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Post by td128 on Jul 21, 2019 5:27:38 GMT -5
Legendary performance yesterday by Irishman Shane Lowry at The Open being held at Portrush in Northern Ireland.
Weather is going to increasingly be more of a factor as today wears on.
The Irishman's tournament to lose. Interesting and nice to see that Lowry (from County Offaly in the Republic of Ireland) is viewed as the "hometown" favorite and has gained strong support from local Portrush favorites Rory Mcilroy and Graeme McDowell.
Sport truly does have a special way of bringing people together.
Enjoy the golf.
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Post by rgs318 on Jul 21, 2019 6:45:39 GMT -5
I agree. That is the concept behind the folks who are using sports to try to reunite the divided country. It is sad that the whole Brexit border mess has caused such disruption in sports and may have been a factor if preventing the Hall of Fame tourney,ent from returning there in the coming season. I hope those at this tournament enjoy their experience in the North as much as my wife and I did when going to watch HC Play there.
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Post by hchoops on Jul 21, 2019 21:28:42 GMT -5
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Post by td128 on Jul 22, 2019 4:49:30 GMT -5
On the heels of this historic win, I wonder if the powers that be in Belfast and London might consider giving those 6 counties back.
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Post by td128 on Jul 22, 2019 9:19:14 GMT -5
Here is a fabulous recap from other pro golfers in regard to the historic win by the Irishman Shane Lowry: Love that Irish sense of humor.
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Post by td128 on Jul 22, 2019 12:37:52 GMT -5
Shane Lowry belting out his best version of The Fields of Athenry last night at a fine establishment in Dublin.
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Post by hchoops on Jul 22, 2019 12:46:39 GMT -5
Slante !
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The Open
Jul 22, 2019 13:04:39 GMT -5
via mobile
Post by lou on Jul 22, 2019 13:04:39 GMT -5
He looks very happy after winning $2,000,000
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Post by KY Crusader 75 on Jul 22, 2019 13:47:50 GMT -5
He looks very happy after winning $2,000,000 Can you imagine making in one weekend what most of us toil a full year to earn?
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Post by td128 on Jul 23, 2019 5:14:34 GMT -5
The Fields of Athenry' lyrics By a lonely prison wall, I heard a young girl calling
Michael they are taking you away
For you stole Trevelyn's corn so the young might see the morn
Now a prison ship lies waiting in the bay
Low lie the fields of Athenry
Where once we watched the small free birds fly
Our love was on the wing, we had dreams and songs to sing
It's so lonely round the fields of Athenry
By a lonely prison wall
I heard a young man calling
Nothing matters Mary when you're free
Against the Famine and the Crown, I rebelled they ran me down, now you must raise our child with dignity
By a lonely harbor wall
She watched the last star falling
As that prison ship sailed out against the sky
Sure she'll wait and hope and pray
For her love in Botany Bay
It's so lonely round the fields of Athenry.
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Post by Tom on Jul 23, 2019 12:48:19 GMT -5
The Fields of Athenry' lyrics Low lie the fields of Athenry
Where once we watched the small free birds fly
Our love was on the wing, we had dreams and songs to sing
It's so lonely round the fields of Athenry
Great tune. Fairly new but has the feel of an old song and to sneak some politics in before the dean catches me and deletes this, cool to see an Irishman belting out a kind of anti-British song after winning their open (since the famine was caused by the British, famine songs count as anti-British)
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Post by rgs318 on Jul 23, 2019 12:58:41 GMT -5
Not exactly "caused" by the Brits. While in Ireland and through subsequent research, I learned that while the Brits were a factor, there were many other causes of the famine. The. potato blight was a huge factor, as were the actions of upper class Irish who exported grain that they could have supplied to their poor. They sent it overseas instead to have better profits.
Having said that, I also liked hearing him sing that song!
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Post by hchoops on Jul 23, 2019 13:00:15 GMT -5
The Fields of Athenry' lyricsBy a lonely prison wall, I heard a young girl calling
Michael they are taking you away
For you stole Trevelyn's corn so the young might see the morn
For any wondering who Trevelyan was, he was the English official in charge of (allegedly) distributing food during the worst years of the Famine. One of his infamous quotes: “..the judgment of God sent the calamity to teach the Irish a lesson.” More and more historians see this and many other acts, or lack of such, and English statements as further evidence that The Great Hunger was an act of genocide by the English.
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Post by rgs318 on Jul 23, 2019 13:02:02 GMT -5
How does the theory that the Brits were responsible account for the food and money raised in England to help out the starving Irish?
Some of these other factors are touched on in the Irish film Black '47 (currently on Showtime).
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Post by rgs318 on Jul 23, 2019 13:14:15 GMT -5
The British government’s efforts to relieve the famine were there but they were inadequate. Although Conservative Prime Minister Sir Robert Peel continued to allow the export of grain from Ireland to Great Britain, he did what he could to provide relief in 1845 and early 1846. He authorized the import of corn (maize) from the United States, which helped avert some starvation. The Liberal (Whig) cabinet of Lord John Russell, which assumed power in June 1846, maintained Peel’s policy regarding grain exports from Ireland but otherwise took a laissez-faire approach to the plight of the Irish and shifted the emphasis of relief efforts to a reliance on Irish resources.
Much of the financial burden of providing for the starving Irish peasantry was thrown upon the Irish landowners themselves (through local poor relief) and British absentee landowners. Because the peasantry was unable to pay its rents, however, the landlords soon ran out of funds with which to support them, and the result was that hundreds of thousands of Irish tenant farmers and labourers were evicted during the years of the crisis. Under the terms of the harsh 1834 British Poor Law, enacted in 1838 in Ireland, the “able-bodied” indigent were sent to workhouses rather than being given famine relief per se. British assistance was limited to loans, helping to fund soup kitchens, and providing employment on road building and other public works. The Irish disliked the imported cornmeal, and reliance on it led to nutritional deficiencies. Despite those shortcomings, by August 1847 as many as three million people were receiving rations at soup kitchens. All in all, the British government spent about £8 million on relief, and some private relief funds were raised as well. The impoverished Irish peasantry, lacking the money to purchase the foods their farms produced, continued throughout the famine to export grain, meat, and other high-quality foods to Britain. The government’s grudging and ineffective measures to relieve the famine’s distress intensified the resentment of British rule among the Irish people. Similarly damaging was the attitude among many British intellectuals that the crisis was a predictable and not-unwelcome corrective to high birth rates in the preceding decades and perceived flaws, in their opinion, in the Irish national character.
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Post by hchoops on Jul 23, 2019 13:18:56 GMT -5
Thank you. Mostly evidence of genocide
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