Comments about northern ireland

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Liz in Canada: I am Canadian and my ancestry is Irish/Scottish. Some of my ancestors were Catholic and some were Protestant, but I am non-religious by choice. My Irish ancestors were forced out of Ireland and......

in response to: NYC: The Empire State Building at Sunrise by Peter

A Free Mind: Sharon, thats a touching story, i felt the hairs on my neck stand up. The thing is as Karlo said, What life would ur son want you 2 live after his death? (not as you......

in response to: Ulster Young Militants: Shankhill by norniron

Nick: I wish these "Protestants" and "Catholics" in Northern Ireland would rename themselves Oil and Water instead, as there is nothing remotely Christian about their ways. As for Unionists, I don't know what your obsession about Britain......

in response to: NYC: The Empire State Building at Sunrise by Peter

peaceangel: The violence today was in Londonderry, and police say it was unlikely to be sectarian, more like rival gangs, and possibly orchestrated by a social networking site...is that why facebook cannot be opened in northern......

in response to: snapshots on a refrigerator by manda

East London: Feel sorry for the Decent People of Northern Ireland, that just want a peaceful life and to bring up their children without the fear of this stupid Hatred. How anyone could hurt children just because......

in response to: NYC: The Empire State Building at Sunrise by Peter

shankill: Wouldnt live anywere else!! thers great shops and cafes and the people are the most friendly by far. tourists walk freely all over the shankill and along the peace walls, signing their names and leaving messages......

in response to: Ulster Young Militants: Shankhill by norniron

karen: I was out to Belfast earlier this year to visit friends and I did the tour. Canadian born, raised in England with a catholic mother and a protestant Father. I remember growing up with images......

in response to: Graffiti in Belfast by barry

hannah: i think it is very unfair how people judge us in northern ireland because of some murals. Some of the comments above are really biased. Not all Northern irish peple are secterian. i am from......

in response to: Urban Street Propoganda by Jamie

Jayne: Hi I'm from Northern Ireland, I was in toronto on sunday the 22nd of april and seen some on the chalkmasters work outside the eaton centre, this man is amazing and i hope u made......

in response to: The Chalkmaster by Elicar

Sandra: I stayed in Northern Ireland for five years,and found the scenery beautifull,and house prices were cheap. The weather is awful,with rain most days,The people are friendly,However Racism does excist,and unless you are irish then you are......

in response to: Urban Street Propoganda by Jamie

seamus: Hey, am from the south and can honestly say that few people want that boggey dull cornor of ireland in the rpublic. Imagine this people, 600,000 disaffected catholics in the north almost bankrupted the......

in response to: Urban Street Propoganda by Jamie

English teacher in Brasil: whatever I read on here is very interesting. I am doing Ireland at the moment with my year nine here in Brasil (Campinas in the state of São Paulo, a city about double the size......

in response to: Ulster Young Militants: Shankhill by norniron

Jamie: five years ago me was living away from home. living on my own for the first time. in northern ireland. everything was new. fresh. and i documented everything that interested me. my only regret is......

in response to: Colour and Texture: Metro Lionel Groulx by CE

jamie: the problem is that compromise, as obvious a solution as it is to you or i, is not an option. if northern ireland were merged back into the republic or ireland there would be an......

in response to: Northern Ireland is the most intrguing of places by Jamie

Norma: Reading through these comments made me quite sad. N Ireland will never be able to move on with bad attitudes. Ok so bad stuff has happened in the past but if we keep......

in response to: Graffiti in Belfast by barry

EvilGentleman: Since most of Northern Ireland seems to be broken up into Catholic and Protestant areas, why not just let the Protestant areas remain as British enclaves, while the rest of Northern Ireland merges with the......

in response to: Northern Ireland is the most intrguing of places by Jamie

Jamie: Nice show and tell series of photos. I can totally identify with what you feel moving ##home## after two years away, as i did the exact same thing. It's all kinds of emotions all at......

in response to: Home Pt. 1: The Trailer Park by CE

Jamie: I'm not from London, Ruairí. What gave you the impression that i did? I live in Lincolnshire. I wholeheartedly agree that the pictures i have shown on this website do not reflect a fair image......

in response to: Cross Street and Blossom 2002 by Jamie

Ruairí: Hi Jamie Just wondered - what area of london are you from? I am originally from Lisnaskea but live in London now. I have had the idea of going round to to your neighbourhood and taking photos of......

