From top: Banrion Uladh and the name change courtesy of Michelle McIlveen, the DUP’s Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs Minister
Banrion Uladh was the name of the vessel that patrols the Irish Sea as far south as Anglesey and as far north as Lough Foyle.
It transports officials with powers to board fishing boats to check if they are complying with EU quotas.
It was launched in 2010 by then Sinn Fein Agriculture Minister Michelle Gildernew, and its Irish name, which translates as Queen of Ulster, sparked annoyance among DUP MLAs.
Now Michelle McIlveen – the DUP’s Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (DAERA) Minister – has changed the boat’s name to Queen of Ulster, leading to Sinn Fein fury.
Row erupts after DUP minister changes name of boat from Irish to English (Belfast Telegraph)
Colm Dore writes:
Seems the Good Friday Agreement doesn’t supercede the Statutes of Kilkenny after all.
Troid!
Such pettiness.
Loads of Unionists can speak Irish (or Ulster Scots) and often do. Ridiculous.
Err, Ulster Scots is, at best, a broad accent. Kudos, though, to the clever guys who blagged substantial money out of the EU for their charade. Saw them interviewed on TV, they were p*ssing themselves laughing.
It’s also very bad luck to re-name a boat.
Correct. I remember a man who changed the name of his boat to The Albatross (double bad luck). She foundered on the rocks within a year.
Bad luck to the boat, or to the woman who renames it?
They should have called it:
What a bite ya?
Norn Iron wee boat
Eet Fofty
Commyuniteee vossel
Boatchiation.
Boaty Mc What-a-boat-ya Face
Fupping LOL! Excellent work.
Whaddya Yacht tenate hai?
“Boaty Mc What-a-boat-ya Face”
Ha ha ha
that might be the best I’ve seen, kudos
Caipín!
That’s fantastic!
Except it’s ‘what about YE hai’
Otherwise, the funniest comment ever made in any comment thread ever in the whole internet
Ulshta Fray
That’s funny, ye FSB buffoon.
childish behaviour. The sound of toys being flung from prams resound whenever the DUP do anything.
There’s a pair of them at it.
Why do you think SF originally gave it a name in Irish?
Because its the original language of Ireland maybe? And what the Queen of Ulster would have been known as?
Yep. Of the hundreds of thousands of possible names to call a boat, it’s pure coincidence that a SF minister happened to pick one that annoyed her Protestant colleagues.
SF well-known for being pure as the driven snow.
Both sides do their utmost to wind up the other at every opportunity. And then wonder why people in the South and the UK roll their eyes at them.
See also: flegs and bonfires.
I roll my eyes at you and your consistent bias but hey I’m just a troll eh Kieran
So it should be named in English? Is that your point? Was it for this etc.. Have you gone native over there?
I dunno, Jusayinlike
What was your previous username? Because this one is fairly new. Someone who keeps changing their username is quite likely a troll… Do you have multiple ‘characters’ to go along with all these usernames?
think it’s justin
According to you anyone who challenges you is a former member or/and a troll
Or maybe your just bias
Biased
Because it’s the indigenous language of the place, in fairness.
Increasingly, it seems Irish citizens of the north fall foul of ‘inclusivity’.
– Be inclusive. Thus avoid offending others. Thus avoid awkward truths. Thus airbrush Irish citizens in the north. Thus, ironically, end up excluding people.
That is, incidentally, the flavour of ongoing centenary commemoration in Dublin.
Doesn’t Irish history teach us something about things denied positive expression then finding other expression?
+1
The first thing the British will pull out of Northern Ireland is their money.
Maybe then these clowns will realise that there is way more important things to be dealing with than fighting over some twisted version of culture that neither the real British or Irish even recognise.
Spoilt brats doesn’t even begin to describe them.
What does the Mc in McIlveen translate as I wonder?
Could they not have named it Banrion Uladh on one side and Queen of Ulster on the other ?!
LOL:
Eet Fofty
Commyuniteee vossel
It’s a lovely accent I think. More please.
Bad luck to change the name of a boat.
Bàd luck even.
:-)
Nordies – don’tcha just luvvem?
Bigots be bigotin’
Irish (County Down): Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Giolla Mhín ‘son of the smooth or gentle lad…
the level of pettiness driven and wanton ignorance about the Irish culture and outright denial of it”s existance in some sections of the north, is almost comical…See the clown unionist politician who paid public monies to have the word “Uisce” removed with grinders off water valve covers as it was offensive. If it was Alabama in the 1950’s they’d be the same fools who would protest at black people using the swimming pools.
What about the guy in the Celtic jersey with OMAGH 98 on the back?
Haha
Token Irish.
It’s an awkward sitchyation hai to be in for both side.