Where Was the Irish Left?

It was not uncommon for children and women to be sexually assaulted. Women, young women, who were pregnant were a disgrace. People talk about it being hidden but the easiest place to hide anything is an open sight of people who don't know what they're looking at. I think we underestimate the endemic nature of cruelty, sexual repression, physical oppression in the name of religion that went on in this country as everyday commonplace. It's easy now to say who didn't do what - i don't mean to say that in a way that excuses anybody in terms of positions of power and authority. But i don't think that that you can say, you know, where was the irish left?