in response to: Cross Street and Blossom 2002 by Jamie

Jamie: i've just sat and read this entire thread end to end and i have to say, i think there are a lot of sticks being firmly grasped by the wrong ends. Northern Ireland is a......

in response to: Urban Street Propoganda by Jamie

jamie: cool, i used to support their computer equipment back in the day. sorry to hear it's closed down, i always used to like going there. the whole site smelled of burning plastic, you knwo the......

in response to: Kent Plastics by Jamie

anon (belf-cache-1.server.ntli.net): A Belfast man called Karlo: 12th Apr 2006 - 00:37 GMT i feel i must say something to at least let people know there are those of us that live in Belfast who DO posess a......

in response to: Ulster Young Militants: Shankhill by norniron

Fionnừala R: Hello, I am from Portadown, Co. Armagh and I have to say that most of the people on dis do nah no wat dey r talkin bit! yas are all talkin aload o crap. I......

in response to: Urban Street Propoganda by Jamie

Ronan - North Belfast: Ardoyne is in NORTH Belfast!!! Reggie it's bigotted people like you that hinder progression in such segregated societies, calling them "lazy, car stealing, pensioner mugging ballbags" is a gross over generalisation, how many people have you......

in response to: Black and White by norniron

LEECAT: I had no idea about the history and facts of Northern Ireland, but after discovering what a colourfull history of struggle and strife and passionit has I have decided to go to belfast for a......

in response to: Graffiti in Belfast by barry

A Belfast man called Karlo: i feel i must say something to at least let people know there are those of us that live in Belfast who DO posess a bit of wit,understanding and compassion..it really is quite sad to......

in response to: snapshots on a refrigerator by manda

Jamie: Well.. yeah... It does look like that. I mean it's a real photo. Not doctored in any way. I fail to see your point. But in any case there are plenty more photos and commentary......

in response to: Cross Street and Blossom 2002 by Jamie

Jamie: heh peter, sounds much like irish chinese take-aways. or at least the ones where i used to live in {northern ireland} whos mainstay are chips, french fried onions and {curry fried rice} which is a......

in response to: Building Slice by Peter

Micah: I remember reading a long time ago in National Geographic or something about kids in (probably Northern) Ireland playing in gutted-out cars 'cos there was nowhere else for them to play. These photos made......

in response to: Street Kittens by sine

Open minded unionist: I agree, too many people in this country would sooner shoot eachother than actually sort things out. And these groups just increase the harsh feelings, although to be fair, w/o them who would maintain any......

in response to: Ulster Young Militants: Shankhill by norniron

Jamie: John i agree with you 100 per cent, an do so as a british person of english origin. And true, Northern Ireland is not the most extreme place on earth, but it's certainly the most......

in response to: Northern Ireland is the most intrguing of places by Jamie

John: Dia daoibh Northern Ireland is just the most extreme part of Ireland/UK that most of you bozos have been able to experience. Go visit Kosovo. Go visit the Middle East. I doubt if any of you......

in response to: Northern Ireland is the most intrguing of places by Jamie

stephen: iam from the republic i think it is time for a united ireland it makes scence both econmic and social.It doesnt seem the british government give a toss about northern Ireland or the peopel including......

in response to: The Bogside by norniron

Catherine Penfold-Waxman: I've learnt a lot from Jamies postings about Northern Ireland, so I stood on the pool table and shouted, "Fuck the Queen, up the IRA and down with the Orangemen." (Not really, I just tipped......

in response to: Cat\'s Brave Battle with the Snow. by Catherine Penfold-Waxman

delphine: i've studied the irish civilisation in university and then, i decided to come in northern ireland to learn things far from the books and the classrooms, i've been living here for 5 months. i have......

in response to: The Bogside by norniron

Katie: Northern Ireland is part of the UK. So id say it does have something to do with it. I think a lot of people here dont really know what they are talking about......

in response to: Urban Street Propoganda by Jamie

Jamie: Heh, cool. These ruins used to be literally at the end of my street. I did read the history behind them once but i forget. I wish i'd taken more photos of {northern ireland}. I'm......

in response to: Castle Balfour by barry

Jamie: I think the social tensions that exist in the rainy top right corner of ireland are quite universal in their nature. I'm talkin of course of the mindless and implicit ground-in hatred. And i'm thinking......

in response to: Black and White by norniron

Jamie: [[img:1369]] a mcdonalds ##restaurant## somewhere in {northern ireland}, armagh i think....

in response to: Strangely Poetic Spam by Catherine Penfold-Waxman

Jamie: Yeah well it was still true when i left Northern Ireland back in 2002. Things are no more stable there these days but i think the military presence is being scaled down. I'm not sure......

