Re: Irish Songs

Posted by Lady Ann on March 17, 2000 at 09:33:39:

In Reply to: Re: Irish Songs posted by Danalee Lavelle-Burroughs on March 17, 2000 at 08:42:44:

: Ach, you Scottish! Boyne. As in Battle of the Boyne. The unfortunate victory of King William and his "Orangemen" over the Catholic "Green"; and party and parcel to the troubles which have plagued us since time immemorial. My family hail from Louisburg, Co. Mayo--left in the 1840s. We are "Green" and proud to wear it! Danalee

'Tis indeed the Boyne. And the Battle of the Boyne is still being fought...literally...every July in Northern Ireland when the Orangemen take to the streets and march through Catholic neighborhoods. As an historical and cultural note, the Highlander Scots and the Irish are indeed kith and kin, originating from the same Celts (and Picts)that settled and migrated freely between Ireland and Northern Scotland. And both groups were (and still are) primarily Roman Catholic...it is the English and the Lowlander Scot (allied with and interbred with the English)that are primarily Protestant and interlopers on the Emerald Isle, having acquired their land there, for the most part, as soldiers of the invading Cromwell (he gave them Irish land in lieu of pay). Sooooo...we Highlanders, also victims of the English land grabbing, after the Battle of Culloden and during the Clearances, can truly empathize with our Irish cousins and celebrate the national pride in the wearing o' the green...

Lady Ann

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• Re: Irish Songs Danalee Lavelle-Burroughs 11:16:01 3/17/2000 (4)
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    • Re: Irish Songs Elaine 13:39:34 3/17/2000 (2)
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: : Ach, you Scottish! Boyne. As in Battle of the Boyne. The unfortunate victory of King William and his "Orangemen" over the Catholic "Green"; and party and parcel to the troubles which have plagued us since time immemorial. My family hail from Louisburg, Co. Mayo--left in the 1840s. We are "Green" and proud to wear it! Danalee

: 'Tis indeed the Boyne.  And the Battle of the Boyne is still being fought...literally...every July in Northern Ireland when the Orangemen take to the streets and march through Catholic neighborhoods.  As an historical and cultural note, the Highlander Scots and the Irish are indeed kith and kin, originating from the same Celts (and Picts)that settled and migrated freely between Ireland and Northern Scotland.  And both groups were (and still are) primarily Roman Catholic...it is the English and the Lowlander Scot (allied with and interbred with the English)that are primarily Protestant and interlopers on the Emerald Isle, having acquired their land there, for the most part, as soldiers of the invading Cromwell (he gave them Irish land in lieu of pay). Sooooo...we Highlanders, also victims of the English land grabbing, after the Battle of Culloden and during the Clearances, can truly empathize with our Irish cousins and celebrate the national pride in the wearing o' the green...

: Lady Ann


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