tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post1191569565582154337..comments2024-03-28T17:44:07.653+00:00Comments on TPQ: There Is A Border .... And There Will Continue To Be A Border AMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00559413440743290550noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-14110113714111139372017-05-20T21:42:38.244+01:002017-05-20T21:42:38.244+01:00HJ , it's a waste they are restricted to a com...HJ , it's a waste they are restricted to a comment section rather than a full article they would deserve . But as someone who seemingly emails AM weekly over worries about some comment I am publicly linked to, that wouldn't read too sympathetically to a HR busy body , I can appreciate why some prefer the simplicity of a moniker.DaithiDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03154264514142897745noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-9957559754562134932017-05-20T18:34:16.172+01:002017-05-20T18:34:16.172+01:00Henry Joy
Aye wee Provo unstoppable surge right i...Henry Joy<br /><br />Aye wee Provo unstoppable surge right into the SDLP fitting room. There is nowhere left for the SF 'brigade' to go now except Westminster. As for Rory, he may have been correct about the constitutional trajectory but sitting alone convinced of his unblemished republican correctness got him nowhere fast. That is the problem with republicanism, it is the one size fits larry hugheshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09837849309156970989noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-55430157869551146162017-05-20T14:05:36.884+01:002017-05-20T14:05:36.884+01:00Absolutely Larry,
if one takes the meta or long v...Absolutely Larry,<br /><br />if one takes the meta or long view one could well-argue a case that Adams/McGuinness got things right in the direction they took the movement. On the other hand Rory, based on the experience of previous splits, correctly predicted that their path would most likely only lead to yet another cul-de-sac. <br />All the shenanigans couldn't but be inherently dishonest Henry JoYhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04161613445053833181noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-31389056518976955742017-05-19T20:21:36.242+01:002017-05-19T20:21:36.242+01:00Thanks for the details HJ, I think smallish annecd...Thanks for the details HJ, I think smallish annecdotes that you put on here give neat finese to a subject most interested obervers have a broad-ish grasp of. I certainly value them.<br />RSF seem to have a unhealthy dependence on the machinations of PSF akin to Kremlinologists who studied the Soviets political manouvres but found themselves seeking alternative ventures when other politics DaithiDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03154264514142897745noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-30316916995157262312017-05-19T09:33:32.864+01:002017-05-19T09:33:32.864+01:00DD,
I don't have memories of there having bee...DD,<br /><br />I don't have memories of there having been violent antagonism between the competing parties. Sure there were resentments and disappointments but not not hugely hostile expressions of those feelings, at least not ones that I personally have memories of.<br /><br />I remember in '88 travelling to Ballinamore to pay my respects to Pat Ward as his remains made their from DublinHenry JoYhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04161613445053833181noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-15933737178262498972017-05-19T07:54:17.675+01:002017-05-19T07:54:17.675+01:00Henry Joy
That is an excellent point you make the...Henry Joy<br /><br />That is an excellent point you make there. SF may have called/timed the situation correct. But the manner of implementation and underhand and deviant nature of the leadership for so long makes it distasteful for many to watch them in action. The fate of Nesbitt and the behaviour of Foster and Co. make the inevitable head count politics the only game in town. Old fashioned larry hugheshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09837849309156970989noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-90040201526537227832017-05-18T21:58:06.202+01:002017-05-18T21:58:06.202+01:00Dáithí,
I can't speak with any great authorit...Dáithí,<br /><br />I can't speak with any great authority to the specifics of what you ask save but to recount impressions from conversations with Rory.<br /><br />Like many who'd grown up with and lived along side Fianna Fáil Republicanism he was always avidly against participation in <i>partitionist assemblies</i>. He, correctly I believe, asserted that one could not be a revolutionary Henry JoYhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04161613445053833181noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-62762035610609380642017-05-18T17:55:14.746+01:002017-05-18T17:55:14.746+01:00HJ, when RSF broke away, do you think O Bradaigh a...HJ, when RSF broke away, do you think O Bradaigh and O Connell etc were overly optimistic about the Provo's tolerance in allowing a rival republican group? Pat Doherty and Martin McGuineness threated O Bradaigh (and O Connell at some stage) with death if he set up a rival army and so the claims on being a the true heirs to 'the revolution' could never really make the transition with DaithiDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03154264514142897745noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-58985184057628981882017-05-16T23:03:13.236+01:002017-05-16T23:03:13.236+01:00Not withstanding radical changes in my political v...Not withstanding radical changes in my political views I still have fond memories of times spent in the company of Mary Lawlor and her late husband Pat Ward. Pat over four hunger strikes in the 70's did 148 days without food in pursuit of political status in the 'Free State'. Sadly the cumulative effect of his efforts led to serious physical impairment and an untimely death in 1988. Henry JoYhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04161613445053833181noreply@blogger.com