My two pennys worth about the school issue.I am in the UK (in Scotland)As an East coast Scot the pace is different.More presbyterian we call it the Kirk.I fully understand this is different in part of West/Glasgow.Indeed a geneology programme recently illustrated it when a man went to N.Ireland and interviewed relatives.You lassies in NI are in the thick of it I know .
My own opinion is that fear of poverty due to non acceptance during migration caused tje divide.Yet who built the railways through UK in Victorian times? Mostly Irish Catholics.Little children should not have the issue to cope with...childhood is so short.Yet its that which makes the "man" I believe God is love.And this season allows us to express it.
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