More evidence of the recent indoctrination of children in the Irish school system.
Professor Louise Ricrdson on BBC R4 Desert Island Discs.
Fifteen minutes and 40 seconds in,

"I would say at school we assembled every day and said our prayers beneath a crucifix and then a photograph of the seven men who had been executed for signing the Proclamation of Independence in 1916.

So we got a very biased view of Irish history which we took as gospel. A very Republican view of Irish history, and that was the view I held."

She said she would have joined IRA in a heartbeat.

"I tried to think in the context of other kids, and who didn't have the advantage I had in getting a (university) education and questioning everything I'd been taught. How they hold on to these ideas and end up joining terrorist groups."

She was born in Ireland, is one of seven children and has gone on to have an international career as an academic with a particular expertise in terrorism. She has been consulted by many politicians for her knowledge and insight. After many years as a Harvard Professor, she came to Britain to be the first female Vice-Chancellor of St. Andrews University.
Since January 2016, she has been the Vice-Chancellor of Oxford University and is the first woman to hold the post.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b07cmmk8#play