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I was in Dublin this weekend & a fine city it is & was met with a funny & hospitable people. A deep contrast to the majority i came into contact with north of the border all those years ago.
I did some of the tourists tours & was struck by how deeply the Queens visit a few years ago built some new bridges that all who mentioned it this weekend felt were much needed & very welcomed. I found that quite moving if i'm honest, especially when heard from a proud Irishwomen passionate about her country.
What i can't come to terms with with regard to the uprising is the deliberate attempt, while we were at war & at that time not making much progress whilst absorbing horrendous casualties, to undermine the war effort. The lack of popular support highlights the futility of it all to me & the following 80+ years of misery on that island are rooted in a shared history going back to Elizabeth I. Its a crying shame that two nations who actually share so much were so distant & unable to resolve differences that in real terms weren't really that different.
To attack a nation already at war to me is traitorous & it was obvious that defeat & probable execution would be the result. The whole thing over the last 100 years seems an unforgivable fcuking waste of blood & treasure.
I did some of the tourists tours & was struck by how deeply the Queens visit a few years ago built some new bridges that all who mentioned it this weekend felt were much needed & very welcomed. I found that quite moving if i'm honest, especially when heard from a proud Irishwomen passionate about her country.
What i can't come to terms with with regard to the uprising is the deliberate attempt, while we were at war & at that time not making much progress whilst absorbing horrendous casualties, to undermine the war effort. The lack of popular support highlights the futility of it all to me & the following 80+ years of misery on that island are rooted in a shared history going back to Elizabeth I. Its a crying shame that two nations who actually share so much were so distant & unable to resolve differences that in real terms weren't really that different.
To attack a nation already at war to me is traitorous & it was obvious that defeat & probable execution would be the result. The whole thing over the last 100 years seems an unforgivable fcuking waste of blood & treasure.