An Open Letter to my Orange Neighbours | Bodenstown | Cupla Focal Eile.
About this episode
Gerry Adams reflects on the significance of the marching season and its historical context in relation to community relations.
A Chairde, As June heads towards July the distant beat of your drums is pounding out their rhythm. The marching season for all of the Loyal Orders is well underway and the 12 July is fast approaching. One July, sitting during yet another negotiation, into the early hours with Tony Blair the ratatat of Lambegs sundered the quiet. We paused as he asked if I knew what that was. Yes ,I replied that’s the Orangemen. “Jungle drums?” he said. I am minded to remind you that the Battle of the B...
People in this episode
Host: Gerry Adams
Topics covered
- Loyalist culture
- Orange Order
- political negotiations
- Irish history
- community relations
Keywords
- Orange Order
- Loyal Orders
- Tony Blair
- marching season
- Irish politics
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Loyal Orders
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