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| 1571.1 | | METSYS::THOMPSON | | Sat May 04 1996 07:59 | 26 |
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Excellent! A site well worth "visiting".
I disagree with a couple of points on their history though:
In "A Longing for Freedom 1700-1900" They say:
"Revolutionary fervor ignited by rebellions in France and the newly
formed USA, spurred new rebellions in the 1790's aimed at undermining the
Protestant conquest of of Ireland"
It's my understanding, that apart from "Father Murphy and the boys at
Vinegar Hill" that was a rebellion by Protestants against the English Crown.
This was a Protestant Republican movement that was very much in sympathy
with that in the USA.
They do mention Wolfe Tone but don't put him in the heart of a Republican
movement with many Protestants.
They also date the start of the Ulster Volunteers as 1912 whereas I think
it was 1880's when English politicions started to make an issue out of
Ulster.
M
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| 1571.2 | Not a bad show! | NEMAIL::HANLY | | Wed May 08 1996 13:25 | 12 |
| I have been watching some of the show by taping the proceedings and
watching them at night. This is good becuae you can skip all the
bloody commercial breaks and news updates. It is a bit "top of the
morning to you" at times, but overall the coverage is good. They are
in Kinsale at the moment and the weather is perfect. One interesting
thing is that the guests tend to take their time talking and are in no
rush, while the hosts are constanly in a rush due to US TV time
segments, and consequesntly, are always interrupting the guests to keep
them moving. The guests so far have included Gerry Adams, McMichaels
of the UUP or whatever it is, Chieftains, Sybil Connolly, and others.
Regards, Ken Hanly
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| 1571.3 | | TALLIS::DARCY | Alpha Migration Tools | Wed May 08 1996 13:56 | 9 |
| check out www.msnbc.com - it's the web page
for the show in ireland.
You're right on the money Ken - their interviews in
my opinion serve no purpose other than basic
introductions. And Mr. Gumball is one arrogant
dude.
But the web page is pretty neat, check it out.
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| 1571.4 | | CPEEDY::HORGAN | Craicailte indiadh damhsa | Wed May 08 1996 15:01 | 8 |
| All the morning shows rush their interviews. I don't understand it.
They spend more time pre-viewing the upcoming interview than on the
interview itself. Why bother. I think they must have market research
that says the average attention span of viewers is about 90 seconds.
Although, there was no stopping Maeve Binchy on Monday.
Julie
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| 1571.5 | Bryant is a first calss twit. | NEMAIL::HANLY | | Fri May 10 1996 15:05 | 13 |
| Thats it. I watched the tape of their visit to Scotland and Gumball is
one of the most arrogant blinking eejits I have ever seen. They really
did Scotland no favours. It was full of the ususal: kilts, bagpipes,
Nessie, Braveheart, whisky, etc. There was no interesting stories,
like with the Lusitania in Ireland. Katie and Bryant came accross as
real tourists, asking a linguistic expert from Edinbourgh to say "aye,
laddie" as he is trying to explain to these simpletons the origin of
certain words. Is there any chance of Bryant going to the Hebrides and
conducting interviews with the locals there for, oh say, a decade of
two? Maybe the locals could lock him up in a cold, damp castle and
feed him beef from sick cattle with haggis as an appetizer?
Regars, Ken Hanly
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