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Have any unionist politicians been elected to Dail Eireann since independence?

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  • #62
    se conman
    Registered Users Posts: 981 ✭✭✭se conman


    Something that is slightly overlooked is the fact that some protestants of the time were very anti Union. Just after having a chat with my mother and was told a story of two C of I families that were reared in each others homes and all the lads were in the IRA but found themselves on opposing sides in the Civil War. One set of brothers were sent out to shoot the other set of brothers. Fortunately they were "unable" to find their victims. This may not be common but IRA=Catholic is not always the case just as Protastant=Unionist is not always the case.


  • #63
    Fratton Fred
    Closed Accounts Posts: 26,567 ✭✭✭✭Fratton Fred


    Open to correction, but I dont think any of the various movements for independence didn't have a protestant in a prominent position.


  • #64
    gobnaitolunacy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,073 ✭✭✭gobnaitolunacy


    Fratton Fred wrote: »
    Open to correction, but I dont think any of the various movements for independence didn't have a protestant in a prominent position.

    Left yourself wide open there; Robert Emmett, CS Parnell, Henry Joy McCracken, Wolfe Tone, etc etc


  • #65
    Fratton Fred
    Closed Accounts Posts: 26,567 ✭✭✭✭Fratton Fred


    gobnaitolunacy wrote: »
    Left yourself wide open there; Robert Emmett, CS Parnell, Henry Joy McCracken, Wolfe Tone, etc etc

    One of us is getting our double negatives confused!


  • #66
    lottpaul
    Registered Users Posts: 1,164 ✭✭✭lottpaul


    gobnaitolunacy wrote: »
    Left yourself wide open there; Robert Emmett, CS Parnell, Henry Joy McCracken, Wolfe Tone, etc etc

    Fratton Fred is using the double neg -- think he's saying that all of the independence movements did have Protestants in prominent positions.


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  • #67
    gobnaitolunacy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,073 ✭✭✭gobnaitolunacy


    My bad!


  • #68
    pedroeibar1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,108 ✭✭✭pedroeibar1


    gobnaitolunacy wrote: »
    My bad!

    Not really, I had to read it a couple of times to convince myself. Badly expressed FF :P (it is his native language after all.:D)


  • #69
    Fratton Fred
    Closed Accounts Posts: 26,567 ✭✭✭✭Fratton Fred


    First morning back after a holiday, the brain is still sloshing around in San Miguel!


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