Colin Reid

Guitarist of the popular beat combo, 5 Year Plan.

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Want to listen to my band's tunes? 'Course you do. https://t.co/iT2HX0K1Xp #5YearPlan #LetThereBeRock

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@jrroszman @redhistorian Sorry, that should say religious beliefs

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@jrroszman @redhistorian Butt didn't write about his own political beliefs, that I can find anyway. His defence of Protestantism was more an assertion of a minority political identity than doctrinal fundamentalism. But there is some revealing insights in a book by James Collins called Life in Old Dublin

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@katheder @jrroszman @redhistorian Well indeed. As Butt would have said, too impulsive and lacking in intuition.

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@jrroszman @redhistorian Boyton reported back to O'Connell that while he liked the idea, he couldn't sell it to his fellow Tories for sectarian reasons.

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@jrroszman @redhistorian Boyton is interesting as he and O'Connell had talks about creating a Tory-Repeal coalition in the early 1830s, with the common denominator being a dislike of the English Whigs. With Home Rule, Butt was basically during the same thing in 1870, whether consciously or not.

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@redhistorian @jrroszman No worries, glad to be of help, and to see people interested in Buttski!

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@jrroszman @redhistorian I think a lot of the shift from Irish Protestant/Tory Butt to Fenian defender and Homer Ruler is down to disillusionment with the the inability of the British to create meaningful spaces for what he would call 'Irish patriotism' to be channelled politically. And the Famine.

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@jrroszman @redhistorian Collins was probably his illegitimate son. He wrote that Butt was an 'orthodox Protestant' but observed a number of 'Catholic practices' - he had a cross brought back from Jerusalem by a Catholic MP, a book called 'The Glories of Mary' and a set of miraculous medals.

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@CorporateGorila I almost didn't recognise those young people in the photo.

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@drjennyjohnston OK Computer would be here if it wasnt for Fitter Happier!

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@drjennyjohnston I'd forgotten about that gig. I have no memory for any of the songs! https://t.co/PwoF96svpb

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@EllenWatson95 Thanks Ellen, Irish history will always have a space for you!

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@Ultan1793 @ABearPursuesMe @MooreInst This is about south Gosforth, I assume?

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@dedalusdenaries Totes awesome!

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@EmilyJonesVIII @HistoryToday Wonderful news, many congrats.

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@stibhan @dedalusdenaries Thanks Stephen - can you send it to [email protected]? Cheers in advance.

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@dedalusdenaries Looks really good - don't suppose you have a pdf of the full article?

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@CorporateGorila Totes awesome.

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@jimtgreer @CaoimheNicD Me too, but turns out that history is annoyingly more complex than the tales of yore. Who'd have thought?

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@CaoimheNicD @jimtgreer My GCSE Ulster Scots came in right and handy, hey