Republicans involved in Troubles did not spring from 1916 idealism

Danny Morrison is a fine writer. He is also ‘a good republican’ as Gerry Adams might say. He is not much of an historian. (Irish Examiner, Monday 11).

It is true that the President, Taoiseach, and Óglaigh na hEireann ignored the embarrassing (Provisional) Sinn Fein ‘funeral’ for Jeremiah O’Donovan Rossa on the afternoon of 2th August 2015.

They were busy at the state commemoration for him which took place at Glasnevin that morning. President Higgins laid a wreath watched by Dublin’s Lord Mayor Críona Ní Dhálaigh according to the Irish Examiner report.