From one extreme to the other today. Following yesterday's Danny Boy is something (a little) more modern from the Stiff Little fingers. I mentioned their "Alternative Ulster" in my introduction to this series of posts on Sunday but didn't include it beca… more »

Result, Weds 3rd August, Coleraine Showgrounds: Northern Ireland2Brazil0 McVey (31) McCrink (90ish) PWDLFAPts. Northern Ireland2200516 USA2110214 Brazil2011131 Serb. & Mont.2002140 Tonight's Milk Cup match between Northern Irel… more »

"We fight the terrorists and we fight all of those who give them aid. America has a message for the nations of the world: If you harbor terrorists, you are terrorists. If you train or arm a terrorist, you are a terrorist. If you feed a terrorist or f… more »

You can't write about songs of Northern Ireland and not include Danny Boy. The song (or at least the tune, the Londonderry Air, now almost synonomous with Danny Boy) is used as Northern Ireland's anthem in the Commonwealth Games and one or two other spor… more »

The ever-aware Northern Irish Magyar (known as Paul here at Everything Ulster) has discovered, tucked away in a dark corner of the internet, the first draft of last week's IRA statement. You can see a little work was done to transform it from draft fo… more »

PWDLFAPts. Northern Ireland1100313 Brazil1010111 USA1010111 Serb. & Mont.1001130 Result, Mon 1st August, Coleraine Showgrounds: Northern Ireland3Serbia & Montenegro 1 Lafferty(29)Kaluderovic(89ish) Stewart (53) Bell (54) The… more »

Everything Ulster was down for a short time overnight until around 11:00 this morning. This was an issue with the hosting company which now seems to have been resolved. Apologies to anyone who was missing me! more »

Harvey Andrews - The Soldier I hadn't planned to do the songs in this order but with today's announcement of the disbandment of the RIR's home battalions it seems appropriate. This song depicts the futility and carnage of violence, viewed from a very… more »

On the back of the removal of watchtowers from south Armagh, the Home Batallions of the Royal Irish Regiment (the amalgamation of the Ulster Defence Regiment and the Royal Irish Rangers) are to be disbanded from 1st August 2007, a date which will also se… more »

The Platoon - Ulster Girl I thought I'd kick off with a song I found recently called Ulster Girl by some crowd called The Platoon. Its a bit of a country/ballad type song (I'm obviously no music expert) about a girl's desire to keep Ulster free. Its n… more »