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Originally Posted by Mynydd
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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"British" is a political not an ethnic designation. I would like the whole of Ireland to be the same colour on the map, I want it to happen peacefully and I know that would be a big task but if the Berlin Wall can come down so can this barrier. I honestly do believe that the people of Northern Ireland are much safer sharing a government with their fellow Irishmen than with London.