tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1062377461026943825.post2181577097250979641..comments2023-10-19T22:49:15.517+01:00Comments on Ulster's Doomed!: All for IrelandHorsemanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16655806346968204169noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1062377461026943825.post-68564048253735107662010-03-15T13:14:44.342+00:002010-03-15T13:14:44.342+00:00Munsterman:
"I see no chance of Ireland join...Munsterman:<br /><br />"I see no chance of Ireland joining the Commonwealth."<br /><br />We all used to think that about South Africa, too. Never say never.Paddy Canuckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13845416342614243491noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1062377461026943825.post-66483781132822843512010-03-15T11:51:17.117+00:002010-03-15T11:51:17.117+00:00Democracy will win out, my northern Protestant cou...Democracy will win out, my northern Protestant countrymen will not have a choice. Come the day!<br /><br />MPG .....Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1062377461026943825.post-41543222787031665292010-03-14T16:44:03.748+00:002010-03-14T16:44:03.748+00:00In the same way that British Ulster will never joi...In the same way that British Ulster will never join The ROI.<br /><br />Look forward, not back...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1062377461026943825.post-49186741100841058812010-03-14T16:21:56.436+00:002010-03-14T16:21:56.436+00:00Look forward not back, the Commonwealth has no rel...Look forward not back, the Commonwealth has no relevance in modern Ireland. We will never rejoin, ever.<br /><br />MPG .....Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1062377461026943825.post-19794280414437793562010-03-13T01:30:38.670+00:002010-03-13T01:30:38.670+00:00Horseman :
Excellent piece - never knew about t...Horseman :<br /><br />Excellent piece - never knew about the All for Ireland League (to my shame...) before. <br />Very, very interesting. Thanks for that. <br /><br />Paddy Canuck :<br />"Do wish Ireland would rejoin us in the Commonwealth, though. Aside from taking its rightful place in the club, it would be a wonderful, no-skin-off-my-nose gesture to the unionists in the north and might help in convincing them they DO have a future in a united Ireland."<br /><br />Not sure I'd agree. I see no chance of Ireland joining the Commonwealth. Even if Ireland did, the unionists would not even notice - nor care. <br /><br />- MunstermanAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1062377461026943825.post-45223704332079554042010-03-12T18:57:29.233+00:002010-03-12T18:57:29.233+00:00Unionists have never claimed to be monolithic exce...Unionists have never claimed to be monolithic except in support of Ulster's position within The UK. Beyond that they are as diverse in opinion as those in Yorkshire.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1062377461026943825.post-23097300058752550112010-03-12T16:41:06.016+00:002010-03-12T16:41:06.016+00:00I nodded when you remarked who know what might hav...I nodded when you remarked who know what might have happened without WWI and the Rising. I always thought it was the last chance for Ireland to have followed the trajectory of the other dominions to autonomy and eventual independence. I understand why the Republic ultimately had to come, and why it's not a bad thing... but part of my can't help wish a more moderate (and united) history had been Ireland's these past 95 years or so. Ireland as a separate but closely-allied Commonwealth neighbour to Britain, or even a semi-autonomous constituent country like Scotland... who knows? But that's not how things worked out.<br /><br />Do wish Ireland would rejoin us in the Commonwealth, though. Aside from taking its rightful place in the club, it would be a wonderful, no-skin-off-my-nose gesture to the unionists in the north and might help in convincing them they DO have a future in a united Ireland.Paddy Canuckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13845416342614243491noreply@blogger.com