tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4714402943132349904.post4807188495527964598..comments2023-07-23T15:50:09.446+01:00Comments on Nelson's View: Patrick - Apostle of UlsterNelson McCausland MLAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11458324593112960421noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4714402943132349904.post-35024893183562602672013-04-03T08:56:28.178+01:002013-04-03T08:56:28.178+01:00The veneration of saints in unscriptural and that ...The veneration of saints in unscriptural and that is why I prefer to describe Patrick as the Apostle of Ulster for that he certainly was.Nelson McCausland MLAhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11458324593112960421noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4714402943132349904.post-78419108723374880172013-03-19T17:50:33.098+00:002013-03-19T17:50:33.098+00:00All of you : take your reality as your spirit will...All of you : take your reality as your spirit wills , but the requirement of restraint and charity is incumbent on us all .Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01392482048259548808noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4714402943132349904.post-77303454535164278342013-03-19T17:25:31.414+00:002013-03-19T17:25:31.414+00:00I'm not sure about all this veneration of Patr...I'm not sure about all this veneration of Patrick or indeed any Saint. Palladius is reckoned to have brought Christianity to Ireland before Patrick. Palladius was sent by the pope and its possible that Patrick too was sent by the pope.<br /><br />I'm inclined to take the position described in The Protestant Revolution which said ..'the Reformation and its rejection of the Cult of bickyboxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02770256472603825823noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4714402943132349904.post-16785566694447001312013-03-18T22:17:22.333+00:002013-03-18T22:17:22.333+00:00In fact Ulster has changed considerably over the c...In fact Ulster has changed considerably over the centuries. For example, the Ulster of the Anglo-Norman Earldom of Ulster was really just two counties, Antrim and Down. Nelson McCausland MLAhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11458324593112960421noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4714402943132349904.post-91525386370102026812013-03-18T22:04:01.703+00:002013-03-18T22:04:01.703+00:00Fair enough answer Nelson, your original post wasn...Fair enough answer Nelson, your original post wasn't very well researched as usual chara. Reality is that Ulster has been a nine not a six county Irish Province before it was planted by the English Monarch, her Preceedessors and Successors cared little about Ireland nor her people...<br /><br />As for Ranger1640, am I like you not entitled to have or express my opinion? So much for the Ardoyne Republicanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05140502091869147279noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4714402943132349904.post-3059321027910346002013-03-18T17:49:25.869+00:002013-03-18T17:49:25.869+00:00Martin Neehan, has a nerve to tell anyone that the...Martin Neehan, has a nerve to tell anyone that they have put up "a very angry post". Has he ever read his own "very angry" post's.<br /><br />Anyhow very well put Nelson. <br /><br />Martin, had the nerve to tell the PUL community that he would give them a lecture on Presbyterianism in Ireland. Martin Meehan would be the last person I would take a lecture from. ranger1640https://www.blogger.com/profile/12244877150962389971noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4714402943132349904.post-40750880745047522182013-03-18T16:02:42.015+00:002013-03-18T16:02:42.015+00:00Ardoyne, this was certainly not an angry post. It...Ardoyne, this was certainly not an angry post. It was simply factual.<br />As regards a nine-county Ulster, that was a creation in the time of Queen Elizabeth I, a thousand years after Patrick. Ancient Ulster was demarcated by the Black Big's Dyke, otherwise known as the Wall of Ulster.Nelson McCausland MLAhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11458324593112960421noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4714402943132349904.post-33515022497657964322013-03-18T14:58:08.840+00:002013-03-18T14:58:08.840+00:00A very angry post Nelson, St. Patrick is Ireland&#...A very angry post Nelson, St. Patrick is Ireland's Patron Saint and as such belongs to every Irish citizen including those in the nine Counties of Ulster..<br /><br />Regards the Irish National Flag, it is an inclusive flag that encompasses the green for Nationalists, orange for Unionists and white for peace between the two traditions mate...<br /><br />If as you say, Patrick is part of the Ardoyne Republicanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05140502091869147279noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4714402943132349904.post-82124632618336226402013-03-17T19:03:31.769+00:002013-03-17T19:03:31.769+00:00Given his Ulster roots, did many DUP councillors m...Given his Ulster roots, did many DUP councillors march in the Belfast parade in his honour today? (A designated day no less!)Alan in Belfast (Alan Meban)https://www.blogger.com/profile/04647690758839987063noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4714402943132349904.post-3020728911647570682013-03-17T17:19:04.735+00:002013-03-17T17:19:04.735+00:00Origins of St. Patrick's day parades in Americ...Origins of St. Patrick's day parades in America...<br /><br />http://forgedinulster.blogspot.co.uk/2012/03/ulster-scots-held-first-st-patricks-day.htmlCitizen_69https://www.blogger.com/profile/01565162535828899665noreply@blogger.com