Subject | Re: Republicanism still an offence in England? (wasRe: Queen mother (of england) has died) |
From | Howard Beale |
Date | 2002-04-05 22:58 (2002-04-05 21:58) |
Message-ID | <a8l4he$53c$1@dorito.esatclear.ie> |
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Newsgroups | alt.fan.tolkien,alt.uk.law,uk.current-events.general,uk.legal,uk.politics.constitution,ie.general |
Follows | AC |
Followups | David Flood (23h & 57m) > Howard Beale |
ACStill a bunch of headers, most of them...
On Fri, 05 Apr 2002 12:54:37 GMT, vonroach@ix.netcom.com (vonroach) wrote:vonroachAC
On Fri, 05 Apr 2002 10:11:05 +0100, Feachadoir <Feach@d.oir>wrote:Scriobh Fergus O'Rourke :vonroachFergus O'RourkeI'd say it was safe enough in Connemara. I wouldn't think it was a bright idea in the Belfast shipyards though.
You are both missing (evading ?) the point.
David Flood suggested that insulting the British monarch was a dangerous thing in 19th century Ireland.
But *was* it ?
Irish are not noted for bright ideas. Just fantasies hatched over a pint of suds.
That's pretty strange, considering Ireland has produced some of the finest writers in the English language; including (but not limited to) Oscar Wilde, James Joyce, William Butler Yeats, Jonathan Swift and George Bernard Shaw.