Let me understand you, Tervor, as I still am not quiet clear on your point, you are saying that what game was being played in the 1919 event changes the substantial facts of the event, that the firing a maching gun at civilians by the military is the secondary point? I am truely baffled! Also, to my knowlege, none of my friends who are former IRA volunteers are perusing a literary career - for what ever point to which that is pertanent. In fact, most ex-volunteers I know, left the IRA after being interned for a time, and the IRA does not have generally more than 300 volunteers in action at any one time, for the purpose of proper oversight. So, few volunteers remain in the IRA for very long periods. I am not sure the point you are making, as I havent said you dont know of what you speak, but rather, we have differing oppions, which, being human, can result from similar experiences. That is what makes horse races, and as Brendy points out, in the absence of politics, wars.
Well, all the best
Larry