Yes, thank you for this. I read a lot about how my place has "moved on," ignoring that we haven't had a government for the past 6 years because of a lack of healing.
There are two places that stick out in my mind. There is a place called Windmill Hill where there are two curbside gravestones for children (16 & 18) shot durring the troubles by the British Military. I happened upon this place cleaning out wheelie bins and it strikes me every time I think about it.
The second is a Hardware shop with no sign that would lend its tools to Protestants to stop Catholic parades down Ogle Street. I heard this first hand from one of the Catholic Civil Rights marchers I worked with.
A third signifier of our lack of healing is that every park is fenced (we're talking 8/9ft fences) and locked after 9PM in the summer which is a holdover from the Troubles (Civil War really) where the Catholics weren't allowed to play in the Protestant parks.
Add to this the bars on historic building's windows and the signs of the Civil War in Ireland are everywhere you look.
Painful places that are important to remember. Thank you for sharing. I hope we can heal our pain and remember it so we don’t hurt ourselves again in the same way.
Yes, thank you for this. I read a lot about how my place has "moved on," ignoring that we haven't had a government for the past 6 years because of a lack of healing.
There are two places that stick out in my mind. There is a place called Windmill Hill where there are two curbside gravestones for children (16 & 18) shot durring the troubles by the British Military. I happened upon this place cleaning out wheelie bins and it strikes me every time I think about it.
The second is a Hardware shop with no sign that would lend its tools to Protestants to stop Catholic parades down Ogle Street. I heard this first hand from one of the Catholic Civil Rights marchers I worked with.
A third signifier of our lack of healing is that every park is fenced (we're talking 8/9ft fences) and locked after 9PM in the summer which is a holdover from the Troubles (Civil War really) where the Catholics weren't allowed to play in the Protestant parks.
Add to this the bars on historic building's windows and the signs of the Civil War in Ireland are everywhere you look.
Painful places that are important to remember. Thank you for sharing. I hope we can heal our pain and remember it so we don’t hurt ourselves again in the same way.