Formerly of this parish. Now @damomac.bsky.social
Joined February 2009
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As below, a hurl or camán may have saved the life Stephen Ogilvy. Many of those now rioting & attacking innocent people over the dreadful attack on him would almost certainly also be hostile to the GAA and anyone they saw with a hurl or in GAA colours
Jun 10
For non-Irish following events in Belfast, just to show you what was used to save the victim. This is a hurley stick or hurl (not a hurley bat!). It’s used in the Irish games of hurling & camogie to hit a small ball called a sliotar. Hurling is one of the most ancient games in the world & one of the fastest, requiring great skill. It’s a game deeply embedded in our mythology & is central to the stories of one of our ancient heroes, Cú Chulainn, who used a hurl & sliotar to save himself from being attacked by a fierce hound. So even in Irish mythology, the hurl was used to save a life.
Please continue to pray for the victim of the attack in Belfast, for his family, & the people of the city.
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Damian Mac Con Uladh retweeted
Jun 10
I see nobody is equipped to understand the complexities of dealing with Northern Ireland identities
Jun 9
It is now known that Maitie Mag Toghearnan is the man who intervened in the Belfast knife attack last night.
A British hero! 🇬🇧
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Damian Mac Con Uladh retweeted
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Wonder why there was no wide spread riots in 2001 when loyalist paramilitaries drugged, covered in after shave, set alight and filmed Mr Ogilvie burning.
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Damian Mac Con Uladh retweeted
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Absolute morons
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RT @AmandaFBelfast: Here is an actual fact for you. Older men have been observed telling young men/teenagers what to do during disorder.
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Damian Mac Con Uladh retweeted
Jun 10
There's a list of addresses being shared around as a sort of 'hit list'
I've just discovered someone I know personally, a young LOCAL female, has found her address on this 'hit list'
She took over the property after a migrant family months ago
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Damian Mac Con Uladh retweeted
Jun 10
The psychic damage watching Americans say the Irish are rising over loyalists rioting, not knowing where Belfast is, calling the guy with a hurley who hit the attacker a British hero, thinking Belfast is a culturally united city
How do we make them stop
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These wee shites are ripping up some poor guys driveway at Sandyknowes Park to throw at the PSNI. Why aren't the peelers moving in and scooping them before the bricks can be used as weapons against them?
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Protecting women and girls latest.
A Ukrainian refugee whose neighbours were burnt out of their home explains how the fire threatened to spread to her house and she had to escape through the back door.
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RT @AmandaFBelfast: Speaking to me this morning for Reuters SDLP Claire Hanna said ..."homes were attacked based on the colour of the occup…
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Spot the difference
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An appeal from the family of Monday's victim Stephen Ogilvie
Take note Musk, Yaxley-Lennon, Lowe, Farage and loyalist paramilitaries
Violence is not wanted in Northern Ireland
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Damian Mac Con Uladh retweeted
Catholics burnt out of their houses in 1969, ethnic minorities burnt out in 2026. Shame on any #Catholic or #Republican in #Ireland who gives any kind of support or excuse to these bigots. We need to know our history and stand together against racism and oppression in #Belfast.
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Damian Mac Con Uladh retweeted
Jun 10
The family of the Belfast knife attack victim have issued a statement.
They "want to make it absolutely clear that overnight unrest is not welcome."
They praise the contribution of many migrants, who "we depend on them to make our country work".
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Their Loyalist grandparents did the same in 1969.
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Chris Mason on BBC News talking about “concerns” around “integration”. Many streets in Belfast are segregated and giant walls separate the Catholics and the Protestants. This is vital context, not least for many Belfast citizens - and reporters - who often seem to forget.
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*taps mic* I am from north Belfast. People are horrified by what happened and wish the victim a speedy recovery. What we don’t need is racists from here, there and everywhere, who couldn’t find north Belfast with a map, throwing their tuppence in.
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