TRANSPLANTED IRISH INSTITUTIONS - University of Canterbury
TRANSPLANTED IRISH INSTITUTIONS - University of Canterbury
TRANSPLANTED IRISH INSTITUTIONS - University of Canterbury
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increased sectarian tension between the two groups.<br />
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The Hibernians, in their parades,<br />
confirmed their allegiance to Catholicism and showed their pride in the Irish Gaelic heritage<br />
by the use <strong>of</strong> distinct Irish emblems on their regalia. They also tried to revive the Gaelic<br />
language at their St Patrick's Day celebrations. Orangemen were more provocative than the<br />
Hibernians as they were overtly anti-Catholic in their parades. Their speeches and songs<br />
resounded <strong>of</strong> Protestant glory and papal denigration. Regardless <strong>of</strong> which Irish community<br />
the parades represented, they always reflected some aspect <strong>of</strong> Irish culture. This signified to<br />
the wider community that the Irish were a distinctive people with a distinctive heritage.