"Not nationalism."
It was about building a new independent country - pride came later.
All a matter of semantics, I suppose.
It's always seemed to me that Nationalism works in times of political struggle - it's peacetime nationalism that causes the problems.
Irish nationalism is by definition, based on a demand for national independence from foreign influence - I don't have a problem with that - though, as an Internationalist I would much prefer it if all national borders disappeared tomorrow - not in my lifetime unfortunately.
Jim Carroll