The Loyalists standing against Irish unity | Belfast on Eleventh and Twelfth July
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Published 2024-07-15
Today, Northern Ireland has a Catholic nationalist First Minister in Sinn Féin's Michelle O'Neill, and last week returned more nationalist MPs to Westminster than unionist for the first time since the creation of the state.
The weekend of the Twelfth of July has historically been seen as a display of Protestant supremacy in Northern Ireland, but now the celebrations feel different.
We went to Belfast to find out how the Protestant community feel about the changing landscape of their home.
Reporter: Seán Hickey
Camera: Peter Cooney
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All Comments (21)
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it's mad how much the loyalist northern irish love britain and 99 percent of british people are absolutely ambivalent to them
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Loyalist saying that they “respect others cultures” is one of the funniest thing I’ve ever heard
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For those who aren't familiar England= Mr Burns Unionists=Mr Smithers
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It wasnt the Republic or the EC who put the sea border in the Irish Sea, it was the Brexit the people of NI voted against. GB sold out NI and frankly the Loyalists did it to themselves.
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"Cultures" wtf does that even mean. They are celebrating a Dutch guy, winning for Scottish people against Catholics. It is nothing to do with culture.
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I was talking to two German guys who came over to Dublin for a wedding. They decided to make a week-long trip out of it and go all over the island. They heard there was a big cultural festival on and decided to go along. When there, they asked what the festival was about and were told "if you don't know, you shouldn't fucking be here" and were chased off. But ya, it's definitely a great tourist attraction 😂😂
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They love the U.K. so much, but I'm from Northern Ireland and live in England and it's got to the point I just call myself Irish, because anytime I explain about how NI is part of the U.K. most of them don't even know about it. To NI loyalists, believe, the vast majoirty of the English public don't even know you exist, yet you kiss their feet.
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As an English guy who lives in South Belfast, I detest the 12th, I couldn't even take my four month old son out for a walk without being harassed and shouted at for not being "British", despite being actually from Britain haha. Its also utterly vile the fact that they celabrate this as "culture", when a I walked to the top of my road and could see 10 year olds so drunk they couldn't walk along with their equally drunk parents
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“Ireland wants our country” it was OUR country to begin with 🤯🤦♂️🇮🇪
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The irony is that the victory of the Battle of the Boyne was celebrated in the Vatican as the Pope supported the Anti-French Alliance led by William of Orange.
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Loyalists love England... but England want nothing to do with them
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The national flag of ireland represents the IRA but the UVF paramilitary flags just represent commemeration. Ok damie biyson if you say so. Your credibility has gone for zero to minus figures.
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An Orangeman is an Irishman who thinks he is an Englishman.....
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As a British person, i don't undertand this hardcore simpery for a government systen that willingly oppresses them. Just look at how the Tories made soldiers innocent of any crimes committed in NI. It's disgusting as shit.
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“ the bunfire” yeh I bet thousands of catholics took him up on his offer 😂😂😂
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A united ireland was always going to be the cost of Brexit. The brexiteers all know that !
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Baffles me they're saying that Ireland wants their country but dont see that the GB took that country from Ireland lol
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Orangemen burning a flag that contains the colour that represents them. What an absolute bunch of doughnuts!
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As a welsh woman i wish the Irish all the best no matter where they are, republic or UK, they’ve always been good to us in Wales and what happens in Ireland is up to the Irish and no one else 💚
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Bryson what a clown not even a politician 😅
