Remember that year we got invaded by the Anglo-Normans?
Novelty balloons. Face-painting for the kiddies.
Good times.
Radio Ned twasks:
Why is the Anglo-Norman invasion being ‘celebrated’ and packaged as a fun family day out by
@wexfordcoco?! Anyone there know of Alice of Abergavenny et al?
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Ya know, there are far better things to go and get yourself offended over than celebrating the Norman invasion.
invasion? they arrived as mercenaries at the request of Diarmait Mac Murchada, the ousted King of Leinster, who had sought their help in regaining his kingdom.
Granted, they overstayed their welcome. But it wasn’t an invasion, ’twas an invitation.
I love early Irish history. You’ve just reminded me how much.
And now if you’ll excuse me, I’m off to find some books.
If early Irish History begins when the Normans arrive…
Then what do we do with the Formorians, the Fir Bolg and the Tuatha De Dannan?
I don’t know?
Store them in the pantry perhaps
didn’t the Tuatha go underground and become the faeries
That’s exactly what they want you to think Janet..they haven’t gone away you know.
I like that history is being taught to adults and children in a fun way but this is just bizarre – ‘celebrating’ an invasion. There are a lot of people that would be justifiably angry about this betrayal. Can we get one of the festival organisers to explain the rationale behind it? I have a sneaky suspicion that Wexford councillors wanted a festival for a slice of the buoyant tourism industry and a nice fat cheque…and thought up some local event that wasn’t JFK-related as an excuse.
Once upon a time the Strawberry Fair ran for 2 weeks and brought a heap of business to the area.
Slaughter + time = a bit of a laugh.
In a thousand years, there will be jolly recreations of the Nazis invading Poland
Like it or not, these “invaders” are our ancestors. Their DNA is in all of our blood. We’re a mix of waves of migrations. The Normans, like the Vikings, are us.
Yes, we are descendents of our invaders and Viking culture is celebrated and enjoyed in Dublin. But ‘celebrating’ an armed invasion of mercenaries in such a frivolous manner is disrespectful. The 1916 Rising, 1798 Rebellion and any WW1 events I attended in recent years were commemorative, sombre, educational, respectful.
But why is Viking culture celebrated in Dublin? They were vicious Scandinavian marauders who terrorized the land wherever they went. The Viking Splash tour sure aint sombre! Its because it was so long ago we can relax about it. WW1, 1916, even 1798 are respectful because they’re still fairly fresh in our collective memory.
I hope you are never in the USA on July 4th. You would be shocked at how they celebrate invasion and genocide.
ahem. you’ll find that ‘norman’ is a corruption of ‘northmen’, who were of viking descent and settled in normandy. normans were vikings and retained a distinct cutural and ethnic difference to the rest of the frankish peoples.
You’ll also notice, on your way down there, a sign directing you to the scene of the WW2 bombing in Campile.. Up to a few years ago, that sign read ‘Scene of the 1940 German bombing’. Upon entering Campile though, an original sign still exists.
https://images.app.goo.gl/VLHqeYN299s9p6Kt5
that’s fairly funny, in fairness
Big bellies on those Normans. Sure they aren’t members of Sarah?
Seriously, people getting uptight about something that happened in 1169 ?? ffs get over yourselves. Hoop is right.
Was the Norman conquest of Ireland a good or bad thing, or a good & bad thing, or a good good thing, or a bad bad thing? I would like to be enlightened, in not more than 99 words per answer.
Anglo Normans really
Its too soon to tell…
Celebrate an invasion?
Commemorate or debate it would make sense. What did the Normans ever do for us?
4th July in the USA?