Keelan 🇬🇧☘️
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26; Co. Armagh🍎; British (Irish) 🇬🇧☘️; History📚; Hiking🏔️; Politics 🌍; Monarchist⚜️; Portadown 🇵🇪; Rangers🏴; Ard Mhacha🔸; Romans 12:2 ✟ 📖
Portedaune, Northern Ireland
Joined July 2017
Following Portadown FC 🇵🇪.2024/25 SEASON THREAD. ⬇️. Always enjoyed reading others’ threads, thought I would start my own and try to keep a record this year. (see below)
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An entire generation was lost in the space of 1914-1918. 125,00 killed at the Somme, 19,240 on the first day. One man every 5 seconds.
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Æ waiting lists getting ridiculous now.
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Left: Hostile Argentine occupation forces harass and intimidate a local British penguin, Falklands War 1982. 🇦🇷. Right: A Falkland Penguin stands at attention for his compatriot and liberator, circa 1983. 🇬🇧🇫🇰
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Just been sent this of Killicomaine’s bonfire. Show me a tidier job. Talk about pride in your work. 🇬🇧☘️🔥
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“Congratulations sir, you’ve been elected to fly the plane, if you’d like to follow me to the cockpit”
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BREAKING 🚨 | To commemorate the Coronation of HM King Charles III, work on the former Imperial Monument Halls, now the “Carolean Monument Halls” has resumed and is due to be completed within the year. 🇬🇧🏗
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Annual British NYE tradition is watching the Hong Kong Handover and sobbing. 🇬🇧🇭🇰
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The British Monarchy is a blessing from God and we should be thankful everyday that we are not a Republic. #QueensSpeech
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I’m so glad somebody finally said it.
Make partition history.
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The Band of the Irish Guards playing “Ireland’s Call” outside St. James’ Palace earlier this month. ☘️🏆
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The Ulster Banner amongst the lined streets of The Mall tonight. 🇬🇧☘️. A surreal experience walking around our capital tonight, anticipation but a lot of sadness. Time to decide what I am to do.
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Fantastic turnout in Markethill tonight to rally against the Northern Ireland Protocol, and in the most rotten weather too. 🇬🇧☘️👏🏻.
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It may be a result of not being used to kingship, but it’s undeniable that there is a new Carolean aesthetic. True to tradition, and yet breathes a sense of renewal into the institution, and as may not be unexpected from those who familiar with HM, it’s characterised by beauty.
interesting that, only a few months into the new reign, there is already a recognisable Caroline aesthetic, and that it’s being taken up by both public and private bodies
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Thousands in Corcrain/Redmanville, Portadown tonight. 🇬🇧☘️🥁🔥
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Isaac Price was fantastic tonight. 👏🏻
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When you see the stone of Windsor Castle, hear the music of “I Vow to Thee My Country” and “Jerusalem”, see the glistening armour of the Household Cavalry or the uniforms of the Guards. How can anyone tell you this isn’t the greatest country the world has ever known. 🇬🇧☘️🏴🏴🏴.
Regiments with a special relationship to The Duke of Edinburgh form up in the Quadrangle at Windsor Castle. Military bands play music including ‘I Vow to Thee My Country’ and ‘Jerusalem’.
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Portadown alive with bands and spectators tonight for the Defenders’ 50 Anniversary Parade. 🇬🇧☘️🥁
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So many achievements in 100 years, but this tops the lot. Moon landing deniers will say this is fake 😤😡
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New coins already off to a great start. Very reminiscent of the sixpences of the reigns of Kings George V and VI. I can’t get enough of Unionist imagery on coins, especially when its arms and flowers. 🇬🇧☘️
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“No matter where I wander, through cities near or far, my heart is at home in old Ireland, in the county of Armagh” 🍎. Video sent from a friend. The Irish Guards giving “The Boys from the County Armagh” a rattle down the Mall for Trooping the Colour today. 🇬🇧☘️💂🏻♀️🥁
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Wishing a Happy 41st Birthday to HRH The Prince of Wales. His Royal Highness is known to many subjects here by his Northern Irish subsidiary title; Baron Carrickfergus. 🇬🇧☘️
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Northern Ireland has done herself proud today. 🇬🇧☘️. Thousands filled the streets of Hillsborough and Belfast as his proudest subjects welcomed their new sovereign, HM King Charles III. A highlight for me personally; seeing HM so close about his duty on this historic day (4th).
