What mainland are you referring to McGrath, the continent of Europe.
No Irish nationalist would ever use that term to describe Britain, we leave that to the Unionists who don`t know wether they are Irish, British, or Normans.
The pointing of guns at the people here was no big deal, we were subjected to a lot worse than that, for instance shoved up a wall, and being dug in the ribs with the butt of a rifle, while the uniformed thugs had their daily amusement.
This was nothing compared to what some of the people suffered, having your home pulled apart by Brits who cared for neither the aged or the female members of the household, this usually took place at 6am, Teribus can confirm this.

And Gareth the man with all of the answers whose knowledge of Ireland consists of a trip or two to see Wales play at Lansdowne Road .

There is a hell of a lot more stories to come out of here and they will be a lot more harrowing than the Long Kesh escapees fete. Ard Mhacha.