tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6008037633121035579.post5148695000481768497..comments2023-10-22T11:57:34.718+01:00Comments on A Pint of Unionist Lite: O'Neill, our house, the street, Belfast,Co. Down, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom, Europe, The World, The UniverseO'Neillhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02531858236570346203noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6008037633121035579.post-91853810848755677592010-08-13T23:49:54.997+01:002010-08-13T23:49:54.997+01:00Lizzie's govt. or her unionist colonial govern...Lizzie's govt. or her unionist colonial government (I can't remember which) did away with counties long ago. I think they were replaced with 26 non entities (was that county envy?)<br /><br />It won't matter. ROI did the same with Dublin. It hasn't dented Dubliners' County identity or allegiance. The old english county system lives on.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6008037633121035579.post-66733554999019030412010-08-13T10:11:28.965+01:002010-08-13T10:11:28.965+01:00"I am not sure the Down or Antrim supporters ..."I am not sure the Down or Antrim supporters in Croke Park this year would agree with you."<br /><br />If that's the case, then they'll need to be very careful that Her Maj's postal service doesn't disappear their counties out of existance.O'Neillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02531858236570346203noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6008037633121035579.post-31338386846617827642010-08-13T07:53:27.887+01:002010-08-13T07:53:27.887+01:00I am not sure the Down or Antrim supporters in Cro...I am not sure the Down or Antrim supporters in Croke Park this year would agree with you. I think the phenomenon you are describing is a protestant (and Belfast) thing. You need to get out more.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6008037633121035579.post-30419934194383831922010-08-12T11:53:43.330+01:002010-08-12T11:53:43.330+01:00>>And just to be slightly controversial, gen...>>And just to be slightly controversial, genetic assays of the indigenous populations of the British Isles show that Yorkshire is the most genetically distinct part.<<<br /><br />Any chance of showing us where you got this from?<br /><br />Also wouldn't Norman-French be a better and more consistant term to put alongside your historical grievance? Since Britons in that period wouldtonynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6008037633121035579.post-32451442613531639962010-08-12T11:46:05.828+01:002010-08-12T11:46:05.828+01:00I was wondering why Yorkshire (with the obvious ex...I was wondering why Yorkshire (with the obvious exception of Cornwall) was the only county I could imagine declaring UDI!O'Neillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02531858236570346203noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6008037633121035579.post-6675341269425093992010-08-12T09:47:19.691+01:002010-08-12T09:47:19.691+01:00Yorkshire used to have its own Home Rule movement,...Yorkshire used to have its own Home Rule movement, which petered out in the 1970s. And just to be slightly controversial, genetic assays of the indigenous populations of the British Isles show that Yorkshire is the most genetically distinct part.<br /><br />The base population of the whole of the British Isles is the original (probably Iberian) population that was then subject to repeated Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02948105455433369982noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6008037633121035579.post-44945491511495306612010-08-11T19:17:49.615+01:002010-08-11T19:17:49.615+01:00"Exist" in as I've heard it chanted ..."Exist" in as I've heard it chanted at Elland Road and Headingley and they've a Facebook group. Not sure they're in any position to push for UDI yet!O'Neillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02531858236570346203noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6008037633121035579.post-6098498127395140102010-08-11T17:22:36.143+01:002010-08-11T17:22:36.143+01:00I'm glad you posted this. I was about to refer...I'm glad you posted this. I was about to reference the Yorkshire Republican Army as something that didn't exist.andrewghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01363738196403434636noreply@blogger.com