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Will you wear an Easter Lily?

  • 21-03-2016 04:21PM
    #1
    [Deleted User]
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    It's that time of the year again. Easter Week and the 100 year anniversary of the 1916 Rising is forthcoming, will you be wearing an Easter Lily to honour the men who fought and died for the Irish Republic? If so/not then why/why not?

    Will you wear an Easter Lily? 70 votes

    Yes
    11% 8 votes
    No
    88% 62 votes


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  • #2
    armaghlad
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,660 ✭✭✭armaghlad


    Never felt the need to wear one before but I will this year.


  • #3
    ScumLord
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 28,789 ✭✭✭✭ScumLord


    I didn't know easter lillies was a thing. Never heard of it. No, don't wear any of them things.


  • #4
    Edward Hopper
    Closed Accounts Posts: 713 ✭✭✭Edward Hopper


    I won't be wearing one because I'm not Irish, don't begrudge anyone who wants to wear one. I would begrudge badgering or hectoring of others to wear one, like the mainstream media in the UK do with the poppy (placeholder for November's thread) though.


  • #5
    The_Valeyard
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,452 ✭✭✭✭The_Valeyard


    armaghlad wrote: »
    Never felt the need to wear one before but I will this year.

    Im the same, I wouldnt normally wear one, but this year I will or one of those tri-colour badges with 1916/2016 on them.


  • #6
    Menas
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,318 ✭✭✭✭Menas


    Nah, I dont think you need to wear a symbol to acknowledge what happened in 1916.


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  • #7
    whiskeyman
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,564 ✭✭✭✭whiskeyman


    Just because I mightn't wear one doesn't mean I don't respect / honour those who fought etc...


  • #8
    seamus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 68,190 ✭✭✭✭seamus


    Never heard of it.


  • #9
    Liberosis
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    I thought the wearing of the lily was phased out due to its adoption by the provo's.

    Besides I don't wear them. I don't think I need to wear a plastic leaf on my coat to show respect.


  • #10
    dav3
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,671 ✭✭✭dav3


    Sticker or pin?


  • #11
    awec
    Administrators Posts: 55,045 Admin ✭✭✭✭✭awec


    seamus wrote: »
    Never heard of it.

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Easter_Lily_(badge)

    It's mostly associated these days with the Provisional IRA and Sinn Fein. You'll notice Gerry Adams wearing one if you look at his lapel.


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  • #12
    Badly Drunk Boy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,959 ✭✭✭Badly Drunk Boy


    I only wear the shampopily.


  • #13
    me_irl
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,400 ✭✭✭me_irl


    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bjrn4dXE2yI


  • #14
    OldMrBrennan83
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  • #15
    whisky_galore
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,032 ✭✭✭✭whisky_galore


    Nope, I don't feel the need to accessorize with either that or a poppy or anything else for that matter.


  • #16
    diomed
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,744 ✭✭✭diomed


    Only a black beret and white belt this year (no clothes). :)


  • #17
    riffmongous
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,933 ✭✭✭✭riffmongous


    Where does the money go?


  • #18
    whisky_galore
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,032 ✭✭✭✭whisky_galore


    riffmongous wrote: »
    Where does the money go?

    All funds go to help puppies and fluffy kittens.


  • #19
    El_Duderino 09
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 21,039 ✭✭✭✭El_Duderino 09


    riffmongous wrote:
    Where does the money go?

    To help the victims of the poppy thread every November.


  • #20
    pickarooney
    Moderators, Arts Moderators Posts: 36,051 Mod ✭✭✭✭pickarooney


    awec wrote: »
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Easter_Lily_(badge)

    It's mostly associated these days with the Provisional IRA and Sinn Fein. You'll notice Gerry Adams wearing one if you look at his lapel.

    Those are arum lilies though. Easter lilies areva different shape.


  • #21
    RobertKK
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 33,771 ✭✭✭✭RobertKK


    No.


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  • #22
    [Deleted User]
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    riffmongous wrote: »
    Where does the money go?

    The National Graves Association.


  • #23
    SEPT 23 1989
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 43,039 ✭✭✭✭SEPT 23 1989


    Deleted User wrote: »
    The National Graves Association.

    Do they look after all graves nationally?


  • #24
    Jayop
    Closed Accounts Posts: 17,387 ✭✭✭✭Jayop


    I've never worn one and will [probably never wear one. Like someone else said, no issues with people who do providing we don't go the same way as the British with the annual shambles of shaming those who don't wear one (Lilly in England) in public.


  • #25
    seamus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 68,190 ✭✭✭✭seamus


    SEPT 23 1989 wrote: »
    Do they look after all graves nationally?
    No, just the graves of those they consider patriots and republican war heroes. Including those who were still carrying out attacks on the UK after the establishment of the Irish Free State.


  • #26
    Chips Lovell
    Moderators, Politics Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 24,276 Mod ✭✭✭✭Chips Lovell


    Had never heard of them until I read about them in histories of the IRA. Prior to that, I'd always thought the "stickies" meant people who'd "stuck to" the original IRA and hadn't left for the Provos.


  • #27
    endacl
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 22,447 ✭✭✭✭endacl


    No. Can't be worn without overtones. Not for me.


  • #28
    ProudDUB
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,569 ✭✭✭✭ProudDUB


    Nope. Won't be wearing one. Plan on going to see a lot of the 1916 commemorative stuff, but won't be wearing a lily.


  • #29
    uch
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,021 ✭✭✭uch


    Wear one every year, with pride

    21/25



  • #30
    [Deleted User]
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    SEPT 23 1989 wrote: »
    Do they look after all graves nationally?

    They maintain the graves of Irish Republicans who died in the pursuit of the Irish Republic.


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  • #31
    duchalla
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 329 ✭✭duchalla


    I'll be wearing one.


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