Reply #12: I was the lucky beneficiary of a couple teachers who were -- [View All]

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-- experts in the history of Ireland. I'm afraid I'm lost in the Emerald Isle as a result, but very happily so.

I heard a BBC report on the radio recently about perceptions of Sinn Fein recently. Of course the British voices were not so kind, but the Irish voices were quite different.

This may not appeal to you, but there is a wonderful novel called AT SWIM, TWO BOYS by Jamie O'Neill, which tells a (gay) love story around the Easter Uprising. The spirit of it is close to contemporary respect for Sinn Fein in Ireland.