19. Northern Ireland 1920s 1 of 2

[gespb32]

I have never uttered such a statement before, but after hearing these stories all I can say is the Provisionals were right.

They were right all along.

[elamite66]

the Roman Catholic Church was referred to in the constituition of the Irish Free State as "the religion of the vast majority" therefore giving the Roman Catholic Church great power finally in a plebescite held by the Irish Republic voted to delete this part of the constituition

[Ligerpride]

Well I would say that much has been said about a rather pointless civil war that was quite severe in the Free State, and a rather vicious one too.

I would agree with you though that the adaptation to the newly formed Northern Ireland has generally been ignored in both video documentary and in literature, that is very true and you make a good point about that. In many ways it is now treated as the problem of the people living there whilst Dublin and London have washed their hands of the area.

[elamite66]

@Ligerpride yes a civil war that had a greater death toll than the so called Anglo-Irish War and the number of deaths in Northern Ireland was relatively small despite the suppression of the Catholic minority

[ruairidevine]

This is the terrible truth of just how bad those times were in comparison with the romanticised films made about the era based in the south.

[Ligerpride]

@ruairidevine You think the general research on this era shows it as good craic and enjoyable?

[ruairidevine]

@Ligerpride No but it doesn't show civilians killing other civilians. The war was won in Munster and Dublin with a sympathetic public which I understand but a lot of innocent blood was shed particularly in Belfast which is ignored in most films made about the era.

[sinnfeinmurderers]

Great video