1916-2016 A centenary on...
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Kellfire
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As a child of parents with Orangemen in their families, living in a very unionist town, (Ballymena) I probably should have agreed with what I was taught but it never sat well with me. My parents looked on my friendships with local Catholic children with suspicious eyes, as if they were going to set me up for a punishment beating or something!
I view most of Irish history with sadness if I'm honest. Do I see the reasons behind the Easter Rising etc? Absolutely I do. People can only be pushed down so far before they'll inevitably rise up and fight back.
I'm glad I don't live there anymore, I must admit.
SocketRocket
Ryder Cup Winner
There was a very good program on last night about the Easter Uprising. The first casualty was a Police Sergeant on duty at the castle who walked out to the oncoming Rebels with his hand raised and was shot dead. A lot of the destruction around O'Connell Street and the GPO was made by a Royal Navy ship berthed on the Liffey.
What did come over was the bravery of the men and women who stood out for so long against overwhelming numbers.
What did come over was the bravery of the men and women who stood out for so long against overwhelming numbers.
Farneyman
Tour Winner
http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b075vnht/1916-the-irish-rebellion
If this was the one I enjoyed watching it last night. Worth watching if you have time on your hands.
If this was the one I enjoyed watching it last night. Worth watching if you have time on your hands.
lets not forget that Britain was in a world war at the time with Germany
Berger
Assistant Pro
Which parts of the article do you disagree with?
There's not many children read the B'fast Times...
As for its accuracy, I'm not sure I'd blame the (potato blight) famine on the British. And as for the Irish uprising being the forerunner of Republicanism etc, I think the USA and South Africa might disagree. Bearing in mind the global media back then I do wonder if the working man around the world even heard of the uprising, assuming he was literate.
To a large extent the article is accurate in terms of what happened in 1916, but there's an awful lot of lazy journalism in the portrayal of the significance of the uprising in influencing world events.
