Sinn Feins message to the Kurdish people. |
| Published: September 6, 2007, 5:36 pm |
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Francie Brolly, Sinn Fein, Member of the Northen Ireland Legislative AssemblySpeech for the 1 September 15th International Kurdish Cultural Festival, Gelsenkirchen, GermanyFrom War to PeaceIn 1170 A.D. Diarmuid Mac Murrough, deposed king of the Irish province of Leinster, approached Henry, the new Norman king of England, with an offer of land and other inducements if he would help him to regain his throne. So began the long and troublesome involvement of the English in Ireland, an involvement that has been challenged by every generation of Irish people for 800 years. When King Henry 8th of England broke away from the Roman Catholic Church in 1533 and attempted to impose his Protestantism on the people of Britain and Ireland, the native Irish remained faithful to the Pope. So religion became a significant issue in Ireland's historic resistance to British rule. In 1603 the last of the native Gaelic Irish chieftains fled to mainland Europe, and English and Scottish Protestants were [ Full article ] |
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