26 + 6 = 1
British police are investigating unsolved murders in Ireland, some going back thirty-seven years, to try and resolve them. The Historical Enquiries Team won't be putting anyone in jail, just trying to find answers and provide closure for victims' families.
Probably more than a few Catholics between 1969 and 1998 were murdered by British police officers. Therefore, I’m a tad skeptical that the same organization is able to effectively probe itself. (Insert your own joke here.)
Disclaimer: I was raised a Republican and remain proudly Republican today. Irish Republican, that is. I'm a full-blooded rose - the first to break ranks by marrying outside the clan, bringing into the fold a child of Eastern-European immigrants and don't think that doesn't piss off more than a few Uncle Jims/Uncle Joes/and Cousin Patricks. I support Sinn Fein and was Joe Doherty’s pen pal for years while he sat in an American jail. I drink Guinness like a champ and refer to the six stolen counties as “The North”. Once I dragged my husband and brother from Dublin to Belfast to Free Derry and back again on a half-tank of gas. Check out cover girl on Galway Bay.
Ireland will always be one country, not two, as I forever cling to hope that one day Great Britain will march its bloated and uptight arse out of my great-grandparents’ country – once and for all.
That'd be real closure - for everyone.
**Response to Anonymous**
I don't have an xbox or live in an apartment. I spent my peace corps years educating juvenile criminals and am not interested in your undying respect. I'd rather stick stateside and raise my children - earning their undying love. Thanks anyway.
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Top of the morning to you.
26 + 6 = 1. Haven't seen that in quite some time. Bobby Sands would be proud.
I thought of you when I posted this - aren't too many Irish-Americans in Florida. (I lived in Boston, okay?) So - in a way- we should stick together.
I once had that bumper sticker on my car and someone (a fellow USF student, I'm sure) marked "NEVER" over it. I was surprised because usually people had to ask what it meant. Maybe a math major?
Anyway, loved Bobby Sands. BIG fan.
Tiochfaidh ar La !!!!
Great Britain is great why do irish people have such a contempt for england in particular regardless of the past scotland wales and Northern ireland are part of the U.K even after their history. you remind me of IRA the way you talk.
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