Club Orange

Mary mac had a bash at the Áras today to celebrate the glorious twelfth and the shared culture of our island, members of diverse organisations were present by all accounts. I wonder did the invites have “the former Vice-Regal Lodge” for the non-Irish speakers.
This is 10th annual bash in the Park, however I don’t think they will be pulling crowds like JPII managed back in ’79 in the near future, although it is a new approach if you can’t beat them join them, or if you can’t beat them, beat them at their own game and so on.
Judging by the piles of tyres and pallets being shown on Flickr prior to burning

bedecked with tricolours and the initials KAT which means “Kill all taigs” or all Catholics the organisers are trying to broaden the appeal of the twelfth of July celebrations. To whom they are trying to broaden the appeal to is anyones guess the KKK or former Rhodesian Army officers perhaps. I guess I won’t be going up there anytime soon not with a name like Tim, which is the english version of Taig, I also happen to be Catholic by birth as it happens you don’t choose such things at the time, your life usually decides that, or you stick with the crowd that aren’t threatening to kill you and burn flags representing your country at the same time their politicians are signing peace treaties to the beat of the band, ah yes the Orange band and the Lambeg drum.

Hard to see compromise here. Send in the Greens, all that tyre burning can’t be healthy, maybe they should change their name though first.