1916 Commemoration Debate.

[seafoid]

The shame of the 26 could haunt the celebrations.

thinking that myself
lets celebrate 1916 but don`t mention the north

That's a bit like saying that teaching would be a great job id only you could get rid of the kids.

the Irish question back pre  1916 helped to bring down the Liberal Party and reshape British politics. there were no easy answers then and there still aren't   

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Strange_Death_of_Liberal_England
Dangerfield argues that four great rebellions before the Great War effectively destroyed the Liberal Party as a party of government. These rebellions were the Conservative Party's fight against the Parliament Act 1911; the threat of civil war in Ireland by the Ulster Unionists under Sir Edward Carson with the encouragement of Conservative leader Andrew Bonar Law; the Suffragette movement under the Pankhursts; and the increasingly militant trade unions under the influence of syndicalism.

[Farrandeelin]

The shame of the 26 could haunt the celebrations.

thinking that myself
lets celebrate 1916 but don`t mention the north

Ye're not alone in thinking that way I can assure you.