A United Ireland?

In a Post Office. A Post Office.

It's one big post office. A lot of Dublins admin was done in there and the castle. And no one wants to assault a castle without artillery. So it was the PO.

But that is the history of Irish resistance. When it was against the Normans, we just assumed they'd fight Mano-a-Mano like the Vikings had done. Not charge a load of spikey iron horses into us then hit us with their powerful bows. Then in 1798 and 1916, we just assumed that everyone would support us. Pretty much fail.
 
I'm aware of the significance of the GPO - it was the 1916 equivalent of the Generals taking over the TV station in South America today. Just thought it complemented your 'brave, but ultimately meeting an undignified end' history of Ireland.
 
It's one big post office. A lot of Dublins admin was done in there and the castle. And no one wants to assault a castle without artillery. So it was the PO.

But that is the history of Irish resistance. When it was against the Normans, we just assumed they'd fight Mano-a-Mano like the Vikings had done. Not charge a load of spikey iron horses into us then hit us with their powerful bows. Then in 1798 and 1916, we just assumed that everyone would support us. Pretty much fail.

Ireland won in 1798.
1916 was of course just a small bunch of eejits making bother. It was never going to work and not many people wanted it to.
 
But that is the history of Irish resistance. When it was against the Normans, we just assumed they'd fight Mano-a-Mano like the Vikings had done. Not charge a load of spikey iron horses into us then hit us with their powerful bows. Then in 1798 and 1916, we just assumed that everyone would support us. Pretty much fail.

Hey, the UI were the real deal. And at least Young Ireland had frilly shirts and pretty hair, in the best 1848 tradition. ;)
 
@Meadow, I suppose so. Though in my eyes it was an unGodly overestimate of how much public support they had. I put it down to it just being to Gaelic orientated. If it had been a socialst movement as Connolly had hoped, maybe there would have been solidarity from the Ulster and British workers.

@Tyr, how did 1798 win? We lost our parliament and got sucked into the Union. And it helped turn Irish republcanism into a catholic orientated movement that had the Protestants supporting the orange men and hating Catholics. Not all of them of course (my great granda had some sympathy for them, that's why he married one :D) but it was never an all Ireland after that.

Say what you like about Pearse and De Valera, but I won't hear a word against Connolly (as you may have guessed I've got an obsession with the man).

@IBC, like so many movements of the 19th century, "We're a failure, but we do get the ladies" :D
 
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