This rush to get offended by every single mention of the IRA sickens me to be honest.
People will happily sing Amhr?n na bFhiann, despite the fact that when it was written, it would have been regarded by the "powers that be" as seditious, a call to terrorism whatever.
But it became "legitimised" because it was made the national anthem years later?
I have similar arguments on different fora regarding the IRA, and they generally boil down to the same fundamental debate.. when did the "good IRA" become the "bad IRA"
Because anyone who thinks it was ok from Padraig Pearse to declare an independent Republic on the steps of the GPO, and complains about Francis Hughes is a hypocrite
But the worst of it all is its taking away from the fantastic womens performance.. lets just talk about that now
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