2014 - the millennial anniversary of the original Battle of Clontarf. - How appropriate.

While a rule change looks as if it would be a good idea, one is not required to resolve this controversy. What is needed is some generosity on the part of the Ard Comhairle to bring about a situation where the former Brnach members are no longer disenfranchised and control of Classach ie returned to a set of represntatives who are acceptable to those members.   Anything else is a denial of democracy, no matter what the rules say.