This all boils down to the weakness shown by the people of Ulster in being unable to resist the plantations, which we swatted away down South with ease.
And during the War of Independence, when Munster led the way, what was the resistance up North like??
Weāll give them the benefit of the doubt sure, our āwhat can you do for meā buddy from Ulster will be on there now any minute to list off the levels of resistanceā¦
The Ulster equivalent of Tom Barry, or Liam Lynch, or SeĆ”n Finn, or Dan Breen, SeĆ”n Hogan, SeĆ”n Treacy etc etc etcā¦ever heard of one?
The Ulster equivalent of Kilmichael? The rescue at Knocklong? Crossbarry? The ambush at Dromkeenā¦anything, anything at all on that scaleā¦ ever heard of one?
But itās us down South that left them down when they needed us most, yeah?
You might want to look at the history of your own spineless queen loving county.
Some joke that a Limerick lad giving it the bigguns when they were rolling over to have their bellies tickled from the English and had a family of Gaelic chiefs down from Tyrone protecting their city until they begged them to surrender.
back then, ok, but in 2022, do you think it would be worth breaking off diplomatic relations with London? How can we send troops to the north? Christ almighty.
I think if they had any commitment on seeking justice for the Dublin Monaghan bombings and the Brits role in some of the most heinous actions they should until such time as they release the information and hold those responsible to account.
Yet his own countymen stand for God Save The Queen. The Loughgall martyrs must wonder what they died for. Fair play to Sykes and McClean. Proper Irishmen.
Sinn Fein (who will be in Government) will have the chance to walk the walk soon enough and send the IDF into the North and break off diplomatic relations with London.
The same Sinn Fein who are happy to govern their statelet under Whitehall.
Itās about doing whatās right though the Free State donāt seem to have a care in the world for whatās right and wrong.
We can see decades of inaction and revisionism on the north they engaged it. All throughout The Troubles, what action did the Free State take against the British Govt? Utterly, utterly spineless.
Look all the finger pointing and victim blaming in the world isnāt going to change the fact that all the shame and cowardice is directly pointing at the Free Staters here.
The Free Staters really donāt like facing up to that and they donāt have to decency to ever admit to it so weāre left with the gaslighting and recriminations. Brolly poked a wasps nest when he called the FS attitude out the other night and itās gas seeing the ones with little understanding of The Troubles who think they are the authoritative voices on it.
So no examples which I asked for then? Well surprise, surprise!
When we were fighting and dying for our Freedom, ye boys were busy tipping the hat to yeāre Unionist neighbours, tilling the fields like good Taigs. Afraid of yeāre lives of Craig and the UVF.
Thereās no point in blaming us for spinelessness. Yeāre courage came 50 years too late.
Few home truths is all but thereās a few who canāt hold up their hands and acknowledge it, all they do is double down on wrong doings and point the finger elsewhere.