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Originally Posted by A Few Acres of Snow
I have to agree with you. The people of Ireland should have their own conversation on this subject. I do welcome the advice from other Europeans because I see similarities between Ireland and other parts of Europe. Whatever is the future of Ireland it is not British.
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There is also the fact that whether Catholics or Protestants, they are not British but Gaels. Even if they are so-called Scots-Irish they are Gaels.
In any case I don't think that anyone would believe that a reunion of Ireland would be done in terms of Northern Ireland being absorbed straightforward by the Republic. It is reasonable to expect a degree of autonomy. Not something that the Protestants would demand alone, I'm sure, but the Catholics too.
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