QuoteI just thought I would point out that this thread dealing with one of the most significant historical/cultural events in our history has had no replies(well before this one) whilst the top totty thread is on post 7566.
Anyone else attend this in Rathmullan in Donegal on September 14? Good crowd of over 300 gathered, including a mate of mine who had stepped off a plane from Prague.
It's the first time the Irish State was able to celebrate the anniversary of the beginning of the end of Gaelic Ireland as the plantation of Ulster followed shortly thereafter. There was an emotional reenactment of the Earls getting on a boat and rowing out to a ship in the Lough (the Jeannie Johnson in this instance) and a number of Irish laments were sung. I liked the Irish navy frigate standing off the Jeannie Johnson which symbolised to me the Irish State which now exists. A poignant occasion for one like myself deeply interested in history.
Two slight problems in my opinion though, one official and the other not.
(a) the official problem was it ended in a 40 minute religious service which I felt had no place in an historical context.
(b) One child had been dressed by their parents in an Arsenal outfit and they obviously didn't see the irony of that. He stood out like a sore thumb with a crest of an English cannon on his jersey.
Great fireworks display the next day in Rathmullan and the sculpture depicting the flight was unveiled by the President. Excellent and sad scupture it is too.
Forget about the performance or entertainment. It's only the result that matters.
I just thought I would point out that this thread dealing with one of the most significant historical/cultural events in our history has had no replies(well before this one) whilst the top totty thread is on post 7566.
Such is lifeSex before country.
Forget about the performance or entertainment. It's only the result that matters.
Except it's about a commeration not the actual historical events - would you prefer a long list of "no, I didn't attend"?Originally Posted by cheifo
I just thought I would point out that this thread dealing with one of the most significant historical/cultural events in our history has had no replies(well before this one) whilst the top totty thread is on post 7566.
If you attack me with stupidity, I'll be forced to defend myself with sarcasm.
I didn't attend , anything with Earl in it should be preceeded by My name is ,for it to be anyway interesting.
I'll update this next year.
From Wikipedia:
That this excuse NEVER works for any of us these days is The Earls enduring legacy to us all.The Earls set sail from Rathmullan, a village on the shore of Lough Swilly in County Donegal, accompanied by ninety followers, many of them Ulster noblemen, and some members of their families. Several left their wives behind, hoping either to return or retrieve them later.
" I wish to God that someone would be able to block out the voices in my head for five minutes, the voices that scream, over and over again: "Why do they come to me to die?"
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