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Originally Posted by Stealhead
@Oberon Northern Ireland kept the UK busy for some come to think of it.
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Yup, still seems rather strange how rapidly it all ended, then again 9/11 rather jaded the American and global view on 'freedom fighters', and it gave a carte blanche for heavier offensive action on 'terrorists' so I guess Sinn Fein could see which way the wind was blowing and decided to get out while the going was good...it's a shame Tribesman has been brigged as he would probably be able to correct me in what I've just theorised as he knows a lot more on the ins and outs of Irish politics than I could hope to.
Still, there'll always be tension there, there's talk of a 'New IRA' forming up, but thank God (both Catholic and Protestant) that it has generally died down now. Those were dark times for both sides, and honestly, I think that todays children in England at least, wouldn't believe (or likely even know) that once upon a time, a street in Ireland could look like this:
A fairly good film, made for TV, about one of the most infamous incidents in the Troubles, Bloody Sunday: