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Thread #45911   Message #3788155
Posted By: Keith A of Hertford
01-May-16 - 03:13 PM
Thread Name: BS: Easter Rising - April 24-29, 1916
Subject: RE: BS: Easter Rising - April 24-29, 1916
Amos, yes I agree with that too.

Jim,
the Home Rule they had agreed to was deliberately changed by the Brits to appease the Unionists

When did that happen Jim? If after the rising it had no bearing on the rising. Right?

You will note the dates covered by your quote (maybe you have and hoped I wouldn't) (History teaching in the Irish Free State 1922-35')
Rubbish Jim! That was just the title of one of the books she referred to!
She said that academics tried to stop the myths being pushed some time in the 30s, but it made no difference. She does not say it ever ended!

"Jim, that was by Gene Kerrigan, who is a journalist and novelist"
No Jim. He wrote the book that you quoted from as if it was historical fact.
I quoted an IT correspondent as an example of an Irish person who thought the rising wrong, along with the Irish priest/philosophy lecturer.

If Redmond refused to accept a partitioned Ireland,

No-one suggested partition until the third reading of the Bill, and the final Bill did not include "permanent partition."

Rag, unless you have found fault with any of the history I have quoted, what is your complaint?
If you have, please specify! (Good luck with that!)