The bonnies are probably alight now and as the sun sets the orange glowing in the darkening sky will be a fitting tribute to King Billy and his brave army.
The Pope backs King Billy William is celebrated to this day as a champion of Protestantism, but he was nonetheless backed by the head of the Catholic Church, Pope Alexander VIII. The Pope was part of a ‘Grand Alliance’ against Louis XIV’s warring in Europe and supported William’s reconquest of Ireland.
[h=1]Four 'led to safety' during north Belfast bonfire[/h] Four people, including an elderly man, have been led to safety by firefighters after a large bonfire began to affect the roofs of three houses in Belfast. Four fire engines attended the fire at Hopewell Avenue, off the Cliftonville Road, on Friday night. The Northern Ireland Fire and Rescue Service (NIFRS) dealt with a total of 160 emergency calls between 18:00 BST on Friday and 01:00 BST on Saturday. They said 58 calls were related to bonfires. Firefighers had to intervene in 28 of the bonfire call-outs, by either dampening down the flames or ensuring the safety of nearby people and property. During the Hopewell Avenue bonfire, the NIFRS said: "Four main jets, two foam jets and two hose reel jets were deployed as three nearby roofs were being affected by the blaze." Bonfires are traditionally lit in many areas on 11 July, known as the Eleventh Night, to mark the culmination of the marching season. The NIFRS said the number of call-outs they received this year saw a "slight decrease" from the year before.
Jeez looking through this thread, these bonfire stacks are mental. I don't pretend to understand Ireland's problems living in the South East about an hour from London. But first question that comes to mind is why do these people build these huge bonfire stacks so close to their properties and what is the representation/meaning of them or a simple explanation to Dev's quoted marching season?
With apologies for my ignorance who is - though I have a sinking feeling was may be more apt - Oscar Knox?
They build them close 5o buildings because they are brain dead *****s. Its some bullshit got to do with that gay king billy in the 1600s though I cant see king billy having been sat around a load of pallets mattresses and posters of chinese people and setting it alight. Anyhow the water cannon and peace bricks will be out for the next few days. Nothing like your car or house getting pelted with peace bricks
These are the same people who are flabbergasted when we take exception at them marching through or past our areas. A very intolerant bunch we are eh?
This is some serious s**t but do they not understand that they only harm themselves, because without getting into the politics along with the right and wrongs, ignorant people such as myself don't understand any of this crap...we just see them harming one another for a purpose that appears will never be resolved. Surely anyone with any decency of human intelligenence knows you don't build the worlds biggest stack of a bonfire next to people's property?
You are dealing with the dregs of society here, the absolute dregs. They are the British in Ireland. Thanks for that.
Youre dealing with backward ****wads of knuckle draggers brb theyre not going to understand the most basic safety precautions as long as the fire is big with some nationalists pictures , a china woman , a dead kid and an ivory coast fleg burning anything else is inconsequential
