S2 Episode 9: The Glorious Twelfth

The Irish Passport

Society & Culture

4.8 • 673 Ratings

🗓️ 12 September 2018

⏱️ 66 minutes

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Summary

Tim and Naomi travel to Belfast for the peak of Northern Ireland's marching season: the 11th and 12th of July, when unionists and British-identifying communities light enormous bonfires and parade through the streets to commemorate Protestant military victories of the 17th century. We speak to experts who explain the meaning of the tradition, and visit loyalist and republican communities in Belfast to understand what this time of year is like for them. We find many sides to the Glorious Twelfth: it can be a beloved community event, but it's intimidating enough that it drives most Catholics off the streets of Belfast. Naomi and Tim come face to face with the darker side, as they find themselves caught up in the thick of open sectarian celebrations.

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0:00.0	Hello, welcome to Irish Passport.
0:02.3	Let's do it.
0:03.1	Welcome to the Irish Passport.
0:04.8	I'm Tim McInerney.
0:06.0	I'm Naomi O'Leary.
0:07.0	We're friends.
0:07.7	Can you both to Naomi?
0:08.5	Anwar Fat, Tim.
0:09.9	This is your passport to Irish culture, history and politics.
0:13.2	Uh-huh.
0:13.4	I'm recording.
0:14.3	One, two, two, three.
0:16.6	Okay. Welcome to the second part of the Irish Passport two-part series on Northern Ireland. In this episode, we are going to Belfast as the city gears up for the annual peak of the marching season. Yes, welcome back, listeners. So if you've already caught up with our last episode about Derry, you'll know that we travelled to Northern Ireland recently to do some reporting on the 12th of July period. Now, if you're new to the podcast, you might want to take a
1:15.0	listen to that episode first, because it explains a lot of the background stuff that we'll be
1:18.6	discussing today. In this episode, we're going to take a closer look at the July 12th celebrations,
1:22.9	their history and how they're seen today. We'll be speaking to people from both communities about what the city is like during these celebrations
1:29.0	and why they inspire joy and happiness for some
1:31.7	and fear and intimidation in others.
1:34.0	So we left Derry on the 11th of July
1:35.9	and we drove across the province of Northern Ireland to Belfast,
1:38.8	the second biggest city on the island of Ireland after Dublin.
1:41.8	Now this was no ordinary day in Belfast.
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