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If Reading continue their good form against Ipswich and Forest win away tomorrow at QPR...
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Hampster Gull
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Birmingham are sneaking up
Nottseagull
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Indeed, and shows the folly of urging on teams at this stage of the season, i.e. it looks as though Reading might be more of a threat. Better that these matches are drawn so that both teams drop two points.
Jolly Red Giant
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Just like to point out that Chris Hughton has 53 caps for the Republic of Ireland
The rest of your post is perfectly valid
5mins-from-amex
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Born in England.
ShanklySeagull
Justice for the 96...
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Well that worked out rather well. Now we move on to Tuesday to maintain the gap to Cardiff with a nice win against a stumbling Rotherham made all the sweeter because Evans is there. Some very interesting insight into playing for Evans in the Secret Footballer...
#basketcase
#basketcase
As the Republic of Ireland is part of the British Isles, are they not still British over there? (I don't know for sure, by the way, just always assumed this was the case)
Nottseagull
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I was gobsmacked by this post. Obviously you don't know what a republic is, but you're no kid, are you. Judging by your user name and avatar I'd guess you grew up in the era when 3000+ people were killed in Northern Ireland. Did you never think to find out what it was all about, and why it was largely confined to those six counties??
Seriously, you need to do some reading. I'd start here with this...
During the 18th century, many laws were passed that discriminated against
Catholics. The native Gaelic language was banned in schools. By 1778, only
five percent of the land was owned by Catholics. In 1801, the Irish parliament
was abolished and Ireland became part of “the United Kingdom of Great
Britain and Ireland”. Catholics could not hold parliamentary office until 1829.
Poverty was widespread. For many Irish, potatoes were the most important
food. In 1845, disaster struck: the potato blight. This disease destroyed much
of the potato crop for the next few years. The cause of the blight was not
immediately understood, and the English rulers did little to help the situation.
About a million people died of starvation or disease. Another million emigrated
to escape poverty and starvation. Because of the potato blight, the population
of Ireland fell from more than eight million in 1841 to about six million in 1852.
The population continued to decline more slowly until the second half of the
20th century.
Efforts to gain home rule and improve the condition of the people went on
during the 19th century. There were movements for land reform and
movements to make Gaelic the official language of Ireland once again. There
was strong Protestant opposition to these demands. By 1900, civil war
loomed. The Home Rule act was passed in 1914, which would have given
Ireland some autonomy, but it was suspended when the first world war
started.
There was an uprising on Easter Day, April 24, in 1916. The Easter Uprising
failed to spread beyond Dublin, and the leaders were arrested and executed.
Their brutal treatment tipped public opinion in favor of independence. The Irish
War of Independence began in 1919 and continued until 1921.
In 1922, the southern 26 counties of Ireland seceded from the United
Kingdom. The new country called itself the Irish Free State. Gaelic was
restored as the official national language, together with English. Ties with
Great Britain were cut in 1948. The country became known as the Republic of
Ireland. The other six counties in the north of the Ireland, called Northern
Ireland, remained part of the UK, which they still are today.
This did not end the conflict. There was sectarian conflict in Northern Ireland,
between Nationalists, largely Catholics, who wanted Northern Ireland to unite
with the Irish Republic, and the Unionists, mostly Protestants, who were loyal
to Great Britain. This unrest exploded violently in the late 1960s, a time called
the Troubles. It did not end until 1998, when a peace agreement was signed.
©2008 abcteach.com
http://www.abcteach.com/free/r/rc_irish_history.pdf
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