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There were 10 German bombers in the air. And the RAF from Македонија 🇲🇰 shot them down (who shot them down)
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The Spanish Government’s new policy of moving beyond the Spanish Civil War by trying to start the Second Spanish Civil War.
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Taken
Who owns the Moon? A new space race means it could be up for grabs
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Our local council district will be gaining its first royal statue, that of Her Late Majesty Queen Elizabeth II. Many towns across the United Kingdom have similar statues in the process of being prepared for unveiling. This could be the first of its kind in Northern Ireland.
A bid to erect a statue of Queen Elizabeth II has been approved by Armagh, Banbridge and Craigavon Borough Council. ➡️
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The message to Westminster, Dublin, Brussels and Stormont from today’s protest in Portadown was loud and clear:. The Northern Ireland Protocol must go. 🇬🇧☘️🥁
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A Happy #VictoriaDay to all of the Canadian mutuals. 🇬🇧🍁. It’s on this day that Canada celebrates the birthday of HM Queen Victoria; a symbol of Canada, her confederation and crown. Victoria Day also marks HM The King’s official birthday in Canada.
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Happy #StPatricksDay/Lá Fhéile Pádraig to everyone tomorrow. ☘️. Took a lovely hike up Slemish, Co. Antrim early this morning. ⛰️🐑. It is here that St. Patrick spent his six years in captivity as a shepherd, arriving as a 16 year old slave from Bannavem Taburniae.
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Very important to keep perspective and stay level headed. But Northern Ireland *might* win the World Cup. 🇬🇧☘️.
It's just like watching B̶r̶a̶z̶i̶l̶ Northern Ireland 🎶🟢⚪️ #GAWA .
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The Turks didn’t arrive in Anatolia until the 11th Century.
Someone put this new statue next to the empty Colston plinth in Bristol and I am wheezing 🤣🤣
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The Protocol an instrument which separates N. Ireland from the rest of the Kingdom, and long term looks to shift our alignment from GB to the RoI. It’s plain to see why Sinn Fein cheerlead it, likewise SDLP. What *should* raise eyebrows is how passionately Alliance pursue it.
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“I today seriously say to America: You attend to your own affairs and we will attend to ours. You look after your own questions at home and we will look after ours. We will not brook interference in our own affairs by any country, however powerful.”. - Edward Carson, 1919. 🇬🇧☘️
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“Home Rule may pass this house, but it will not pass the Bann Bridge at Portadown”
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I’m a fan of uniformity so I *should* probably swap my portrait for this one. However Coronation weekend was so special I think I’ll keep this one up.
A new portrait of The King, wearing his Admiral of the Fleet uniform, will be made available to display in all public buildings in the UK. Schools, councils and courts can apply for a free portrait, which was taken in Windsor Castle last year by photographer Hugo Burnand.
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Changes here in the household. I would say this is the end of the transition period for me. ⏳. Privilege to have attended the funeral of HM Queen Elizabeth II and the Coronation of TM King Charles III and Queen Camilla. God Save The King. 🇬🇧☘️
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We are a flag loving people, yet many won’t have seen what may have been the first flag of Northern Ireland. It’s origins are painfully unknown, but it seems to have seen an entire generation of use. @MarkThompStuff has collected the information here:
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Praying for a speedy recovery for HRH The Duke of Edinburgh. A life dedicated to public service such as his does not warrant the sneering of lesser men on social media.
