Re:The cult of memory: when history does more harm than good
by vacri on Thursday March 03, 2016 @01:20AM
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You're describing a situation where it is still personal. Whereas for the people in the RoI, the English menace is no longer in living memory.
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Re:The cult of memory: when history does more harm than good
by Spooky23 on Thursday March 03, 2016 @10:59AM
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Absolutely.
My grandparents were born in Ireland and were children during the 1920s. They were more live and let live, but my older uncles who were of military age and more aware of what was going on had a distinct distaste for most things British.