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Flying The British Flag In Ireland

by An Sionnach Fionn

How democratic opposition to the British flag used to be dealt with in Ireland.

Two Irishmen forced to parade around Dungarvan by British troops with a British flag tied around their necks. Both were later beaten and dumped outside the town. The War of Independence, Ireland, 1920
Two Irishmen forced to parade around Dungarvan by British troops with a British flag tied around their necks. Both were later beaten and dumped outside the town. The War of Independence, Ireland, 1920

Is this what the Unionist leaders in the north-east of Ireland mean by “our Britishness“?

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