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[doyle]

:looks at 450 words of flashfic:

:cries:

Tomorrow's the 12th of July - anniversary of the Battle of the Boyne. I know this means sod-all to anyone not a Northern Ireland Protestant but in my community it's essentially the 4th of July but far, far more irritating. I have to do family stuff all day.

Need to get flashfic finished now.

:Pokes Angel with a stick:

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[harmonyfb.livejournal.com]

:Pokes Angel with a stick:

I could poke him with something more painful, if you like. ::twirls cattle prod:: Dance, soul-boy! Dance!

[doyle_sb4.livejournal.com]

Snerk! I think my fic-Lindsey just got some wicked ideas.

[zyre.livejournal.com]

wow, you have 450 words? *glances at the 17 I have and is terribly envious* lol

[gsyh.livejournal.com]

I like your icon...

[zyre.livejournal.com]

Hee, thanks! I just made it this morning so I keep using it for everything. ;)

[doyle_sb4.livejournal.com]

You made me feel a whole lot better :) I keep reminding myself I can post till 5am Sunday my time so I still have more than 24 hours...

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[zyre.livejournal.com]

Hee, you can do it! *makes a little flag that says Doyle!*

And I still have 17 words. Man, maybe eventually I'll have like, two sentences! LOL

[paratti.livejournal.com]

Maybe Angel should poke Xander with it, you know, if he's in such a bad mood and all. Xander might even enjoy it.
::whistles innocently::

[paratti.livejournal.com]

Mea culpa. I meant Lindsey.
Should be in bed, not posting. Bad me.

History Lesson?

[blue-larkspur.livejournal.com]

Tomorrow's the 12th of July - anniversary of the Battle of the Boyne. I know this means sod-all to anyone not a Northern Ireland Protestant but in my community it's essentially the 4th of July but far, far more irritating.

All I know about the Battle of the Boyne I just learned from you -- that it happened July 12. Now I'm curious -- what makes it irritating?

I've been feeling like a stalker reading your LJ and taking quizzes so I friended you, and now I feel more respectable. Hope you don't mind a strange new friend -- and that your July 12th allows time for flash-fic completion.

Re: History Lesson?

[doyle_sb4.livejournal.com]

Hey :) Always glad to make new friends.

The Battle of the Boyne was a bigass skirmish in 1690 - yep, over 300 years ago - where William of Orange and the Protestant forces fought with James and the Catholic forces. Protestants won and have been feeling very satisified with themselves (or :rolls eyes: ourselves) ever since. (my friend marymac is a history student and can no doubt spot several million factual errors in what I've just said *g*)

It's irritating because there are band parades all day (drums and accordions and similar not exactly my bag), and most of them insist on going through the same routes as they have for hundreds of years, even if that means going through all-Catholic areas and pissing the hell out of people. I hate this us-against-them mentality that's grown up over the last couple of years, because it used to be less polarised towards one faction of the community.

But going to my brother's house and eating lots will be fun :)

Re: History Lesson?

[marymac.livejournal.com]

Basic, brief, but mostly accurate. The Orange Order have conveniently been ignoring the whole William-of-Orange-was-backed-by-the-Pope aspect of the affair for as long as they've been about. Being Catholic, I find that immensely entertaining. Also, it means I don't have to do the family stuff over the 12th and so bogged off to Witnness Music Festival in Dublin for the weekend.....

[blue-larkspur.livejournal.com]

Interesting. I am embarrassed to say that most of my knowledge of Northern Ireland comes from Daniel Day-Lewis movies. Until now, thanks to you! So the food -- anything traditional?

Two friends of mine from Israel visited Belfast a couple of years ago and they said they felt more at home there than other places in the UK, because the heightened security,tension, etc. reminded them of home. Not that they liked it, it just felt familiar.