The new Amsterdam at Liverpool?
Save Liverpool Docks and Waterways - Click
Deprived of its unique dockland waters Liverpool
becomes a Venice without canals, just another city, no
longer of special interest to anyone, least of all the
tourist. Would we visit a modernised Venice of filled in
canals to view its modern museum describing
how it once was?
Giving Liverpool a full Metro - CLICK
Rapid-transit rail: Everton, Liverpool & Arena - CLICK
Save Royal Iris - Sign Petition
maybe they mean rhyl? that way. saying that the north think the south is more english
div>
I know some of the area along the coast (towyn etc) is referred to as 'Little Liverpool'
It is Accomplished
The new Amsterdam at Liverpool?
Save Liverpool Docks and Waterways - Click
Deprived of its unique dockland waters Liverpool
becomes a Venice without canals, just another city, no
longer of special interest to anyone, least of all the
tourist. Would we visit a modernised Venice of filled in
canals to view its modern museum describing
how it once was?
Giving Liverpool a full Metro - CLICK
Rapid-transit rail: Everton, Liverpool & Arena - CLICK
Save Royal Iris - Sign Petition
There is a festival for 'orientals' the chinese new year, The Black community has the Carribean carnival and the Scandinavians have LFC! Ha ha
But seriously why shouldn't there be an Irish festival? No one is saying that the Irish are the predominant ethnic background of all Scousers but there is every reason to celebrate Irish culture and remember the tragic elelments of it. Afterall there is a slavery museum at the Albert Dock, I would like to see a museum on Scotland road about Irish history.
[QUOTE=Waterways;107120]T I have never been the Irish Centre and the only lasting influence from Ireland we don't really need - the Orange and the Green, which is dying and has always been confined to working class areas anyway.
QUOTE]
Confined to the working class areas. many of us are working class not snobs.
Wouldn't it be brilliant if there was a museum of Irish history on the site where the best way is. Imagine a stunning piece of architecture there as you drove into the city with a park.
of course any museum of Irish culture should not merely be confined to irish catholics although we did play a major part in developing the national consciousness. Irish Protestants played a massive role in Liverpool and America, and still do. The dissenting tradition is a massive force for good in Liverpool and any mueum could recognise and hope to heal the sectarianism in the past in this city and its links to the troubles in the recent past in ireland.
I reckom we're all just mongrels.
Having always known that my family, on my father's side, where from Greystones (just outside Bray) I consider my heritage to be Irish. I was shocked to learn, a few years ago, that my family moved from Yorkshire to Ireland in the 1700's (no idea why). I've always thought of myself as a Lancashire lad, as that is where Liverpool was when I was born.
I now know I'm originally a Yorkie - oh the shame of it!
There is an Irish festival, and it happens every year, not just 2008.
http://www.liverpoolirishfestival.com/
And the Institute of Irish Studies at the University of Liverpool.
Bookmarks