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In reply to the discussion: Madness everywhere! I'm in an Irish pub in Atlanta and newspaper cuttings on the wall show they celebrate the IRA! [View all]
meadowlander
(5,133 posts)74. And locked Catholics out of jobs, housing and the political process for decades.
Only landowners got to vote in Northern Ireland until 1969 which incentivized the Protestant minority to make it almost impossible for Catholics to buy property which led to mass unemployment and homelessness with no spending on social services approved by politicians who were basically all Protestants.
"One person, one vote" was what the IRA was fighting for. Something I would hope seems like a no-brainer to people living in modern democracies.
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Madness everywhere! I'm in an Irish pub in Atlanta and newspaper cuttings on the wall show they celebrate the IRA! [View all]
Doodley
Nov 2024
OP
I was once at a St. Patrick's party at a bar in New York where it turned out they were raising money
Scrivener7
Nov 2024
#1
Not joking. I thought maybe this is just America! I lived in England most my life. I know many Americans
Doodley
Nov 2024
#6
I was in County Down the day in 1981 when Bobby Sands died visiting relatives for the 1st and only time.
PufPuf23
Nov 2024
#52
I guess you've never spent much time in Boston or NYC's most traditional Irish pubs.
hlthe2b
Nov 2024
#5
As I said in another reply, they have a "Remembering the hunger strikers" poster among newspaper cuttings that
Doodley
Nov 2024
#8
Thank you. The support seems to be here on this thread! I am "naive" because I am shocked to see sympathizers.
Doodley
Nov 2024
#43
That is the difference between American media, even back then, and the British media. Even though the UK has
Doodley
Nov 2024
#50
I certainly did not intend to imply you were a sympathizer, but there are the "both sides" type posts here,
Doodley
Nov 2024
#91
In fact, I just read a post that says the IRA were freedom fighters, not terrorists. Pretty disgusting.
Doodley
Nov 2024
#92
The violence was generally rejected; the cause of the IRA, not so much except by Protestants and English.
hlthe2b
Nov 2024
#14
Please read my previous reply, and please don't accuse me of stirring any pots. I don't support the IRA. Do you?
Doodley
Nov 2024
#10
Do you really think the IRA is widely & actively operating today 30 years after the Peace Accords were signed?
hlthe2b
Nov 2024
#16
One of my two masters degrees before I went into medicine was in history and I did
hlthe2b
Nov 2024
#27
What have I written that is inaccurate according to your superior knowledge? Could you be more patronizing?
Doodley
Nov 2024
#31
You can't answer my question. You basically claimed I don't know what I'm talking about. You
Doodley
Nov 2024
#36
You've shown no inclinication to listen. So, at a later date if you would like to have a constructive discourse, sure.
hlthe2b
Nov 2024
#39
Listen to what? I'm waiting for you to provide one fact that you claim I got wrong. Again you insult me. Apology please.
Doodley
Nov 2024
#41
I'd be interested to hear what you think. You might get a lot of insults like I have had if you take issue though!
Doodley
Nov 2024
#69
Sorry, but Sinn Fein never got much more than 13% of the Northern Ireland vote during the troubles. The IRA was a
Doodley
Nov 2024
#26
The IRA were terrorists and were supported by a small percentage of people in Northern Ireland. I am naive if I'm not
Doodley
Nov 2024
#29
No. They are not yellowed. Would it be okay to put Nazi symbolism up in a public place, or conferate flags, or support
Doodley
Nov 2024
#56
Which bit justifies the IRA killing and maiming innocent people? Which bit of history don't I understand as well as you?
Doodley
Nov 2024
#53
And locked Catholics out of jobs, housing and the political process for decades.
meadowlander
Nov 2024
#74
Don't pretend that the British government didn't bear some responsibility for the violence
dflprincess
Nov 2024
#33
They had a "Remembering the hunger strikers" poster, paying tribute to Bobby Sands and other hunger strikers.
Doodley
Nov 2024
#47
Thanks for sharing. Good story about your friend's cousin! The Brits heard that funding for the IRA came from US.
Doodley
Nov 2024
#71
Soandso, I said I would remember your name when you were so courteous on another thread. You mix
Doodley
Nov 2024
#77
And the next year, ten percent of those who voted in Northern Ireland, voted for Sinn Fein. It was an act of terrorism.
Doodley
Nov 2024
#76
I have a friend who went into a bar to get a pop and he evidently ordered the *right* Irish whiskey.
LudwigPastorius
Nov 2024
#80
This isn't a new thing re Irish Pubs in the U.S. especially the ones that were started up by IRA and supporters.
msfiddlestix
Nov 2024
#88