IRA did not hit Scotland ‘on principle’ | Irish republicans refused to bomb Scotland because it is a “Celtic nation” with a similar history of English oppression, according to a British spy who infiltrated Sinn Fein

by 1DarkStarryNight

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  1. >with a similar history of English oppression

    You’d think someone in the ra would have read a history book. Scotland were partners hand in hand with England. The idea they were some conquered people is pure revisionism.

  3. they’re in for a nasty surprise when they find out what Ireland has done to Scotland and vice versa

  5. Also supporters in Scotland helping with supply, transport, accommodation, safe houses and much more.

  6. Didn’t stop them from blowing up their own though did it.

  8. Terrible headline. The IRA didn’t hit Scotland because:

    1.) There was a level of sympathy for the cause there (as a result of the huge proportion of Irish diaspora from Ulster, especially in Glasgow, but also Edinburgh) and attacks would have undermined that. London is the capital of the UK, if they wanted to attack Britain it would have to be there, in spite of the Irish diaspora.

    2.) Not everywhere in England was hit; attacks weren’t random, they were assassination attempts or hits on political and economic infrastructure. The goal was to create shock in Britain that wasn’t being acheived by attacks in the North; it had become a warzone and Brits could treat it as conflict away from home. There wasn’t a whole on in Scotland they could hit that they felt could move the needle.

    “Celtic nations” might have been a useful rhetorical device but thats as far is it really went.

  9. They never hear about the prod Scot settlers, who have effectively socially ruined the North for generations

  11. The British Monarchy comes from a Scottish/German line btw. (House Stuart and Hanover)

    The planters were Scots majority.

    Scotland/Scottish people had a massive hand in the split of the Ireland.

  13. Don’t agree with violence of any kind obviously. From the IRA , UDA, INLA, UVF or BAF(British Armed Forces).
    But the idea of the Scots being friends of the irish because we have ‘celtic heritage’ is absolute bollox.
    The Scottish were the attack dogs/vanguard of the United Kingdom/British Empire from the 16th century till well into the 20th century.
    The movie Braveheart has a lot to answer for.
    Anyway good luck to them, irish ,English ,Scottish , Welsh…everyone is a good person deep down. No one deserves to be held accountable for the historical actions of their country.
    Merry Christmas

  15. Most people don’t realise that Scotland actually has the 2nd highest population percentage of people in the country with Irish heritage dating back to the famine with 28% of Scottish people having atleast some Irish ancestry. This is partially the reason Celtic football club was set up in the lowlands of Glasgow, where most of the disapora settled (alongside Edinburgh where James Connolly was born).

  16. Jesus some of the nonsense historical fiction in these comments, “the settler/Lowland Scots weren’t actually Scots they were basically English in disguise” is the jist of them. Scotland has historically been a willing part of the Empire and it’s understandable why they were, their country benefitted from it and was quite wealthy, far wealthier than Ireland for most of that time.

  17. This comments sections is immensely confusing as someone from the US

  18. ITT: We learn r/ireland does not seem to understand Irish history, in many many many ways.

  19. A more pragmatic reason was they used Scotland for fundraising and support and didn’t want to bring heat on themselves by extending the fighting to glasgow

    They refused to retaliate when the uvf targeted pubs in irish catholic areas of Glasgow because of this

  20. Jasus, have you never seen braveheart.

    You from Ireland?

    Yea, it’s mine, alright.

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