Anglo-Irish relations
Sir,—When one talks of imperialism, whether the British or Russian type, one implies the idea of adding to the empire of the aggressor, by force of arms. No-one disputes that such actions have happened. In the case of Ireland, we have to consider how manv in England at the Reformation “acquired” land, castles, country houses and monasteries of those Roman Catholics who refused to conform to the new religion. A Catholic monarch might well demand the return of ill-gotten goods to those who still retained their heads on their shoulders. A Protestant monarch was essential to these new landed gentry. There were castles and land in Ireland, too, to be snatched, annexed, for the yes-men of yesteryear. I think the English tired of their choice long before Ulster tired of the Good King Billy these inhabitants use as their yearly act of provocation.—Yours, etc.. V. H. ANDERSON. October 8, 1979.
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