in response to: Northern Ireland is the most intrguing of places by Jamie

Jamie: Not to piss on your parade cause i agree with yoou in principle. But i feel a need to commet on a couple of points you just raised, namely ##"No Empire lasts forever "## and......

in response to: Urban Street Propoganda by Jamie

mark: "northern Ireland" is presented to the world as a legitimate, legal nation but that it is not. The border was gerrymandered and threats of war used against a country which had the whole of Ulster......

in response to: Urban Street Propoganda by Jamie

Jamie: Ah, reminds me of the time i lived in {Northern Ireland}, i too had to English up, though not in a Hugh Grant way. I seemingly adopted a mockney* accent ##(* mock cockney, like Jamie......

in response to: Ragnarok by Catherine Penfold-Waxman

jamie: reminds me very much of my dingy flat in northern ireland. it had no windows, save for the two in the kitchen. the whole place was illuminated by skylights like this. it was a very......

in response to: Skylight by Peter

Jamie: **Reggie:** a litle bit of attention paying goes a long way. Barry, if you had botered to read any of his stuff, you would have noticed was born and raised in {Northern Ireland}. one small......

in response to: Graffiti in Belfast by barry

Jamie: Jamesy: perhaps barry is in another country? You know, not everyone lives in Northern Ireland, and Jack! lmao! Peter file?!!! You crack me up. Surely you mean pedophile? So, yet again here are a few......

in response to: Shankill Road: Belfast by Jamie

jamie: and by the way. Pubble graves! Awesome! It's like some kind of Pirate shit. Take a look here [[http://www.bbc.co.uk/northernireland/yourplaceandmine/fermanagh/pubble_graves.shtml]]. I used to work in Tempo and i never knew about this place. I wish i......

in response to: 7th Century Church by barry

jamie: i followed my heart barry. i fell in love with a fermanagh girl you see. but thats water under the bridge. i'm sure i speak for many people here when i say **##"Dude, post the photos......

in response to: Beat-up Derelict Buildings in my Neighbourhood by Jamie

Fiona: Northern Ireland is simply the best place to live in UK. I live in England, but because I have been to Northern Ireland so many times (County Armagh) I feel more like that is my......

in response to: Urban Street Propoganda by Jamie

Element: It's irritating that every time I try to look at something about Northern Ireland, all the posts are swamped with sectarian comments. Wading thorugh these I've come across a few ill-informed, distainful comments about......

in response to: Urban Street Propoganda by Jamie

Stakem: Beautiful first picture...good enough to live in, for me. As for the second...well...Funny. I only wish we had signs here in the U.S. to fuck with like that. But Funny is all...nothing more. The whole......

in response to: Rural Northern Ireland by Jamie

Kelsey: **they're** a load of shit. i would put good money on you being from northern ireland. would i be right?...

in response to: Graf Trainz 4: South-East London: Anie + Asif by Jamie

mon nom: Jamie said "Dude don't come to Ireland. The Irish are the biggest bunch of racists you'll ever meet" Rofl. You don't even know what racism is. Browsing this site along with your comment "They seem... normal......

in response to: Urban Street Propoganda by Jamie

bekind: Northern Ireland - it's like someone pushed you into a cesspool and instead of climbing out of it, you just stay there slinging shit at each other. I feel sorry for anyone growing up and......

in response to: Amsterdam-Schiphol by ian

VIKS: Y cnt catholics jus accept that we live in Northern Ireland? u can call it jus ireland al u like bt go take a look at maps, NORTHERN IRELAND! stick ur tiocfaidh ar las...

in response to: Falls Road: Belfast by Jamie

David: And no Northern Ireland Unionist party would dream of participating in the Southern Government under any circumstances,thats laughable. We don't care if the Eire is raining with gold we still want nothing to do with......

in response to: Falls Road: Belfast by Jamie

David: I've already told you that it is irrelivent what the labour government think about here because the United Kingdom as England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland is set in stone and things can never be......

in response to: Falls Road: Belfast by Jamie

David: You say Eire is the third richest country in the world,well that might be,good for you,but it is not our country.If Russia wants us to be part of them, or Germany or the U.S.A or......

in response to: Falls Road: Belfast by Jamie

hotdogx: Lets get something straight here, the last time you visited the republic must have been in the 70s or 80s when there was a standard of living diffirence between Ni and rep. Ireland is now......

