Re: Trotsky excerpt

[Gary MacLennan <g.maclennan@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Ah it is not often that I catch my good friend Phil out on Ireland.  The
leaders of the Irishmen were Presbyterians not Protestants.   The
distinction (an important one) is that between the established Church
(Church of Ireland) and the politically excluded Presbyterians.

The Ulster Presbyterians of the 18th C were the Irish Enlightenment and
their movement was drowned in blood. One of the great historical tragedies
that have overtaken the Irish.

regards

Gary



Phil wrote:


> Indeed, Irish republicanism was founded in the 1790s pretty much
> exclusively by Protestant radicals, most notably Wolfe Tone.  There was not
> one single Catholic among the 28 original founders of the United Irish
> movement.  The Protestant radicals who founded Irish republicanism were
> supporters of the French revolution and drew into their movement sections
> of the Catholic masses by championing Catholic emancipation and fighting
> for Irish independence.

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