12.7.04
Today in Irish History
**because of the Orange bastards:
12 July
1813 - The first recorded "Twelfth of July" sectarian riots erupt in Belfast
1849 - As many as 20 Catholics are killed by soldiers during an Orange Parade at Dolly's Brae, near Castlewellan, Co. Down
1935 - Violence in Belfast lasting two months commences on this date; eleven people are killed
1998 - The three Quinn brothers, Richard, 11, Mark, 10, and Jason 9, are burned to death by a Loyalist firebomb in Ballymoney, 40 miles northwest of Belfast
2000 - Violence erupts as Portadown Orangemen pledge to continue Drumcree protest
**because of the Orange bastards:
12 July
1813 - The first recorded "Twelfth of July" sectarian riots erupt in Belfast
1849 - As many as 20 Catholics are killed by soldiers during an Orange Parade at Dolly's Brae, near Castlewellan, Co. Down
1935 - Violence in Belfast lasting two months commences on this date; eleven people are killed
1998 - The three Quinn brothers, Richard, 11, Mark, 10, and Jason 9, are burned to death by a Loyalist firebomb in Ballymoney, 40 miles northwest of Belfast
2000 - Violence erupts as Portadown Orangemen pledge to continue Drumcree protest