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Had it not already been clarified why this commemoration did not go ahead in Liverpool, 24 years ago in June 1996? The IRA has broken their ceasefire in February 1996 and were back murdering and bombing in the UK.
Peace and reconciliation commemorations of this nature typically only take place in post conflict, peace times.
are you saying that the famine was a war time action?
Bizarre logic.
The real damage done during the famine was in the South, not NI.
So, you’re telling me the British state viewed the IRA as being representative of the Island of Ireland?
I’m not a spokesperson for what you refer to as the British State (whatever that is). Liverpool is a very pro Unionist city and the Prime Minister of the day (who along with Albert Reynolds brokered the ceasefire in 1994) in his wisdom appears to have felt it inappropriate at that time to commemorate a most unfortunate and tragic event in Irish history when criminal terrorists purporting to act on behalf of the whole island of Ireland and to be the legitimate government of Ireland were back waging their war of terror in the UK.
So it wasnt a conflict, it was just the tans bowing down to terrorists? — wow.
Do you think the Tans will be mature enough to commemorate any part of the current centenary ?
What do you mean by ‘the Tans’?
The Brits…
You mean the British government hold events and commemorations in the United Kingdom to mark events that occurred on the island of Ireland, a century and more ago?
In the spirit of maturity, yes. Do they not currently govern a portion of the Island and have responsibility to a large portion of that population who identify as Irish? - Not even bringing up the fact that they ruled the whole Island at the time - but what about the descendants of Unionists left behind, like @Locke? and of course out of courtesy for the hundreds of thousands of men and women who served in the Tan armed forces during WW1 + 2 … and any other number of reasons… particularly reconciliation … but you tans are ignorant of your history and not mature enough to go there.
isnt the act of the union still on the UK statute book?
All the old titles like Lord Limerick and Duke of Ballygomuck are still on the go also…Shur wasnt there talks that the ginger lad was going to be made the Duke of Connacht upon his marriage …
indeed, sure the gobdaws in mayo were still paying rent to lord lucan up to a few years ago. theyll take the money but not any responsibility
All British and Commonwealth military and civilians who served are commemorated on Remembrance Sunday, which is the second Sunday in November every year.
from the black and tans, to the creators of the concentration camps right up to the that opened fire on unarmed indians
There is only one Lord Limerick.
The Bengal Famine and other famines across India.
I no longer go by that title tho.
and don’t you forget it
I have been setting up a new IT package for our business over the past 10 days so listening to a lot of podcasts.
I had not heard of these versions before today
