Neil Harrington wrote:
> "Joseph Meehan" <sligoNoSPAMjoe.RemoveThis@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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>> Dia 's Muire duit
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> Just curious: Is that Irish for 26 + 6 = 1 ?
Ireland is divided into two parts. Northern Ireland was mostly
non-Catholic and the other 26 counties were primarily Catholic at the time
Ireland finally gained independence from England. Today the north is nearly
even. At the time of the division the "backward" south was not producing
tax money for England, but the north was as it was industrialized. Today
those industries are in decline and the south is an economic success. As you
may guess the division was done based on a number of reasons political,
religious and economic. Today those reasons have and are changes. The
movement is towards on peaceful Ireland. Things are moving that direction,
but slowly.
I wish I could say that Iraq was nearly as close.
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Joseph Meehan
Dia 's Muire duit
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