Only In Ireland...

I would be prepared to wager that there have been many commemorative stamps in USA, in South Africa and indeed all over South America commemorating the deeds of settlers who originally came to conquer and subjugate the natives.

I don't feel in any way belittled or annoyed by my government ( or more precisely, my national Postal Service) acknowledging that the plantation of Ulster is a significant part of our history.
 
It's good for these events to be commemerated especially to raise awareness among people in the UK about the events of the past which might not be part of their history curriculum.
 
MOB said:
I would be prepared to wager that there have been many commemorative stamps in USA, in South Africa and indeed all over South America commemorating the deeds of settlers who originally came to conquer and subjugate the natives.

I don't feel in any way belittled or annoyed by my government ( or more precisely, my national Postal Service) acknowledging that the plantation of Ulster is a significant part of our history.
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But the stamps in the USA would be issued by the settlers and not the native Americans.
Perhaps we should have a stamp commemorating the forceful occupation of Africa by the white Christian races of Europe. In essence it's the same thing. A foreign race taking over an area and forcibly ousting the local people of a different political and religious persuasion. ​
 
These stamps would be more welcome in a united Ireland but I think it's not right while the country is still partitioned.
 
I wonder how people would react if the Germans brought out a modern day Nazi stamp. "The Nazi's 1919 to 1945, Celebrating our past"

What next, Cromwell , Slaughtering the Irish for their own good stamp.
 
RMCF said:
Are they not issued to 'commemorate' rather than 'celebrate'?
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from the An Post website:

400th Anniversary of the Plantation Of Ulster [SIZE=-1]
[/SIZE]On 4 September, 2009, An Post issued 2 stamps to celebrate the 400th Anniversary of the Plantation of Ulster.






i find it distasteful to say the least.
 
Its part of our history and in part makes us what we are today. Only an infantile mentality would censure this kind of thing.
 
As a NI native, this sort of mentality is what I feel holds us back as a country, both North and South.

We can't forget stuff that happened hundreds of years ago, and hold it all in so we can use it to hate.

Let it go. We're all friends now (mostly).
 
woodbine said:
from the An Post website:

400th Anniversary of the Plantation Of Ulster [SIZE=-1]
[/SIZE]On 4 September, 2009, An Post issued 2 stamps to celebrate the 400th Anniversary of the Plantation of Ulster.






i find it distasteful to say the least.
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I agree. Commemorate maybe, but not celebrate. It's craven in the extreme.
 
Surely though the real folly is in the wording 'celebrate' rather than 'commemorate' or similar? I think it may be simply an error on the part of An Post. Quite a big one though.
 
As a Northern Ireland raised chap, taught history by the finest education that the UK system can offer I can only ask - what was the plantation of Ireland and does it have anything to do with William The Conqueror, The Tudors, The Stewarts, The English Civil War, the industrial revolution or the two world wars?

:)
 
Why are An Post celebrating or indeed commemorating an event which occurred in a 'foreign state'?
Surely this should've been left up to the british to do ( and face the resulting furore) although obviously they are a bit smarter than our idiots in an post!
 
RMCF said:
As a NI native, this sort of mentality is what I feel holds us back as a country, both North and South.

We can't forget stuff that happened hundreds of years ago, and hold it all in so we can use it to hate.

Let it go. We're all friends now (mostly).
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I am wrong to not want to "celebrate" something that had lead to 100's of years of conflict in this country.

Don't forget there would be a united Ireland , and more importantly no "troubles" if the plantations had not taken place.

As said above, it's the equivalent of the native american's issue a mayflower stamp.
 
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