a poppy in the North.

**bennocelt** · 10/04/2009, 8:31 AM

i will - that is if i can get one!

**holidaysong** · 10/04/2009, 11:17 AM

I have a metal one that I got a few years ago that I have on my jacket for the weekend. It's very hard to find the other paper ones around these days.

**Superhoops** · 10/04/2009, 11:39 AM

Originally Posted by OneRedArmy

They are the Catholic equivalent of a poppy in the North.

I think you mean the Republic's equivalent of the poppy in the UK?

**holidaysong** · 10/04/2009, 11:50 AM

Originally Posted by Superhoops

I think you mean the Republic's equivalent of the poppy in the UK?

Do Irish people in Northern Ireland not also commemorate the Easter Rising?

Anyway, he should have said nationalist rather than Catholic.

**Block G Raptor** · 10/04/2009, 11:58 AM

I've 10 of them tattooed on my right arm so I'm always wearing them

**celticV3** · 10/04/2009, 1:11 PM

Originally Posted by OneRedArmy

They are the Catholic equivalent of a poppy in the North.

You havn't replied so may as well write a response to that. The Easter rising and lily has nothing to do with Catholicism.

**jebus** · 10/04/2009, 6:53 PM

Is this a big thing in the south? Never seen anyone wearing one, or at least have never heard about their meaning and so probably haven't taken enough notice.

**OneRedArmy** · 10/04/2009, 11:03 PM

Originally Posted by celticV3

You havn't replied so may as well write a response to that. The Easter rising and lily has nothing to do with Catholicism.

Sorry, I have better things to do, occasionally, like going to games!

I mean't exactly what I said. The lilly has been politicised and sectarianised into a religious badge in Northern Ireland, far away from its original intention, in exactly the same way as the poppy.

I can guarantee you a fair percentage of wearers in the North wouldn't be able to tell you the first thing about the rising, never mind naming the signatories.

I realise this is not the case all over Ireland, but thats why I qualified my original post.

**irishultra** · 12/04/2009, 4:10 AM

yeah i am.

**Lionel Ritchie** · 12/04/2009, 5:34 PM

No I don't and wouldn't.

**rebelarmyexile** · 13/04/2009, 8:04 PM

Originally Posted by Superhoops

I think you mean the Republic's equivalent of the poppy in the UK?

You cant really compare the Poppy to the Easter Lily. The Lily has been hijacked so much by those traitors to the Republic of Ireland, it has become a symbol of the IRA and terrorism and in its current inception would never be worn by a majority of the republic.

Even Poppies are sold on the streets here, but lillies are not, so the demand for them speaks for itself.

Also, considering to funds from poppy sales go to a worthy charity, where to Easter lily funds go??

**celticV3** · 13/04/2009, 9:36 PM

Originally Posted by rebelarmyexile

You cant really compare the Poppy to the Easter Lily. The Lily has been hijacked so much by those traitors to the Republic of Ireland, it has become a symbol of the IRA and terrorism and in its current inception would never be worn by a majority of the republic.

Even Poppies are sold on the streets here, but lillies are not, so the demand for them speaks for itself.

Also, considering to funds from poppy sales go to a worthy charity, where to Easter lily funds go??

Go to a worthy cause?

The soldiers who are coming back from an illegal war? Look I know people want to talk about the "bravery of these young lads" and by the patriotic spin put on the recipients of the funds raised, but the fact remains that these boys are over there protecting the financial interests of America and Britain in an illegal war, simple as. Sorry if I cannot find a more worthy cause.

**celticV3** · 13/04/2009, 9:40 PM

Originally Posted by joey4ireland

It's only done by Sinn Fein supporters really. Everyone used to wear one in the 40's/50's but a lot of people were put off wearing one since SF hijacked it. I think it should be worn as much as the poppy is in England but I doubt it will ever be.

The easter lily is worn by all republicans and not just PSF. At the end of the day people must remember that it is to commemorate the men and women who fought and were executed in 1916. Any other form of spin on it is shameless .