tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post1585834208976723196..comments2024-03-28T17:44:07.653+00:00Comments on TPQ: I DoloursAMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00559413440743290550noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-66506877080876868662018-08-21T11:51:13.971+01:002018-08-21T11:51:13.971+01:00Indeed Christoper, who can say with certainty the ...Indeed Christoper, who can say with certainty the thoughts in the mind of those who committed their stories to tape; what and who were the influencers?<br /><br />Consider though the extremely close involvement of both Dolours and Brendan with Adams and its a challenge to image that more visceral motives of retribution weren't at play. Given all that both endured, wouldn't most reasonableHenry JoYhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04161613445053833181noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-11006108172056698662018-08-20T20:15:10.532+01:002018-08-20T20:15:10.532+01:00Henry JoY,
who knows what thoughts enter the mind...Henry JoY,<br /><br />who knows what thoughts enter the mind of people like Dolours and Brendan when they chose to commit their stories to tape for posterity. I've no doubt what you say about "settling a score" plays a part, but I'm sure there are manys a factor in such revelations. <br /><br />Moloney certainly isn't unbiased, hence why I'm suspicious of his use of the Christopher Owenshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05236891604706531905noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-45055146327670898452018-08-19T22:11:49.122+01:002018-08-19T22:11:49.122+01:00Christopher,
"she supposedly viewed her life...Christopher,<br /><br />"she <i>supposedly</i> viewed her life as a wasted one", supposedly being the operative word.<br /><br />Moloney is hardly unbiased in these matters ... he has movie scripts and popular history books to write and promote. Furthermore, based on the contracts he furnished to his project workers on The Boston College Oral History Project and the nuanced differences Henry JoYhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04161613445053833181noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-48444937731622362532018-08-19T20:33:20.960+01:002018-08-19T20:33:20.960+01:00i think campaigning for an open border tranny abor...i think campaigning for an open border tranny abortionist state is the ultimate wasted life.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-65183113171433647522018-08-19T15:46:13.342+01:002018-08-19T15:46:13.342+01:00Henry JoY,
of course, that's completely under...Henry JoY,<br /><br />of course, that's completely understandable. I can certainly see why some would describe it as a pitiful tale, but I guess I'm conflating that with how Moloney talked about how she supposedly viewed her life as a wasted one. <br /><br />I would agree with you to an extent. Republicanism was never going to produce a United Ireland on it's own. Circumstances had toChristopher Owenshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05236891604706531905noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-84970558798673582862018-08-19T09:38:12.879+01:002018-08-19T09:38:12.879+01:00Christopher,
I can only comment as to how the mov...Christopher,<br /><br />I can only comment as to how the movie impacted on me. Each of us will view such a docudrama through the prism of our own individual experiences, learnings and understandings. <br /><br />Regular readers will know from my comments over recent years that I have come full-about to a meta-view which more or less sees 20th century Irish Republicanism itself as pitiful. That&#Henry JoYhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04161613445053833181noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-48772640135050848182018-08-18T19:49:36.106+01:002018-08-18T19:49:36.106+01:00"Its a pitiful story of how we are all shaped..."Its a pitiful story of how we are all shaped by the milieu we are born into. Dolours and her sister, like so many other children across both communities, were almost predestined to live a life that will seem repugnant to those born of a different time and of different circumstances. <br /><br />Young minds don't as a rule deal as well with complexity as those of more mature years. Christopher Owenshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05236891604706531905noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-37425737972139980112018-08-18T13:03:25.209+01:002018-08-18T13:03:25.209+01:00I seen this film at the Galway Film Fleadh last mo...I seen this film at the Galway Film Fleadh last month. It left, what I thought to be an already empty space, even more hollowed out.<br /><br />The name (Dolours) says it all ... sad, sad and then more sad.<br />Its a pitiful story of how we are all shaped by the milieu we are born into. Dolours and her sister, like so many other children across both communities, were almost predestined to live aHenry JoYhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04161613445053833181noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-16703674922465459572018-08-18T08:01:52.031+01:002018-08-18T08:01:52.031+01:00Whether we agree with the take or not this is anot...Whether we agree with the take or not this is another piece of great writing that adds to the quality of TPQ. Thanks as always Christopher ... you have become the reviewer-in-residence for TPQ!!AMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00559413440743290550noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-33750047667768451952018-08-17T23:17:43.772+01:002018-08-17T23:17:43.772+01:00No different to Al Qaeda or Isis members fighting ...No different to Al Qaeda or Isis members fighting American imperialism. Won't go down well with the flag wavers in southie who provide the canon fodder for the American military murder machine.😞 Watch the Reds win the Pl and Cl, 29 years of hurt to be ended.😉Ronanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08668466933420738253noreply@blogger.com