A brilliant military tactician, this foreign army man agreed with his comrades-in-arms that the British military and political presence had no place in Ireland, and he determined himself to do something about it...
"Right was might and would prevail", declared this nationalist supporter, but he was taken to task by the Republican Movement for those and other comments...
From 1981 - "A simple little floating dreamy thought has stired this woman's heart, the golden sleepy dream of yesterdays before they were apart, what comfort can there be found for a petal so fair and slim, alone, in a forest dark of sorrow, she weeps again for him..."
Although hoping that Irish republican resistance was on the wane, the British 'security forces' in Ireland reckoned it had a score to settle with this one man in particular and were determined to settle it. It was in August, in the late 1950's, when the opportunity to do so presented itself to those British gunmen...
In the late 1980's, these 'Men of God' allowed themselves to become official recruiters for the British Army in Ireland and (ab)used their position in society by availing of their 'stage' to vocally sell-out their fellow Irishmen and women...
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See ye all then!
Sharon and the team.