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Let’s see your local War Memorial?. Portadown, Northern Ireland. 🇬🇧☘️
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Gutted to be missing Scarva this year, but did make it to the green grassy slopes of the Boyne. 🇬🇧☘️🥁🎶. En route to Croker to celebrate a second Orange victory this weekend. 🔶🏐
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Some Lambegs for your timeline on this glorious Twelfth of July morning from Lurgan, Co. Armagh. 🇬🇧☘️🥁
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Bit of re-decorating to add a workspace for going back to university in September. 📚📝💻. A few things still to be done, and a few temporary measures, but well pleased. (Add “Bookshelfing” to the Olympics)
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Lost for words a bit today. 🧡🍎. All-Ireland Champions for a second time; memories so glorious and grand. Up Armagh. Ard Mhacha Abú.
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The “New Ireland” guff is a non-starter, because it is built on the mistake that all Unionists are just undecideds yet to be convinced. Unionism isn’t a vague notion of British identity to be accommodated in a new state by a cocktail of pandering and concession. [1/2].
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When dividing up your blame, consider reflecting how the genuine significant concerns around the Protocol, raised by ordinary Unionists and Unionist leaders for 3 years now, have been met with little more than “sit down, shut up”. This is how we’ve arrived at this destination.
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Been a long time follower but first time visitor, great evening down at the Athletic Grounds for Armagh vs Donegal, glad to finally make it down. 🔶🏐
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The flag of the Y.C.V flies at Whytschaete Ridge in Belgium after a successful assault on a German position, 1917. 🇬🇧☘️🖐🏼
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So Nationalists or Republicans can enjoy the support of those they consider their countrymen in the Republic, but Unionists in Northern Ireland shouldn’t enjoy the support of Unionists in the rest of the country.
Why are Unionists & right wing British commentators getting so upset about Labour saying they won't actively campaign in a border poll? That has always been their position because they understand that it's up to us, the people of Ireland - North and South, to decide our future.
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Packing my bags to leave for the capital. ✈️🧳. My last visit to London was one I’ll never forget, somber and sad but exciting in its own way. This #Coronation weekend I’m sure will be similarly striking, but full of celebration and joy. Rejoice and God Save The King. 🇬🇧☘️
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The usual sneering back tonight at Unionist protests against the Protocol shows that it’s not the means or method that any of these people take issue with, it’s the fact that Unionists are speaking up.
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The honour of a lifetime to attend the funeral of Her Late Majesty Queen Elizabeth II. 🇬🇧☘️. A remarkable and unforgettable day here in London.
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#OnThisDay tomorrow, 25th December 1066, King William I (known to history as “the Conqueror”) is crowned in Westminster Abbey. 👑. At 3pm, his 26x great-grandson will address Kingdom and Commonwealth in the Sovereign’s annual Christmas Day Broadcast. 📺. God Save The King. 🇬🇧
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Enoch Powell on the importance of Northern Irish Unionism in 1974, against the backdrop of rising Scottish and Welsh Nationalism, and Britain’s entry into the European Economic Community (EEC). “[Ulster is] the test of Britain’s national will to live.”
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Car parked outside on a double yellow line. Really hate such blatant disregard for the Belfast Agreement.
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The elegant CR, the central III and the restoration of the most high, most imperial and most beautifully Carolean Tudor Crown. Friends, Romans, Countrymen lend me your ears because a Golden Age has dawned.
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A Happy #VictoriaDay to the Canadian mutuals as they celebrate the birthday of HM Queen Victoria; a symbol of Canada, her confederation and Crown. 🇬🇧🍁
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Didn’t have to hand in a physical copy, but definitely wanted one. 📝
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.@michaelgove described himself as a “convinced Unionist” in the Commons today. He might try convincing some of us here in Northern Ireland of that, by triggering Article 16 and working to scrap the Protocol.
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Fighting Globalism by putting up posters for a US Election in. *checks notes* . Carrickfergus.
