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woofmarkthedog

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I have lived in Ireland & my brother holds an Irish passport so my heart has a room in it for the place. I loved living there & my sister, had you not known our family looked , danced acted and like at true daughter of the country however , in time we were advised to leave by the security services for our own saftey. My father, a Catholic ran a large factory in Belfast & refused to employ along the sectarian divide, some loved it others like Ian Paisley vocally opposed my father with a passion. Sadly after many destroyed cars our house trashed & my brother seriously ill in hospital we did reluctantly depart. My sister recently went back, the old neighbors recognised straight away & she left in the early 1970's.


So good luck the Irish.




W**F

Mick Mac

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bigbadwolf Wrote:

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> "And I thought the most shocking revelation on

> this thread was DM's Irish roots,

>

> I'd like to say that this revelation will not

> change my view of you BBW, and to date I have

> always been able to take your bogtrotter comments

> lightly. I have to say that now its a bit more

> tricky as it appears there is a bit of "history"

> to your views."

>

> Mick Mac I'm being genuinely sincere when I say I

> understand your reasons for bringing this up. My

> dad was only there for a year and when I said he

> had an uneventful tour, I was trying to defuse the

> instability of this thread that had turned

> volatile at my hand. I have no idea of what went

> on while he was there, he's never spoken about

> it.

>

> I have no malice against the Irish, north or

> south. I was messing about as usual but my foolish

> mishandling of a subject that cuts deep on both

> sides is and was irredeemably stupid.

>

> I'll probably prod the Irish again but please be

> assured that there is no sense of 'unfinished

> business' regarding my dads presence in N.Ireland

> under arms.

>

> I hope that clears any doubt up.



Fair enough. My wife's father was in the British Army and also served in Northern Ireland so there is no obvious prejudice towards that aspect of your family history on my part, I certainly did not intend to delve into any aspect of your fathers past, that's his personal career. I did consider however that your many posts about the Irish, that I have always been taken as tongue in cheek, might have had a bit more prejudice about them than I had previously thought, which would not be at all unusual in someone in our situation and that was the meaning behind my post.

But I think your previous post puts that to rest, lets go back to normal banter (M8).

LuLu Too

LuLu Too

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Santerme Wrote:

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> Is fearr Gaeilge briste na B?arla cliste



On first reading, I thought you were talking about some Irish mans trousers!

Then I re-read it.

Personally, I would have put a question mark at the end of that statement.



ps: Dulwich Mum - Drumcondra?? Nice to see you are descended from the proletariat.

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