Bonfire at Belfast City Hospital, Donegall Road, Belfast, burning then collapsing 2009

Bonfire at Belfast City Hospital, Donegall Road, Belfast, burning then collapsing 2009
For the impatient, forward to about 2:12 seconds for the start of the collapse.
Bonfires are lit every 11th July night to commemorate King William landing at Carrickfergus on 14 June 1690. Beacons were lit at Carrickfergus and Larne to provide guiding lights for William to safely sail across. Although the bonfire was traditionally lit on 14 June, it was changed to the night preceeding the 12th July parades for convenience. Subsequently, William defeated James II at the Battle of the Boyne on 1st July, 1690. Note this date - the first day of the Battle of the Somme in 1916 was fought on July 1st also, making this a very important date in Irish and Ulster history.

The Battle of the Boyne is celebrated on July 12th because in 1752 the change to the Gregorian calendar necessitated a re-calculation of all historical dates to determine anniversaries. The Battle of the Boyne on July 1st (old style) became celebrated on July 12th.

As the wrong date has become enshrined in Loyalist tradition ever since it is widely believed to be historically correct ...

Did Protestants Fight Catholics During the Battle of the Boyne?

They did. And Protestants fought Protestants as well as Catholics fought their co-religionists. To portray the battle as a religious conflict would be nowhere near the truth - though James II was hated by some of his opponents for his Catholicism and William III was often hailed as a Protestant saviour.

But William had not only the support of the Pope, Catholics were fighting on both sides. And so were Protestants. It was all about politics in the end - with a few supporters even merrily switching sides during the war. Political sides, their religion did not change.

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[danielCHR08]

@Humaneering who gives a fuck

[cookiebitch88]

i came over from england for the 12th celebrations! i am a proddy and proud! was born in belfast city hospital!! i came over 2010 and went to this bonfire on the donegall rd, and my sister, my baby nephew and 9 year old nephew and 10 year old nephew was all run down by some mad man!!! spoilt the fun for everyone, they all ended up spending the 12th july in hospital!! but i must say i love belfast! <3

[lestat1591]

i heard you guys start building them like late april early may

[shadowdevelopment2]

@Nathaniel3040

you better belive it son them iron hag's give a wee bit of riot not much beacuse wee kicked the balls out of them some riot tho but all in all good ole night i done someones ma !!!!!!!!! or was it thier da....... dunno but good night anyhow ........

[irishfisherman333]

Yeah! I was at this bonfire,good crack!

[cruithneuladh]

I was born on the Donegall Rd, and had a great childhood there, all you lefty multi-culti apologists for the extermination of the the indigenous people of these islands go smirk into your lattes. When your imported enrichers tear you to pieces, think back and remember us, the people you despised so much, and weep! order a burqua for your daughters, and prepare your statement of "understanding" when she is genitally mutilated, it's multiculturalism, don't you know!

[1LOYALIST]

@endadmcc fuk use taigs mus b desperate thats jus low lmao..aww well each 2 their own lmao typical desperate taig llf

[endadmcc]

@1LOYALIST i was with your ma

[1LOYALIST]

@endadmcc take it u wer ther then??

[kiwidrl]

GO ON THE MIGHTY DRL