Comment | Dublin & Wicklow L.O.L 1313

New Archbishop of Dublin

February 2, 2011 Comment

Rt Revd Dr Michael Jackson has been elected as the new Archbishop of Dublin and Glendalough, by the Episcopal Electoral College for Dublin and Glendalough, which met at Christ Church Cathedral, Dublin today. Bishop Jackson has been Bishop of Clogher, which spans both sides of the border between Northern Ireland and the Irish Republic, since 2002. In 2008, [...]

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The IRA campaign in Cork against Protestants

November 29, 2010 Comment

GERARD Murphy’s ‘The Year Of Disappearances — Political Killings In Cork 1921-22′ is very properly causing a major stir. Even more than Peter Hart’s account of the IRA in the county, this book is revealing the terrible horror that befell the Protestants of Cork. Moreover, it finally destroys any claim that a non-sectarian Republic could [...]

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12th July Bank Holiday Rep. Ireland?

October 14, 2010 Comment, Culture

Are the Republics Orangemen Equal Citziens? At the MacGill Summer School in Co. Donegal, the former P.D leader and Minster for justice, Mr Michael MacDowell called for a Public Holiday in the Republic for the 12th July. He quoted; “That if we were genuine republicans and if the orange panel in the flag meant anything, [...]

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An inconvient truth…

October 5, 2010 Comment, History

Outwardly and publicly those in political positions of power in the Republic have been portraying the country as a mature 21st century European State on good terms with it’s neighbours such as at joint British-Irish meetings , commemorations and such talk of an imminent visit of H.R.H. Queen Elizabeth etc. Internally the reality within the [...]

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Bishop acknowledges Orange contribution

October 4, 2010 Comment

Church of Ireland Bishop, Rt. Rev. Michael Jackson has significantly acknowledged the positive contribution Orangemen make to the local churches and communities. “The Church of Ireland Diocese of Clogher, like the other Dioceses within Northern Ireland and straddling the Border Counties, numbers many members of the Orange Order in its parishes. Significant numbers of them [...]

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British Irish Equality

September 23, 2010 Comment, Culture

by Gregory Campbell MP EQUALITY One of the buzz words in recent years has been equality. Not that it wasn’t fashionable previously but it has taken on a whole new emphasis when used in political circles. It’s always good when used in a campaign. Irish Republicans are of course black belts holders in this particular [...]

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Equal Citizenship Rights for the southern Minority

July 2, 2010 Comment

Nationalists in the south got a nation. Ulster Unionists got a country. Nationalists in Northern Ireland have had their identity legitimized by both governments by being given access to Irish citizenship. But what about us? You’d think that the natural progression from St Andrews and the Good Friday Agreement, with all it’s talking about healing [...]

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HM Queen Irish State Visit 2011

June 23, 2010 Comment, News

HM Queen will pay her first state visit to Republic of Ireland before the end of next year, the Irish Government has revealed. Dublin and Wicklow L.O.L. 1313 have been working behind the scenes and calling for this to happen for a number of years now and are hopeful that the ever increasing special relationship [...]

Statement on the State Visit of Pope Benedict XVI to the United Kingdom

March 26, 2010 Comment

On this the 450th Anniversary Year of the Protestant Reformation in Scotland, we call upon the Pope to recognize that we stand for ‘civil and religious liberties for all, special privileges for none’ and to respect these settled and cherished principles of the United Kingdom on his first state visit here. Freedom of speech and [...]

Benedict gets it wrong – badly wrong

March 25, 2010 Comment

It is difficult for an Irish Anglican to objectively read Benedict’s Pastoral Letter to the Catholics [sic] of Ireland. That said, Burke’s Corner, as an Irish Anglican, detects four major difficulties with the Pastoral. (i) It appears to uncritically endorse the ‘holy Ireland’ narrative in which nationalist political identity merged with Roman Catholicism: From the [...]