Not going here any more - not with you - not with Keith anyway.
We've been here before - I'd never heard of Kinealy before her name came up on the Famine thread; since then, I have read three of her books and become an ardent fan, so I haven't had to rely on hastily gathered, cut-'n-pastes to understand what she thinks.
You want to go and read what she has to say in full, fine, happy to debate it, but I have no intention of taking seriously scooped up, out of context quotes gathered to 'prove' pre-conceived opinions.
I have said what I believe in my response to Jeri - the final straw was Keith's attempts to justify the unjustifiable.
The level of your comments here is indicated to your somewhat overstated use of (as I explained) my "pecking order" joke.
You want to discuss The Easter Rising, fine, as long as you provide backup to your statements I'm happy to respond, I've already worked out your personal opinions and they don't interest me particularly.
If anybody else wishes to continue - and I hope they do - I'll carry on providing what I believe is relative information.
If not, I'm disappointed, but I see no reason to go round in circles with you pair any more.
Yoy see no reson to celebrate the deaths of 485 people (a pretty good indication of your understanding of the subject if you think that's what's being celebrated) but you were happy to celebrate the deaths of many millions of young men who were slaughtered during WW1 on several other threads - hmmmmm!!
If you have nothing new to add, "Goodbye, and thanks for the fish' as Douglas Adams once remarked.
Jim Caroll