you are assuming politicians keep their word, in my experience that is rather like believing in fairy stories."

Ah but GSS you are referring to modern day "professional" politicians, who will do almost anything to cling onto power (Party FIRST, Country or anything else second), not the same thing at all as those back then. And going back even further you had those in power who actually crashed their own governments just to let the electorate decide through the ballot box what was best for the country.

Raggytash at these commemorations for Easter Week were all participants who died part of the commemoration - or only those from the Nationalist/Republican side remembered? If memory serves correctly you have a thing about jingoistic commemorations don't you.