@DavQuinn The issue isn’t lobbying per se the issue is being able to resist it. That was a lot more difficult back in the day when the Church was given special status in the Constitution. How would we react today if an NGO was given similar status?
@Exitoverhere Apparently the British never use the term 'Irish Republic' in official correspondence because that's the term used in the Declaration of Independence.
Ruairí Ó Brádaigh whilst canvassing for Fermanagh/South Tyrone in 1966, running as an independent Irish Republican candidate he outlines the futility of taking a seat in the Westminster, throughout his life he never wavered from the ultimate goal of full separation from Britain.
@newryarmaghsf@1973Bhoy The problem with ‘not a criminal’ tag and SF is this: they signed an agreement which recognises Thatcher as the hunger striker’s lawful gaoler! You can’t have it both ways.
Pearse as Teacher
Through Scoil Éanna, he sought to create distinctly Irish education rooted in mythology, history, poetry & national identity. Figures such as Cú Chulainn became central to his teaching philosophy, symbolising courage, sacrifice and idea of a heroic Irish past.
The Riddle of the Sands
Erskine Childers, writer, sailor, & republican; after a life that moved from imperial service to Irish nationalism, becomes key figure in struggle over independence, opposed the Anglo-Irish Treaty, later executed in Dublin in 1922 during the Civil War.