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The Winds Around Loughgall

Saoirse1981 · 2017-03-18 03:03:47

I play this song a lot. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XxVEsX4RQjU The little girl at 2.18 and 2.35 ..was me one time . I know After Hours is a younger crowd, I know its a place for ridicule. I also know its a place where people have heart. I am a bit older than some of you. I lost someone close to me, then lost someone…

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#62 22-03-2017 1:55am
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end of the road wrote: »

i don't really think they would have needed to "step up" the war anyway seeing as the mainland campaign was having an effect.

The campaign ultimately failed because it was sabotaged from within. If the leadership had been totally devoted to armed struggle by the late 1980's there's no telling what may have been; but by then it was clear that a towards constitutionalism had already been embarked upon. The potential was there for an unprecedented assault against British occupation.

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#63 22-03-2017 6:33am
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Conto wrote: »

If the leadership had been totally devoted to armed struggle by the late 1980's there's no telling what may have been...

Well, for starters, Omagh would have been all theirs instead of belonging to some faction. I'd say there'd have been 3 more La Mon, 4 more Warringtons and a Shankill Road?

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