Ireland was conquered in 1169.
They kept fighting but by 1601 they were effectively overun.
Anyone who fought against and killed people after 1601 were effectively murdering bastards.
I lived through the years of PIRA terrorism.
They were, without question, murdering bastards.
Get over your Irish self and see the bigger picture.
For you, it is all about Ireland, you don't seem to care about the victims of your Irish murdering bastards.
Nowt wrong with the Irish!
And I completely agree.
I love them.
But Atch in her rage can't see this.
She doesn't even believe my wife is Irish, because she is so blind that she cannot believe that I would have my opinion with an Irish wife.
My father in law is dead now, but I loved him dearly.
We used to argue like mad about politics but still managed to have mutual respect for each other and we helped each other a lot, in different ways.
My mother in law is still alive, still pretty fit for her age and still doing what Irish grandmas do best.
Keeping the family strong, together and supporting each other.
You can still love a group of people whilst accepting their faults.
All my family and my wifes family were Catholic by the way.
I am pretty sure that atch will just disbelieve everything I have just posted and probably call me a troll too! :-)
I find her Irish passion both intolerable and loveable at the same time.....
But I just want to add that I also love Irish culture, Celtic art, music especially and passion.
Actually, many of those things also connect well with Poles.
I don't know about atch's relationship with her Polish husband but I can tell you that the relationship between my wife and I has been fiery at times,
Passionate too, in every sense of that word, but despite it all, we have two grown up kids, doing well, one grandson and have just celebrated our 30th wedding anniversary.