in response to: Falls Road: Belfast by Jamie

hotdogx: I respect the decision of the majority of the people of northern ireland, but could you point out for me "david and sean" why you vote unionist and why you wish to keep the union......

in response to: Falls Road: Belfast by Jamie

Johnny: To that Manchesta Wanka,what makes you think we give a damn about your opinion or some welsh person.Your probabally actually a taig from here writin that,but if you are from Manchester.Loyalism has many friends in......

in response to: Falls Road: Belfast by Jamie

Sean: Also for HotdogX. Yes i am a Catholic and i vote Ulster Unionist, a lot of my colleauger at work do likewise, and we all agree that we would be better off as part of......

in response to: Falls Road: Belfast by Jamie

David: No HotdogX. The Vast majority of people in Northern Ireland want it to be part of the United Kingdom.And the D.U.P is by far the largest party now here, with 9 seats at Westminister, and......

in response to: Falls Road: Belfast by Jamie

Steve: i'd like to respond to that comment by the Irish Republican who says that he tells Americans that Northern Ireland is just like the British claiming they own New York, what a load of rubbish.......

in response to: Shankill Road: Belfast by Jamie

Ulster Loyalist: The reason why a lot of Protestants say they are from Ireland to Ignorant foreigners is that most of them don't even know that Northern Ireland is a different country and part of the U.K,......

in response to: Shankill Road: Belfast by Jamie

An Ulster Loyalist: Whats all this bullshit, "do you really think ay true brit wants you fools?"WE ARE THE TRUE BRITS Taigs always say that,England doesn't want us,or Labour government doesn't want us, but SO FUCKING WHAT????? Thats......

in response to: Shankill Road: Belfast by Jamie

Jamie: Paul G. I have no beef with you and I have no idea how you could have come to such conclusions based on such benign and frankly irrelevant actions on my part. Yeah, I posted......

in response to: Chicago Critical Mass by Paul G

Jamie: Reading through some old stuff on [[http://www.swinney.org]] i stumbled across something which was written way back in 2002 whilst i was in Northern Ireland ##"Since the beginning, living in Ireland has been a somewhat challeging experience.......

in response to: Northern Ireland Memoirs: Part One by Jamie

Peter: heh. ##Up da Northern Ireland Skool Systam!!!## ;)...

in response to: Falls Road: Belfast by Jamie

hasslehoff: heh "##there **is** 32 counties in ireland##". 6 Bonus points for spotting the deliberate mistake. If you have a point to make, then at least make it gramatically correct young lady. I mean, you've obviously......

in response to: Falls Road: Belfast by Jamie

hotdogx: I would like to thank the person above for their input here, and this illustrates the true feelings on " the tribal matters" outside northern ireland. many unionists deny this strongly, but the evidence is......

in response to: Falls Road: Belfast by Jamie

manchesta: i totally agree with you on all points. Being english and having lived in Northern Ireland i can say without a shadow of a doubt to any loyalists reading here that the British people and......

in response to: Falls Road: Belfast by Jamie

hotdogx: Dissapointing to see some of the stupid an unitellectual comments here, This realy illustrates the necessity for a lot of "growing up" to be done! People not from ireland must really believe us to be......

in response to: Falls Road: Belfast by Jamie

anon educated bystander: this thread amazes me. what amazes me most is the blatant lack of education that seems apparent in northern ireland. this no doubt is the root cause of most of your division....

in response to: Shankill Road: Belfast by Jamie

anon protestant: Re: Shankhill Road taigs are all rebel ball lickin scum bags who need shot and drove out of northern ireland go back down south where you's all belong. Up the Uda. Keep er lit !!!......

in response to: Shankill Road: Belfast by Jamie

Jamie: oh, how i miss my cmeha 35, and the days of old. Tenaciously peppering the streets of Northern Ireland with a tirade of weatherproof thermo-printed citynoise stickers. 2002 was a mixed blessing....

in response to: handprints on a post box by Jamie

naeneedfuraname: Re: Shankhill Road I think it's funny that these hubcap stealin', bead rattlin', soap dodgin' fenian bastard rebels think it's their country, when historically speaking, there have been links between Scotland and Northern Ireland since the......

in response to: Shankill Road: Belfast by Jamie

An American for better beer: Re: Falls Road This site is hilarious. I didn't realize so many people in Northern Ireland where still being force fed their parents bullshit. I thought you guys actually had resources to overcome all......

