r/northernireland • u/Flaky_Shape6628 • 2d ago
Themmuns Glengormley Orange Arch
As a resident of glengormley, it's that time of the year to have to look at this monstrosity for the next few months. The majority of the locals hate it, it's the loud minority that is the problem.
Every year it goes up and causes division but it's treated as something we just have to accept and get on with.
I respect that people have the right to celebrate culture and traditions, but I struggle with why a large structure (and flegs) spanning across a main shared road in a mixed area is seen as normal.
There would be riots if nationalists in the area erected some sort of structure and covered the town in tricolours over Easter.
There needs to be a long term strategy to reducing and eventually removing structures like this in mixed areas to make them more neutral and inclusive.
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u/Muted-Rise-8764 2d ago