The Virtual Gael has an excellent article examining the complex nature of colonialism, specifically as it effected the Scots though it has a far wider application. To recognise the divisive and corrosive nature of colonialism is to understand why its poisonous legacy is so long-lasting in any nation or amongst any people. It is also the first step in retaking what was lost, both for an individual and a culture.
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AN SIONNACH FIONN 
lá neamhspleáchais shona dhuit, a shionnaigh! @
http://tinyurl.com/ko2fs4f
http://www.irishtimes.com/news/social-affairs/more-than-3-000-new-irish-citizens-sworn-in-at-dublin-s-convention-centre-1.1662268
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Somewhere on YouTube is a recording of “The Cheviot, The Stag and the Black, Black Oil.” It’s dated (70’s?) but the part relating to the clearances is still valid.
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