The Civil War - Who was right?
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Topic: The Civil War - Who was right?
Posted By: Trap junior
Subject: The Civil War - Who was right?
Date Posted: 23 Nov 2022 at 11:28am
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A rarely discussed topic. Whose side would you have been on for the Civil War? ------------- Pied Piper to: Baldrick, Brendan 88, 9Fingers, Borussia and more... 97.6% chance this post will be replied to by Baldrick (source: PWC) |
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Posted By: MC Hammered
Date Posted: 23 Nov 2022 at 11:38am
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Martin O'Neills book radicalised me into an anti Northern hardcore Free State partitionist. Mick for me please  ------------- El Puto Amo |
Posted By: horsebox
Date Posted: 23 Nov 2022 at 11:44am
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The Pro Treaty side killing Irish people with British guns. The Brits copper-fastening their belief that the Irish are f**king stupid. I read a comment before saying the Irish will always accept a British lie wrapped in a pound note. ------------- It was far across the sea, When the devil got a hold of me, He wouldn't set me free, So he kept me soul for ransom. na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na. I'm a sailor man from Glasgow to |
Posted By: B6 6HE
Date Posted: 23 Nov 2022 at 11:45am
The civil war was not about partition. It centred around the oath and dominion status. No side favoured partition. It was assumed by all sides that the boundary commission would shift the border. When they started the bc they discovered that a huge chunk of East Donegal around Finn Valley wanted to join NI So the findings were scrapped Mick or Dev? I don't know.
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MC Hammered wrote:Posted By: notpropaganda73
Date Posted: 23 Nov 2022 at 2:04pm
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Posted By: colemanY2K
Date Posted: 23 Nov 2022 at 3:11pm
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Dev knew coming back from London what was achievable in the upcoming negotiations. Everything that came after his meetings with George had already been predetermined. Mick was sent to take the fall, Dev was far too cute to snare himself in that trap.
Given the sheer numbers of weapons the uvf had at their disposal the free state would likely have lost Donegal and possibly a number of other border counties in a conflict. Then there's the huge numbers of civilian deaths that would have occurred... possibly reflecting 1798 levels of fatalities. ------------- "One of the dominant facts in English life during the past three quarters of a century has been the decay of ability in the ruling class." Orwell, 1942. |
Posted By: B6 6HE
Date Posted: 23 Nov 2022 at 3:18pm
Agreed |
Posted By: horsebox
Date Posted: 23 Nov 2022 at 4:14pm
They were offered the 9 counties. But only took 6 as they held the majority in the 6. ------------- It was far across the sea, When the devil got a hold of me, He wouldn't set me free, So he kept me soul for ransom. na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na. I'm a sailor man from Glasgow to |
Posted By: colemanY2K
Date Posted: 23 Nov 2022 at 9:17pm
That doesn't mean the counties would have stayed that way had the unionists forcibly taken control in a subsequent armed conflict. Ethnic cleansing would most certainly have occurred as it did 40 odd years later. ------------- "One of the dominant facts in English life during the past three quarters of a century has been the decay of ability in the ruling class." Orwell, 1942. |