Person: Robin Bury

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A Celtic and Christian country? Not really

MAURICE DOCKRELL is right to point out (Irish Examiner letters, January 27) that the Irish are not Celts in any simple sense.

Tue, 13 Feb, 2007

Protestant decline a result of sectarianism

IN response to PJ Feeney (Irish Examiner letters, July 24), the post-truce and indeed pre-truce killings of Protestants had an ethnic basis and were the outcome of a sectarian anti-Protestant strategy pursued by the IRA during the War of Independence.

Tue, 01 Aug, 2006

Protestant decline tied in with collapse of the old order — not sectarianism

I READ with interest the letter from Robin Bury headlined ‘Protestants targeted by IRA men with a personal agenda during War of Independence’ (Irish Examiner, July 10).

Mon, 24 Jul, 2006

1916 Rising has had more successes than it has failures

ROBIN BURY of the Reform Movement failed to answer the question I asked as to what would have resulted if the Rising had not taken place (Irish Examiner letters, March 13).

Mon, 03 Apr, 2006

Here’s why we reject the myth of 1916

PÁDRAIG Ó CUANACHÁIN’s letter (Irish Examiner, March 10) seeks clarification from Reform on some of the points he makes.

Mon, 13 Mar, 2006

Reform Movement needs to know where our nation came from

MR Robin Bury in a recent letter made a wide-ranging attack on the 1916 Rising and its leaders (Irish Examiner, February 13). Perhaps he or some other members of the Reform Movement would like to deal with the following points.

Thu, 09 Mar, 2006

Where’s evidence of sectarian clear-out?

IN the course of criticising the President’s 1916 speech, Robin Bury (Letters, Feb 13) claims that “large numbers of Protestants were cleared out during a campaign of intimidation and persecution - between 1920 and 1924, some 60,000”.

Mon, 20 Feb, 2006

Democratic credentials of the 1916 leaders

MAY I congratulate Mr Robin Bury of the Reform Movement for his non-reply (‘Pearse putsch in 1916 was against wishes of vast majority,’ Irish Examiner letters December 12) to my earlier letter of November 28 (‘Pearse the rebel was once a democrat who had been betrayed’).

Tue, 27 Dec, 2005

Pearse’s putsch in 1916 was against the wishes of vast majority

DR BRIAN MURPHY OSB, of Glenstal Abbey, states that “the Easter Rising, while not mandated by the normal voting process, became a mandatory obligation of democrats” (Irish Examiner letters, November 28).

Mon, 12 Dec, 2005

Pearse the rebel was once a democrat who had been betrayed

ROBIN BURY of the Reform Movement states (Irish Examiner November 8) that “1916 was not mandated.”

Mon, 28 Nov, 2005

Why our centenary celebrations should be in 2022 - not 2016

I WOULD take issue with Robin Bury’s statement that the Irish people “knew that Ireland would get Home Rule when World War 1 ended (Irish Examiner letters, November 8)”.

Mon, 21 Nov, 2005

How the 1916 rebels got a retrospective mandate

ROBIN BURY of the Reform Movement states (Irish Examiner letters, November 8) that “1916 was not mandated”.

Fri, 18 Nov, 2005

Feeble argument against commemorating the Easter revolution

ROBIN BURY (Irish Examiner letters, November 8) argues against the State commemorating the 1916 Rising. Yet the State is but the citizens of Ireland acting collectively.

Fri, 18 Nov, 2005

Proclamation of ’48

THE chairman of the Reform Movement, Robin Bury, makes a simple but effective case for a celebration of Ireland’s constitutional past (Irish Examiner letters, November 8).

Fri, 11 Nov, 2005

Let’s celebrate our constitutional tradition

THE Reform Movement questions the decision of Fianna Fáil to bring back a military parade to celebrate the 1916 rebellion.

Tue, 08 Nov, 2005

President highlights our sectarian legacy

THIS island has been cursed by religious sectarianism since the Reformation, all too often characterised by brutal violence and ethnic cleansing.

Tue, 08 Feb, 2005