can't recall a time when they went on about the Troubles...basically they 'Said Nothing'...not that they didn't recount their environment involving helicopters flying overhead day and night, or armed soldiers stopping anyone/anytime they wanted...but it wasn't an emotional conversation...and I didn't probe them for deeper insights or experiences.. now they are comfortable in being able to go where and when they want, and do as they please, while looking forward. One of my cousins has built a very successful engineering business and his kids are very upbeat about their futures.
As a sidelight, my MIL of Irish descent and a fantastic woman, would not set foot on English soil...not even to save money on a cheaper airfare that involved a stop at Heathrow before getting to Dublin...could be due to her recollections of growing up in Kansas and being called a "Catlicker" by local Protestant kids...gave her an appreciation for what Northern Irish kids had to endure.
I've visited relatives in Tyrone and County Down many times, both before an after the GFA and I
Replies to: "I've visited relatives in Tyrone and County Down many times, both before an after the GFA and I"
- Just finished the Say Nothing tv series. - AlbanyIRISH - 9:13pm 11/21/24
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- I love you Albany but - hipND - 11:21pm 11/21/24
- Halfway through. Loved the book. - conorlarkin - 10:07pm 11/21/24
- The book was great. My epiphany on the Provos came when they blew up that British Army band. - Frank L - 9:31am 11/22/24
- . [NT] - Frank L - 4:53pm 11/22/24
- The British brought it upon themselves. Their cruelty has always been apparent. - conorlarkin - 10:08am 11/22/24
- Ireland has always been Britain’s blind spot. In many ways I am an Anglophile, but can never forgive - Frank L - 11:01am 11/22/24
- I've visited relatives in Tyrone and County Down many times, both before an after the GFA and I - TyroneIrish - 4:12pm 11/22/24
- As the book shows the Provos ruled by fear much as the Brits and the Orangemen did. Saying nothing - Frank L - 4:53pm 11/22/24
- I've visited relatives in Tyrone and County Down many times, both before an after the GFA and I - TyroneIrish - 4:12pm 11/22/24
- Ireland has always been Britain’s blind spot. In many ways I am an Anglophile, but can never forgive - Frank L - 11:01am 11/22/24
- The book was great. My epiphany on the Provos came when they blew up that British Army band. - Frank L - 9:31am 11/22/24
- You were supposed to say nothing. [NT] - BaronVonZemo - 9:35pm 11/21/24