'Ulster-Scots for Trump' showing our support for, @realDonaldTrump, Carrickfergus, Northern Ireland. #Trump2020Landslide. 🇬🇧🤝🇺🇸
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Kind of is madness that the Unit*d States of America gets to swan in, spout what everyone knows is ignorance and misunderstanding, and everyone just smiles at them.
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Sinn Fein do realise the British Army already play a supporting role in Northern Ireland?. Specifically every time one of their old mates decides to leave a device in a public area.
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A prayer that we are accustomed to saying, but one that’s weight and significance has never more earnestly been felt. A plea of intercession. God Save The Queen. 🇬🇧☘️
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Crowds line a decorated Royal Avenue as HM King George V makes his way to Belfast City Hall for the inaugural State Opening of the Northern Ireland Parliament, 22nd June 1921. 🇬🇧☘️✋🏻
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Not exactly how I envisioned spending my birthday but we move.
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“My forefathers were the men who had followed Cromwell and shared in the defence of Derry and the victories of Aughrim and the Boyne”. Theodore Roosevelt, 26th President of the United States of America. 🇬🇧☘️🏴🇺🇸
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Absolutely no mention of this crowd protesting on the Shankill on tonight’s BBC Newsline. Only interested when they’ve the opportunity to demonise Loyalists?
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Modern Architecture is deliberately subversive. It deliberately undermines the uniformity, history and traditions of towns. I am not being hyperbolic when I say it should be illegal.
New building in Zagreb in Brutalist Revival style:
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Sir Edward Carson in Portadown during his pre-Covenant speaking tour. From the Railway Station, he would receive a salute and speak at the foot of the statue of Col. Saunderson, his forbear in the fight against Home Rule. He would later address crowds at Shamrock Park. 🇬🇧☘️✋🏼
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Brownlow House the setting for this year’s Co. Armagh Twelfth. 🇬🇧☘️🥁. Eisenhower, who stayed here during the Second World War, would’ve loved this. 🇺🇸
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Is there anyone, in good faith, who can honestly tell me they believe the delegation from the US is abreast of the situation, and do they genuinely believe they’ve anything to offer other than acting as muscle for the EU’s intransigence.
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Byzantine Empire ❌.Holy Roman Empire ❌.Ottoman Empire ❌.Russian Empire ❌.Austrian Empire ❌.German Empire ❌.Bulgaria ❌.Finland ❌.The United States ❌
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Is that *really* where it started Mr. Adams?
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Lovely Broughshane, nestled under Slemish, lined with the Saltire for St. Patrick’s Day. ☘️
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The Unveiling of Portadown War Memorial, 13th November 1925. 🇬🇧☘️
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Need a verdict. (Yes they need re-ironed, they’ve been folded in a box for months)
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“I today seriously say to America: You attend to your own affairs and we will attend to ours. You look after your own questions at home and we will look after ours. We will not brook interference in our own affairs by any country, however powerful.”. Edward Carson, 1919. 🇬🇧☘️🎙.
The Good Friday Agreement is the bedrock of peace in Northern Ireland. If the U.K. violates its international agreements & Brexit undermines the Good Friday accord, there will be absolutely no chance of a U.S.-U.K. trade agreement passing the Congress.
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I really do wish everyone could be an Ulsterman, but I’m afraid you have to be chosen by God.
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#OnThisDay 24th April 1914, the Larne Gun Running began, running into the early hours of the 25th. 🇬🇧☘️✋🏻. Sir James Craig, soon to be first Prime Minister of Northern Ireland, oversees the unloading of arms at Donaghadee Harbour, flanked by members of the Ulster Volunteer Force.
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99 years is a blink historically, but we’ve achieved so much in that short time.
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#OnThisDay 22nd June 1921. Crowds line a decorated Donegall Place as HM King George V and HM Queen Mary make their way to Belfast City Hall for the inaugural state opening of the new Northern Ireland Parliament. 🇬🇧☘️✋🏻
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