Re: The BNP Policy on Northern Ireland

Sophistry Made Simple wrote:
"freeireland" <kmcelhin@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Fair enough - but it was rubbish, you are way off on this whole
Spanish
thing, dragging Galway in was making it even worse

"The old Spanish houses are in ruins and tufts of weeds are
growing in the splays of the bay windows. Outside the town walls
rise the suburbs, new, gay and thoughtless of the past. However,
it is enough to close one’s eyes against this unsettling modernity
just for a moment, and the ‘Spanish City’ can be seen in the
shadows of history."

-James Joyce

Joyce goes further naming streets such as Madeira Street, Spaniards
Walk, Velasquez Palmyra Avenue clearly indicating a latin european
connection. The Hibernian divisons in the Spanish army and the
migration of Irish to Spain.

........."SNIP of nonsense".......

The Spanish Armada WAS wrecked off the Irish West coast and also the Hebridean coast:

"
Columbia Encyclopedia: Spanish Armada
(ärmä'də) , 1588, fleet launched by Philip II of Spain for the invasion of England, to overthrow the Protestant Elizabeth I and establish Philip on the English throne; also called the Invincible Armada. Preparations, under the command of the marqués de Santa Cruz, began in 1586 but were seriously delayed by a surprise attack on Cádiz by Sir Francis Drake in 1587. By the time the expedition was ready Santa Cruz had died, and command was given to the duque de Medina Sidonia. The Armada consisted of 130 ships, including transports and merchantmen, and carried about 30,000 men. It was to go to Flanders and from there convoy the army of Alessandro Farnese, duke of Parma, to invade England. It set out from Lisbon in May, 1588, but was forced into A Coruña by storms and did not set sail again until July. Medina Sidonia's orders were to proceed straight up the English Channel and refuse battle until he had made junction with Parma. This gave the initiative to the English, whose main fleet, commanded by Charles Howard (later earl of Nottingham), sailed out from Plymouth to achieve the windward side of the Spanish and attacked at long range. Three minor actions followed, in which the Armada was somewhat damaged but its formation unbroken. On Aug. 6, Medina Sidonia anchored off Calais, from which position he hoped to make contact with Parma. The following night the English sent fire ships into the anchorage, causing the Spanish fleet to scatter, and then attacked (Aug. 8) at close range off Gravelines. Unable to re-form, the Armada was severely battered, but a sudden change in the wind enabled most of the ships to escape northward. In attempting to sail home by Scotland and the west coast of Ireland, the Spanish ships were dispersed by storms; their provisions gave out; and many of those who landed in Ireland were killed by English troops. Only about half the fleet reached home.
Bibliography

See G. Mattingly, The Armada (1959); A. McKee, From Merciless Invaders (1964); W. Graham, The Spanish Armadas (1972).



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Also, many hundreds of Spaniards DID land in Ireland and intermarried. There is no denying the "Spanish" look which exists down the West coast of Ireland.

AND:
Due to a lack of accurate maps and nautical drawings, the more than half the ships ran aground off the coast of Ireland. The weather kept pushing the ships into the legs of Ireland, and the captains let it. They took the beating not knowing how precariously close they were to the shore and rocks until it was too late. (13) The winds were pushing the ships to the limit and in the end the ships were not able to make it because of a lack of knowledge and just fatigue. Finally, the straggling fleet of the once powerful Armada landed in September 1588 in Santander, Spain. The ships were badly damaged, as were the men abroad.

http://www.american.edu/ted/ice/armada.htm

I suggest you all do a Google!

LOL!
--
Hal Ó Mearadhaigh.

(Glac bóg an saol agus glacfaidh an saol bóg thú).

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