tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4200060786761508433.post6698805528610253345..comments2023-07-08T08:02:17.679-07:00Comments on Am Ghobsmacht!: How To Get Yourself Glassed In Belfast...Am Ghobsmachthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15333693607785579136noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4200060786761508433.post-58140962976749857482013-09-15T17:30:50.477-07:002013-09-15T17:30:50.477-07:00Citizen
Do you know the history of IFA anthems? D...Citizen<br /><br />Do you know the history of IFA anthems? Did they always play GSTQ or have they had different ones over the years?<br /><br />Cheers<br /><br />AGAm Ghobsmachthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15333693607785579136noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4200060786761508433.post-80615673354286983052013-08-17T16:21:45.696-07:002013-08-17T16:21:45.696-07:00Thanks Citizen 69
Nice to have additional backgro...Thanks Citizen 69<br /><br />Nice to have additional background info too.<br /><br />Cheers<br /><br />AGAm Ghobsmachthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15333693607785579136noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4200060786761508433.post-1003640270513078422013-08-17T14:02:25.708-07:002013-08-17T14:02:25.708-07:001/Cromwell... yeah, Belfast, a Presbyterian town, ...1/Cromwell... yeah, Belfast, a Presbyterian town, was put under siege for three days by Cromwell's army before a negotiated surrender. Many Presbyterians were royalists and didn't support Cromwell.<br /><br />3/ Siege of Derry... I'm pretty sure King James did ride up to the walls of Derry and request a surrender... the defenders shot at him. Albeit it did come some time after the initial advance on derry by the Earl of Antrim's redshanks and the doors were already shut by that time. :)<br /><br />http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y9aJUDC7_xY<br /><br />6/ St. Patrick's day... The first recorded celebration of st. Paddy's day in the USA was in Boston by Ulster-Scots of the Irish Charitable Society.<br />http://forgedinulster.blogspot.co.uk/2012/03/ulster-scots-held-first-st-patricks-day.html<br /><br />http://www.charitableirishsociety.org/history/<br /><br /><br />Good post BTW!Citizen_69https://www.blogger.com/profile/01565162535828899665noreply@blogger.com