in response to: Falls Road: Belfast by Jamie

Shankill Stud: Re: Shankhill Road We're not Brazil we're Northern Ireland....we're not Brazil we're Northern Ireland... Protestant...and proud of it...lived on the Shankill Rd all me days...like everywhere else...full of the odd little hood...the odd big time charlie gangster...the......

in response to: Shankill Road: Belfast by Jamie

32 County Government in Exile: Northern Ireland is an artificial state and this artificial nature undermines any legitimacy its pro-Union majority would otherwise have. In 1920 when Ireland was partitioned, Co.Tyrone and Co.Fermanagh were 56% and 53% Catholic/Nationalist respectively, but......

in response to: Falls Road: Belfast by Jamie

hasslehoff: **also:** that guy reminds me of [[219:this article]] also from northern ireland....

in response to: Shankill Road: Belfast by Jamie

hasslehoff: death to all who ##inter## here - ##filthie## - by ##they## bollox! If that's not a glowing endorsement of the Northern Ireland Education System, I really don't know what is. What serious chance can a......

in response to: Shankill Road: Belfast by Jamie

Jamie: I moved back home later that year. I now find myself, almost three years later, in rural settings once again. Am i destined to forever alternate between town and country? I feel no more at......

in response to: away from cities by keight

Jamie: A bit of clarification is perhaps needed for those not familiar with the Irish/Ulster slang used here. My facts should not be taken as gospel but are what I have gleaned from spending a couple......

in response to: Falls Road: Belfast by Jamie

Jamie: I feel i should set the record straight a little with regard this article. I harbour no ill intent toward the town or indeed the people of lisnaskea or county fermanagh. I lived there for......

in response to: Beat-up Derelict Buildings in my Neighbourhood by Jamie

Jamie: I love what you've been hitting us with lately. You seem to have a genuine affection for london and thats great. I enjoyed the {covent garden} stuff. I always like to see the street performers......

in response to: Worldcup Party by Steelisreal

Jamie: I really wish i'd taken more photos of Northern Ireland during my time there. Perhaps some of the lurkers here from the province could express their allegiances more visually and contribute some photographic content of......

in response to: come on in by Jamie

uk defender: This site is hillarious..i had no idea that catholics and protestants still hated each other this much in northern ireland.But to be fair both sides are a bunch of fannys.I mean surely all your disputes......

in response to: The West Belfast Peace Line by Jamie

elfgerber: My great-great-great-great-great-great grandfather, John Falls (maybe originally McFalls or MacFalls) emigrated from Northern Ireland in the beginning of the 18th centurty to environs of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. I've always been curious whether "Falls Road" was......

in response to: Falls Road: Belfast by Jamie

anti racist: what about the attacks on the chinese community the muslim community the fillipino community in northern ireland?...

in response to: Shankill Road: Belfast by Jamie

Irish Satan?: satan lives in northern ireland......

in response to: Shankill Road: Belfast by Jamie

Yankee Bill: Aloha from Hawaii,USA all. I'm a political science major and student of Irish political history ( North and South). My fiance is an O' Sullivan, Her dad Catholic, her Mom a Prod. Guess it......

in response to: Shankill Road: Belfast by Jamie

JONNY: IVE GOT TWO TO WORDS FOR ALL THE TAIGS ( NO SURRENDER ) THIS IS NORTHERN IRELAND NOT IRELAND FUCK ARYDONE BY THE WAY ST PATRICK WAS A PROD HA HA HA FUCK USE ALL!!!!...

in response to: Shankill Road: Belfast by Jamie

K.A.T's: FUCK ALL TAIGA THEY ARE ALL SCUMMY BASTARDS AND SHOULD BE PUT OUT OF NORTHERN IRELAND FUCK THE I.R.A UP THE U.V.F ...

in response to: Shankill Road: Belfast by Jamie

otisbirdsong: this shots are great...thank you fro giving us a glimpse of northern ireland... is Bombay Street in a catholic area or a protestant area?...

in response to: Falls Road: Belfast by Jamie

NI Tourist Board: JUNE IS always a special month for visitors to Northern Ireland. It’s the time to savour strawberries and cream by the seaside; fit in an extra round of golf on long midsummer days; set......

in response to: Satan's Front Door by Jamie

zagg: well, if the pictures and commentary aren't great advertisments for northern ireland, i just dont know what is. ...

in response to: Satan's Front Door by Jamie

Jamie: I could take that up as a hobby here in Fermanagh, Northern ireland... on second thoughts, maybe not, it might be seen as propoganda of some sort. There is a lot of colorful street art here......

in response to: Satan's Front Door by Jamie