tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4714402943132349904.post7147101700829297321..comments2023-07-23T15:50:09.446+01:00Comments on Nelson's View: Irish blarney?Nelson McCausland MLAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11458324593112960421noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4714402943132349904.post-79391252275347481212009-11-24T01:21:58.795+00:002009-11-24T01:21:58.795+00:00Igaelige - I have never stated that Ulster-Scots i...Igaelige - I have never stated that Ulster-Scots is 'the language of Protestants'. The Scots language was brought to Ulster in the 17th cnetury by Scottish settlers who were Lowlands Protestants and largely Presbyterians. However today some native speakers are Protestants and some are roman Catholics. In his autobiography Cardinal Cahal Daly, a native of Loughguile, referred to speaking Nelson McCausland MLAhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11458324593112960421noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4714402943132349904.post-38504523589053790832009-11-18T19:38:21.206+00:002009-11-18T19:38:21.206+00:00There was at one time an Orange lodge called '...There was at one time an Orange lodge called 'Ireland's Heritage' and it had the name in English and Irish on the banner but it did not conduct its business in Irish and as far as I know none of the members spoke Irish.Nelson McCausland MLAhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11458324593112960421noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4714402943132349904.post-45517551165654317742009-11-18T19:11:19.089+00:002009-11-18T19:11:19.089+00:00There was an Irish medium Orange Order lodge calli...There was an Irish medium Orange Order lodge calling itself Oidreacht na hEireann (ie Irish Heritage), but I think it wound up in the 80s. It's referenced in an old book I have.standup4vatican2https://www.blogger.com/profile/05256883057314825671noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4714402943132349904.post-53963059959414972302009-11-09T00:12:55.806+00:002009-11-09T00:12:55.806+00:00Tomas - you state that 'there is an Orange Ord...Tomas - you state that 'there is an Orange Order lodge that meets through the medium of Irish.' I have been a member of the Orange Order for more than 30 years and have never heard of such a lodge. I have also checked with an Orange historian at Schomberg House, the headquarters of the Grand Orange Lodge of Ireland, and he has never heard of such a lodge either. I think you must be Nelson McCausland MLAhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11458324593112960421noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4714402943132349904.post-30834176650728927652009-11-04T04:59:08.991+00:002009-11-04T04:59:08.991+00:00There is an OO lodge that meets through the medium...There is an OO lodge that meets through the medium of Irish, and the Ultach trust promotes it in the Unionist community.<br /><br />As a nationalist / republican myself, I feel we should de-politicise the tongues of our isle, and have Ulster Scots and Irish Gaelic recognised as the native tongues of this land, on par with English, on both sides of the border.<br /><br />Reason 1 is parity of Tomás Ó Cárthaighhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17782512535100601181noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4714402943132349904.post-38973395740502541592009-11-02T07:59:41.513+00:002009-11-02T07:59:41.513+00:00Nelson knows full well that he should consult with...Nelson knows full well that he should consult with former Mayor of Belfast, Tom Hartley, if he wants information on the graves of Belfast City Cemetery. I saw such an inscription in Irish on the grave of a once prominent Orangeman in that cemetery - were there more? Maybe? Maybe not? But there were no grave markers in the Ulster Scots, the 'language of Protestants‘ if we are to believe Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4714402943132349904.post-33469774345512445032009-11-01T05:20:46.348+00:002009-11-01T05:20:46.348+00:00Minister, I'm not familiar with Belfast City C...Minister, I'm not familiar with Belfast City Cemetery.<br /><br />However, I am quite familiar with <a href="http://www.saintpaulschapel.org/" rel="nofollow">St. Paul's Chapel</a> (Episcopal) cemetery in lower Manhattan.<br /><br />There, we find two large memorial stones written in Irish. (They're not headstones as the deceased commemorated by them are buried elsewhere.)<br /><br />Daithíhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10244973908794885703noreply@blogger.com