"It helps explain why there was some anti irish feeling on the mainland."

How do you explain the anti-Irish feeling before that, GUEST?

Keith..., the mandate grew; the Provos were protecting the communities, remember, and with the unwillingness of the State to clamp down on joyriders, grandmother-rapists, heroin dealers, and the rest, they were quite happy to let the community deal with their own.

I see no anti-Englishness on this thread.

Anti-Irishness for sure, and it seems to be getting worse