A big contributor to the riots was the fact that O’Connell Street was undergoing roadworks at the time, so there were a pile of bricks and rocks for people to pick up and throw.
IrishHistory26 on
Poor oul Charlie Bird got a hiding that day and they called him and Orange Bastard. And the guy gave a report right after it.
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sauvignonblanc__ on
Jesus. I remember that. Studying for my mock Leaving Cert, coming down to RTÉ News and asking the mother about it. I expected her to say Iran or Venezuela. The response: ‘Bloody Dublin’.
stevenmc on
Love Ulster was a loyalist movement led by Willie Frazer, the man who drove the getaway car in the Reavey murders (which then led, the following day to the Kingsmills massacre).
It was designed to cause trouble, and trouble it caused.
Pristine-Package-159 on
I was in town that day at work and it was chaos – but it was NEVER a good idea to have the Orange Order march in the capital. A massive mistake and those that granted the permit should have been held accountable.
thats_pure_cat_hai on
One of the worst ideas in recent memory. Who could have predicted this going any other way.
I was in there that day as it happened and I had camera or two with me.
Whilst taking photo’s I got struck by a pool ball, saltcellar and a bit of a four by two. Here’s a few pics. Ah memories… click to make the GIF bigger.
Beginning-Shock1520 on
Sure didn’t the fella spearheading the justice for victims campaign openly say he had great time for ex UVF Billy Wright? One-sided justice.
Subject-Owl1959 on
Nowadays gremlins like Justin Barrett would be welcoming his Orange Order brethren with open arms, since they’re cut from the same cloth
MiggeldyMackDaddy on
I was on the piss in temple bar that day. I remember a rush of people running past in the street and not having a clue what was happening until the news the next day
OutRunTerminator on
At the bottom of Grafton street a young man offered me a brand new hammer from his big bag if brand new hammers, to go and do harm with. I politely declined.
I then watched two lads all balaclaved up, set fire to two cars in quite an expert fashion, that made me believe they were military trained.
A very strange day.Â
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What a blast of nostalgia, Charlie Bird, the old Mondeo guarda cars and town at the peak of the boom!
Nice to see the skangers had a bit more variety in colour back in the 2000s before the all black North Face dress came along.
There was some independent Irish website that had brilliant videos of the riots and burning that day, much better than RTE, anyone have a clue what website it might have been?
Patient-Attorney5287 on
He looks like he’s taking part, not reporting 🤣
Ill_Law_5148 on
Me and my mam got stuck in the Ilac that day when they shut it down until things had calmed down outside. It was absolute chaos.
pslx250 on
I was in work there that day, me, the hardest looking and the actual hardest lad were on the door. Normally we didnt do security
We get hold of someone in head office to let them know our plan was lock it all up and GTFO, when they asked why we told them to turn on Sky News, they did, and and were told do it.
It was very much pre-planned, we saw older lads co-coordinating things on their phones a bit back from the flashpoints, sending forward bags, wheelie bins etc full of stuff to be thrown
Shower of dickheads
FixRevolutionary1427 on
Now if people could be only as vocal about the state of things these days.
Internal-Cobbler9140 on
This wasn’t some spontaneous riot that broke out, it was very coordinated and hundreds of people converged on O’Connell street ahead of the parade. I remember at the time anonymous canvassing in inner city dublin in the days leading up to it, never really thought about it, but looking back, there obviously was an organization behind the whole thing, in all likelihood Sinn Fein.Â
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A big contributor to the riots was the fact that O’Connell Street was undergoing roadworks at the time, so there were a pile of bricks and rocks for people to pick up and throw.
Poor oul Charlie Bird got a hiding that day and they called him and Orange Bastard. And the guy gave a report right after it.
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Jesus. I remember that. Studying for my mock Leaving Cert, coming down to RTÉ News and asking the mother about it. I expected her to say Iran or Venezuela. The response: ‘Bloody Dublin’.
Love Ulster was a loyalist movement led by Willie Frazer, the man who drove the getaway car in the Reavey murders (which then led, the following day to the Kingsmills massacre).
It was designed to cause trouble, and trouble it caused.
I was in town that day at work and it was chaos – but it was NEVER a good idea to have the Orange Order march in the capital. A massive mistake and those that granted the permit should have been held accountable.
One of the worst ideas in recent memory. Who could have predicted this going any other way.
https://i.redd.it/94ak9x4874fg1.gif
I was in there that day as it happened and I had camera or two with me.
Whilst taking photo’s I got struck by a pool ball, saltcellar and a bit of a four by two. Here’s a few pics. Ah memories… click to make the GIF bigger.
Sure didn’t the fella spearheading the justice for victims campaign openly say he had great time for ex UVF Billy Wright? One-sided justice.
Nowadays gremlins like Justin Barrett would be welcoming his Orange Order brethren with open arms, since they’re cut from the same cloth
I was on the piss in temple bar that day. I remember a rush of people running past in the street and not having a clue what was happening until the news the next day
At the bottom of Grafton street a young man offered me a brand new hammer from his big bag if brand new hammers, to go and do harm with. I politely declined.
I then watched two lads all balaclaved up, set fire to two cars in quite an expert fashion, that made me believe they were military trained.
A very strange day.Â
What a blast of nostalgia, Charlie Bird, the old Mondeo guarda cars and town at the peak of the boom!
Nice to see the skangers had a bit more variety in colour back in the 2000s before the all black North Face dress came along.
There was some independent Irish website that had brilliant videos of the riots and burning that day, much better than RTE, anyone have a clue what website it might have been?
He looks like he’s taking part, not reporting 🤣
Me and my mam got stuck in the Ilac that day when they shut it down until things had calmed down outside. It was absolute chaos.
I was in work there that day, me, the hardest looking and the actual hardest lad were on the door. Normally we didnt do security
We get hold of someone in head office to let them know our plan was lock it all up and GTFO, when they asked why we told them to turn on Sky News, they did, and and were told do it.
It was very much pre-planned, we saw older lads co-coordinating things on their phones a bit back from the flashpoints, sending forward bags, wheelie bins etc full of stuff to be thrown
Shower of dickheads
Now if people could be only as vocal about the state of things these days.
This wasn’t some spontaneous riot that broke out, it was very coordinated and hundreds of people converged on O’Connell street ahead of the parade. I remember at the time anonymous canvassing in inner city dublin in the days leading up to it, never really thought about it, but looking back, there obviously was an organization behind the whole thing, in all likelihood Sinn Fein.Â