Joe

a tradition of never questioning authority seems like a pretty lame excuse for failing to challenge an injustice

"tradition" is a very lame description of the situation in Dublin, in particular, during the reign of John Charles. Any challenge to church authority was dealt with quite ferociously - and was rendered unlikely from the start through the education system.

I have little doubt that some of the comments in this thread are ideologically driven and reflect, in a sense, a secondhand perspective on Irish life. Mine are not - and don't. Like Fergie in the original thread on this topic, I know whereof I speak.

Regards