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President condemns brutal old IRA execution of elderly woman

guy2231 · 2021-05-28 10:47:08

President Michael D Higgins has said the shooting of an elderly woman during the War of Independence by the IRA was an act of “exceptional cruelty”. Mary Lindsay (60) and her chauffeur James Clarke (50) were executed by the IRA in March 1921 and buried in an unmarked grave. Their bodies were never recovered. Mrs Lindsay’s…

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#252 03-06-2021 3:21pm

guy2231

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skallywag wrote: »

You seem to have a skill at jumping to conclusions.

My point is that the IRA are the IRA, and I do not agree that the 'old' prefix has any real meaning, and most certainly not in any attempt at sentimental sugar-coating.

I am really not sure where you are assuming my 'hatred of the IRA' from though? Plenty will concede that the acts of 100 years ago were just as horrific as any acts in the 70s or 80s, but that does not necessarily mean that they do not still hold sympathy to those actions, or even condone them to a degree.

I very much respect that opinion, at least you seem informed enough on the subject to not glamourise one or the other like some posters on here who glamourise one while demonising the other for doing the exact same things as the other.

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