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A Hundred Thousand Welcomes
... and 80 not-so-welcomes. It seems the winds of change are bypassing the Windy City.
A mostly young Northern Ireland team was picketed last night in Chicago by a small rabble of everyone's favourite schizophrenics demonstrating their shameless intolerance for the wrong kind of Irish. The Irish FA were attending an official engagement at the city's Gaelic Park, the main GAA club for the area, during a brief exhibition tour in which they faced Uruguay at the weekend and will play Romania on Friday.
The players and officials were reportedly heckled as they made their way from the ground entrance to the clubhouse with protestors wearing "IFA you're not welcome" t-shirts.
Follow up:
Obviously the fact that the Northern Ireland were invited in the first place shows that many Irish-Americans do not share the views of this rabble of bigots, masquerading as the "Committee Chicago Irish Against Sectarianism" (a name which is obviously either a joke or a prime example of newspeak). A club spokesman said that "At least 90% of the protesters were outsiders." Frankly I'm shocked that republican supporters would ever dream of shipping in protesters from outside the area so they can be "concerned" about something that's nothing to do with them. That would never happen in Northern Ireland.
No information seems to be forthcoming (either from the Tele report or from Google) about what exactly the Chicago Irish group were protesting about, nor whether it was the Catholic players on the team or the Protestant ones that they took issue with. Either way I think it's disgusting that such a blatantly sectarian incident should take place under the guise of a protest against sectarianism. My only guess is that they've swallowed the usual tripe about the "sectarian statelet" and "Free Presbyterian IFA" that those of us more adept at recognising blatant republican bullshit have become immune to.
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steady on the punctuation mate!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
What exactly were you doing there? Were you protesting? If so why?
BTW your unhelpful "day job" comments would be better directed to the Belfast Telegraph.
Best Regards.
They may have been from the area but the club have said 90% of them were non-members and so it has f**k all to do with them.
Regards the heckling bit, aside from the fact you're just repeating what you've already said, the Tele may not be the most reliable source in the world but probably moreso than an anonymous internet poster who clearly has an issue with the OP (and an even bigger issue with spelling and punctuation - maybe you should concentrate on school).
"A group of around 80 protestors lined the driveway on the entrance to the clubhouse, many waving black flags and red cards, some shouting 'IFA out'."
You asked him why he was protesting, not surprisingly, no answer.
We should be thankful at least now they are only throwing insults now rather than sending their dollars to buy guns and bombs for the Republican death squads.
yours a real english man not a wannerbe.
I came down from Toronto for the New York match versus Uruguay, but I am originally from Ligoniel/ Woodvale area. In NYC there were no ejits about and a good time was had by all. Partied with the Green n White army in downtown NY after the match. Don't know whats with Chicago... I tend to believe my passport over the thoughts of someone who can't even spell consider. Maybe "you ENGLISH" should take a few lessons in the Queen's, eh?
"if you get your kicks out of trying to be english "
You've got us pinned Barry - there's so many reasons to want to be English.
"yours a real english man"?? I suspect not...
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