In 2006 the Irish press and media widely reported that crowds who attacked a parade of IRA victims in Dublin in February 2006 were mainly wearing Celtic tops. One Irish newspaper referred to Celtic fans as ''deeply prejudiced and sectarian'' and described Celtic fans as ''the closest thing we have to the British National Party in Ireland.''

What a sad indictment of the supporters of Celtic FC from their spiritual home.

2 years to copy and paste that....Quite quick for one of your kind.

Is this guy quick or what?

Was the report correct?

Deflection number 1



Deflection number 2


Yes.

Forget Man Utd, Arsenal and Everton. Celtic are the favourite football club of 'Barstool Republicans' in Dublin.

Celtic are the club of choice for PIRA sympathisers worldwide.

Does anyone know the reason why?

A wee source never goes amiss

please tell me, Huns aren't this thick

Obviously, I can't ask you *not* to provide a source

The popular Irish music magazine Hot Press was the one that said Celtic supporters are deeply prejudiced and the closest thing in Ireland to the BNP.

Another quote direct from Hot Press:

''Of one thing there can be no doubt however. Glasgow Celtic supporters who participated in the mayhem peddle a uniquely Irish Fascism. They don't have any understanding of what Republicanism means.''

http://www.hotpress.com/archive/2855071.html

Anti-Racism pressure group SARI (Sports Against Racism in Ireland) wrote to Celtic Park about the incident and got no response.

Ta. You need to be a subscriber to read the whole thing though

if the celtic board are too blind to see the sectarian element of their scottish based support how the f**k are they meant to see way over to oireland

maybe john reid was in charge of dealing with the reply that day

Rightly so. What does it have to do with the football club?

Oooooh I don't know. DO you think the behaviour of Rangers fans singing "the famine song" (I refuse to capitalise such pish) has nothing to do with GRFC? Obviously their chairman disagrees.

THe truth is Celtic Football CLub will not acknowledge anything that might make them out to be perpetrators rather than victims. Not only that, but it would force them to realise that the average Celtic fan is WAY out of step with the average Irishman, who has far more to be getting on with than vilifying the living victims of an old terrorist campaign.

The OF - no one wants us, we don't care.

I am still laughing at that 'Celt Thick' article in the Dublin magazine. At least the Irish know how idiotic Celtic fans are and how much out of touch Celtic fans are with modern Ireland. The scummiest elements in Irish society follow Celtic.

This definition from the Urban Dictionary is just as funny.



http
://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?...l%20republican


Are there any Barstool Republican members of P&B?

I know Celtic fans who are members of the BNP.

So there is some truth in that Irish news paper.

Forgetting the rights and wrongs of attacking a 'parade' of IRA victims.

How is attacking a 'parade' of IRA victims sectarian?

So it's the old ''I'm no being sectarian, I'm being political'' excuse again.


Edit:- I would be interested to hear some of the rights for Celic fans attacking a dignified procession of IRA victims in Dublin.

Irish Fascists indeed. The Hot Press magazine article from Dublin was spot on.

Have i condoned it in any way??

I am just curious as to how it is sectarian? In Scotland we over use the word to the extent if someone is wearing a Celtic or Rangers top and does anything someone else doesn't like, it must be sectarian.

don't kid yourself ,it was a sectarian rally,nothing else .called love ulster,yet only incorporating the six counties.for i.r.a victims yet only protestants aloud on the march not to mention the fact that it was organised by a wellknown bigot willie frazer who speaks of his admiration for loyalist killers,specifically billy wright.and hot press is a magazine for the people of dublin 4 and no one else. it no more speaks for ireland thanthe n.m.e speaks for britain.if you don't know what your talking about angela its best to keep your mouth shut

Expand as to how the IRA are a sectarian organisation, as opposed to a blood-curdling political paramilitary group. Needless to say I'm holding my fucking breath for this one.

Well the Celtic fans sorted those nasty 'Protestants from the Six Counties' out good and proper. How dare they march in Dublin even after being given permission by the Irish government. The ordinary Irish people must be forever grateful to the vigilante Celtic fans.

I must confess I hadn't heard of this rally prior to reading about it here. So I have had a look around the Internet to get some more facts. It seems the Irish Press as a whole were pretty scathing about the behaviour of Celtic fans in Dublin that day, not only the Hot Press magazine.

Did you approve of the behaviour of Celtic fans in Dublin that day?


http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2006/mar/05/ireland

YES I DID.... when you actually look at who was in this parade and who organised it...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2006_Dublin_riots

organised by UVF supporters , who where planing to carry pictures of loyalist terrorists through the streets of Dublin!!!!! some of who took part in the Dublin and Monaghan Bombings!! killing 33 Dubliners and injuring 300 more!!!!

I would have joined in if i was there ,if this was a mixed parade commemorating ALL THE VICTIMS ON BOTH SIDES the you would have a point, but the fact that its a fuckin loyalist, UVF ,picture waving parade through Dublin....honestly how fuckin retarded are you?
And your trying to use this story to show how Celtic fans are sectarian??
The fact that you would even imply that about this event shows that you are either retarded or bitterly bigoted, but knowing you, it's probably both

Wearing a Celtic or Rangers top does not make you sectarian. It is what comes out of your mouth that makes you sectarian.

Let me give you an example of the Celtic support being OVERTLY SECTARIAN.

The National Anthem of the Republic of Ireland

"Soldiers are we whose lives are pledged to Ireland etc etc''

is NOT a sectarian song.

We are lead to believe that Celtic fans sing this song to celebrate their Irish ancestry. Fair enough.

However 'The Soldiers Song' has been turned into a sectarian song by the Celtic support.

Why are the words "God Bless The Pope'' always added to the version of the Soldiers Song sung by the Celtic support.

I know why. The Celtic fans are being sectarian.

Here is the Celtic supporters version of 'The Soldiers Song'. Judge for yourself.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fdyLOPzzYBc

who's side are you on? I'm beginning to change my mind about you, surly you must be a Celtic fan trying to make **** look really fuckin thick?.. your doing a great job by the way keep it up

The usual wall of silence when Celtic fans are confronted with their sectarianism.

What does GBTP have to do with the national anthem of the Republic of Ireland?

There is no hiding your sectarianism from youtube, footage shot by your own fans.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h0mo2SU-38g

Stupid c**t. It's arseholes like you that keep this shit going. If you think something is sectarian pay no attention, it exists to get a reaction. Leave it alone and it will go away.

Organised by UVF supporters? I take it you mean the Willie Frazer guy in the article who was Roman Catholic and whose family members were killed by the IRA for being members of loyalist paramilitaries.

So the guy WASN'T HIMSELF a member of such a group?

Selective history for which the "eternally offended" are famed for.

he wasn't a catholic and his uncle and father were members of the uvf.one was a suspect in the miami showband massacre

Badger wacker has certain views that would be better suited by supporting another football club, wonder what he thinks of McCarthy. well what do you think Badger?

They were the band at my neighbours wedding.