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Post by irishconfederate on Apr 29, 2017 19:50:18 GMT
The Gaelic principle…. Then there was the localism which made the ancient nation an assembly of a hundred and twenty tuatha, and halves or thirds of provinces, pointing towards a twenty-first century Ireland decentralised and restructured as a community of communities in which the dispersal of power, and of the dignity of self-management, would revalue, strikingly and profoundly, all those disvalued communal lives. (adapted excerpt from Desmond Fennell, The State of the Nation)
Federalism today- a legitimate renewal of our Gaelic heritage.......
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Post by Young Ireland on Apr 29, 2017 21:13:30 GMT
I broadly agree with this. There is quite a precedent for devolution in Ireland dating back to Celtic times (even allowing for the fact that petty wars were a feature of Ireland pre-Brian Boru as well as after).
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Post by Assisi on May 9, 2017 20:56:42 GMT
Hopefully the petty tribal wars are now replaced by sporting events like Gaelic football, hurling and rugby where rival and tribal energy can be dissipated sportingly.
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Post by Young Ireland on May 9, 2017 21:19:47 GMT
Hopefully the petty tribal wars are now replaced by sporting events like Gaelic football, hurling and rugby where rival and tribal energy can be dissipated sportingly. I hope so too, Assisi. I only mentioned the petty tribal wars to balance out Irishconfederates' point about the Irish tradition of decentralistation, I certainly don't advocate a return of such a thing! |
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