
Fintan O'Toole on 'Up the 'Ra' and turmoil in Westminster
Inside Politics with Hugh Linehan
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Irish Republicanism
Young people are aware of the older generation's squeamishness regarding republicanism. This in turn consolidates their gravitation towards republicanism, which is a differentiating factor between generations that evokes defiance connected to new generations. The irony here for me is that there's nothing new orgenerationally hip about this. I grew up with this. recreational Irish nationalism was the absolute standard of 1960s, 1970s Ireland. And it all goes back to 1907, Playboy, the Western World, John Singh, the great Irish play. People fall in love with a story of a really violent guy who says he killed his father,. and then it turns out his father is not deadFather arrives and
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