Is it ok to wear orange in Dublin, ireland?

Question

Is it ok to wear orange in Dublin, ireland?

Answer 1

Thats a really strange question to ask. Of course its fine to wear orange in Dublin! Why wouldnt it be????

Answer 2

yes , its disaster to wear orange !

It could of course have more to do with the fact that most Protestents

are quite happy with the better liftestyle that being part of the U.K.

gives them.

>    Whats more telling is the fact that there is next to NO feeling for

> Unionism amongst protestants living south of the border.

Exactly how many Protesants in the south have you spoken to? Might I

suggest a trip to the Conservative club which is still active in Dublin.

>    Remember also the principles behind the foundation of 'Ulster' (ie

> Northern Ireland).  'Home Rule is Rome Rule' 'A Protestant Parliament

> for a Protestant People'.

Few can argue that Home Rule (or worse, de facto political

independence) WAS Rome Rule, given the events in the first 50 years

after the south left the U.K. In fact had the priest not been obsessed

with fathering children and molesting altar boys, the position of the

church might still be as powerful.

>    Irish Nationalism has not sought to appeal to one religion or the

> other - indeed the Presbyterians were the first to fight the Union

with

> Britain.

When exactly? How many Presbyterians were involved in Irish nationalism

after the union?

> A combination of divide and conquer tactics from the British

> and a willingness by successive generations of politicians (mostly

> Unionist) to link religion with politics have left us where we are

> today.

Nothing at all to do with the catholic/cultural nationalism of the

1890s/1900s???

>    Name a single Unionist political leader of the last 79 years that

> hasn't been a member of the Orange Order - an avowedly anti-catholic

> organisation.

Name a Taoiseach who hasn't been a Catholic, an avowedly anti-

Protestant organisation that until recently taught it's members that

all Protestants were going to h**l once they died, and forced children

of mixed marriages to be brought up as Catholics under fear of ex-

communication. (Did you see "A Love Divided" ???)

> Look at how catholics were discriminated against by the

> Stormont regieme.

Actually none as you well know. This has been discussed at length on

s.c.i., and you'll finf that any discrimination was done by local

authorities NOT by the government of N.I.

> Now,  is it any surprise that politics in NI

> polarised around religious grounds?

Exactly how many Protestants are members of Sinn Féin (in N.I. OR the

Republic)? (Even the Hitler Youth even had the odd jew

Answer 3

Sure, as long as you team it with green and white.

Answer 4

Yes,

Allthough orange is associated with William of Orange and the Unionist movement in Ulster, unless you are wearing a sash and bowler hat I wouldn't worry.

Of course, orange does not suit everybody!

There are people who still have many reasons to express political opinions as above and this can be very useful in promoting debte but for the most part people will debate these at the appropriate time.

Enjoy yourself in Ireland.

Answer 5

Please disregard the above answer-pure craziness

Absolutely fine to wear orange in Dublin but only if it suits you

Answer 6

No problem.  If what you mean is "do people in Dublin associate wearing orange with unionism and object to it on those grounds" then the answer is no, short of a sash or King William t-shirt and even then most people wouldn't be bothered. This is not the North and most of us don't really care that much, if the truth be told.

Of course now wearing orange as a fashion disaster waiting to happen is a distinct possibility - "Jasus would you get that bright shiny shirt out of my eyeline, I've a throbbing hangover...."

Answer 7

you would be better received in east belfast

Answer 8

we don't have a dress code here in dublin it is ok to were what you want don't mind what other people say it is a free country wear what you like